Occurrence of adhesions after pelvic and abdominal surgery is a well known problem. Previous surgical procedures are by far the most common cause of intra abdominal a adhesion. In over  10℅ of infertile women, adhesion formation is the main cause of their problem. Moreover postoperative adhesions are the most common cause of intestinal obstruction in the Western world. Although the cause of ...

Tumour cell-extracellular matrix (ECM) interactions are fundamental for discrete steps in breast cancer progression. In particular, cancer cell adhesion to ECM proteins present in the microenvironment is critical for accelerating tumour growth and facilitating metastatic spread. To assess the utility of tumour cell-ECM adhesion as a means for discovering prognostic factors in breast cancer surv...

Composite stone is made of crushed materials bound by a polymer resin. A design of experimental techniques was used to evaluate the influence of factors (resin type, use of adhesion promoter, compaction pressure, vibration duration, use of a vacuum, and cure program) on the manufacturing of composite stone. The response variable was flexural strength. A 2IV 6-2 fractional factorial design with ...

The correlation between the anomalous mechanical dissipation and pressure-sensitive adhesion in nematic liquid crystalline elastomers (LCEs) is explored, comparing hard glassy soft materials (high low crosslinking density, respectively) versus isotropic genesis. Two significant factors are identified contributing to strong adhesion: intrinsic damping, which high phase, surface roughness, affect...

BACKGROUND Previous studies have suggested that circulating concentrations of soluble adhesion molecules are useful predictors of risk of coronary heart disease (CHD). Larger studies are needed, however, to test this hypothesis. METHODS We measured serum concentrations of four soluble cell adhesion molecules (intercellular adhesion molecule-1 [ICAM-1], vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 [VCAM-...

objective bacterial adhesion is governed by specific and nonspecific interactions such as hydrophobicity. hydrophobic interactions play a role in the adherence of microorganisms to a wide variety of surfaces and facilitate biofilm formation due to bacterial adhesion. in this article the relation between cell surface hydrophobicity and antibiotic resistance was studied. materials and methods we ...