ABSTRACT: Total hip replacement is considered to be a highly successful and routine surgery; however, the internal components produce particles through friction and wear in the device.These particles are identified as one of the main reasons for total hip revisions.The generated, biologically active, particles provoke the formation of osteolytic ar
Abstract Background A 34-year-old gentleman presented with Staphylococcus salivarius infective endocarditis 13 years after aortic homograft and mitral valve repair for degenerative bicuspid aortic valve associated with rheumatic heart disease.The homograft had laffy taffy halloween calcified, and the mitral repair had deteriorated with severe regur
In this paper, we explore the active production of difference (as lacking) through the School Vulnerability Index and the School Inclusion Law armada tantrum skis in Chile.Through a diffractive reading, we present the contradiction between these two policies.While discriminatory knowledge about school subjects is produced in the School Vulnerabilit
African tropical forests of the equatorial belt might receive significant input of extra nitrogen derived from biomass burning occurring in the north savanna belt and transported equatorward by northeastern winds.In order to test this hypothesis an experiment was set up in a tropical rain forest in the Ankasa Game Reserve and Nini-Suhien National P
The study evaluates the mechanical properties of a woven bamboo structure made from bamboo strips using an analytical relation and finite element simulation.The bamboo studied is a recently discovered species, Bambusa Nghiana, characterized by long internodes.Bamboo strips have lower strength at the node junctions, a feature that can be advantageou