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Repeatability and reliability of the footwear assessment tool in Spanish patients: A transcultural adaptation

2023

[Abstract] Background: The footwear assessment tool was designed to advise an appropriate footwear for each situation and patient. Footwear alterations structures can influence in musculoskeletal disorders, developing foot ulcers, increase the peak plantar pressure, bacterial growth, low back pain. Methods: To validate the study 101 subjects were recruited. The study was tested by two expert podiatrists using the tool for the assessment of footwear characteristics that is composed by five domains, fit, general features, general structure, motion control properties and cushioning system. Each domain analyzes different shoe items. Results: An excellent agreement between the test-retest. A sui…

Foreign-Body Reaction to Dermal Filler: Good Response to Treatment With Allopurinol

2020

Glucocorticoid receptor (DlGR1) is expressed in pre-larval and larval stages of the teleost fish Dicentrarchus labrax.

2008

Glucocorticoid hormone receptors (GR), members of the nuclear hormone receptor superfamily, are ligand-dependent transcription factors expressed in various tissues by binding to specific DNA sequences. Since glucocorticoids have a role in maintaining the homeostatic status in fish, we previously cloned and sequenced a GR (DlGR1) of adult Dicentrarchus labrax; we also showed mRNA expression (in situ hybridization) and tissue immunohistochemical localization of DlGR1 in several organs. This work has now been extended to the examination of the expression, tissue distribution, and cytolocalization of DlGR1 in larval developmental stages by similar methods to those used for the adult organs. The…

Anti-acids lead to immunological and morphological changes in the intestine of BALB/c mice similar to human food allergy

2008

Abstract We have shown that anti-acid medication for treating dyspeptic disorders can block protein digestion and induce a higher risk for food sensitization. This mechanism was confirmed in human and animal studies on the humoral as well as the cellular level. Here we aimed to investigate the outcome of the treatment with the anti-acid drug sucralfate on the intestine in our murine model, assuming that morphological and immunological changes will occur. BALB/c mice were fed codfish extract plus sucralfate. Antibodies were examined in ELISA, RBL assay and Western blot. Quantitative morphological analysis of the intestine was performed by design-based stereology, focussing on epithelium, lam…

Tool Wear and Damage

2008

This chapter provides comprehensive knowledge regarding tool wear mechanisms and characterizes their physical fundamentals. Adhesion, abrasion, diffusion and oxidation are selected as predominant mechanisms controlling tool wear, depending on the mechanical and thermal conditions at the rake and flank faces. The analytical models describing the wear rate and volumetric material loss for different wear mechanisms are provided. The tool wear indicators related to crater, flank and notch wear specified in ISO 3685 are presented for both flat-faced and grooved tools. Tool life is defined and corresponding models, including the influence of cutting speed, feed and the depth of cut, are derived. …

On the Influence of the Radius Between Face and Flank on the Tool Life of Sintered Carbides

1985

Experimental investigations carried out by the authors in interrupted cutting, show that if the cutting edge survives to few impacts, then fracture will take place to very high number of impacts. Early fractures can be explained by assuming the presence of microscopic defects on the tool edge; a longer life can be referred to an increase tool strengthness due to rounding of the edge as a consequence of the wear process. In order to study the effects of the rounding of the edge, experimental tests have been carried out on several inserts of sintered carbides with different values of the radius of the edge between face and flank obtained by a tumbling process. The results show that the greate…

Flow cytometric kinetic assay of calcium mobilization in whole blood platelets using Fluo-3 and CD41

1999

Background: Platelet activation plays a major role in the physiology and pathology of hemostasis. Flow cytometry is a promising approach for the structural and functional analysis of platelets. However, the choice of adequate biological parameters and most technical issues are still under discussion. A rise in cytosolic free Ca 21 is a key early event that follows platelet stimulation and precedes several activation responses, including shape change, aggregation, secretion, and expression of procoagulant activity. Our objective was to set up a fast and sensitive flow cytometric method to determine the kinetics of intracellular Ca 21 mobilization in platelets, which could be performed with t…

Role of MDCT virtopsy in valuation of burned bodies and its comparison with traditional autopsy

2014

Aims and objectives Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References

Data for: Forensic comparison of PVC tape backings using time resolved LA-ICP-MS analysis

2018

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Analysis of artificially degraded DNA using STRs and SNPs—results of a collaborative European (EDNAP) exercise

2005

Recently, there has been much debate about what kinds of genetic markers should be implemented as new core loci that constitute national DNA databases. The choices lie between conventional STRs, ranging in size from 100 to 450 bp; mini-STRs, with amplicon sizes less than 200 bp; and single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). There is general agreement by the European DNA Profiling Group (EDNAP) and the European Network of Forensic Science Institutes (ENFSI) that the reason to implement new markers is to increase the chance of amplifying highly degraded DNA rather than to increase the discriminating power of the current techniques. A collaborative study between nine European and US laboratories…