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Reinforced Drapery Meshes: A Design Method Accounting for Retaining Ropes Contribution

open access: yesApplied Sciences, 2021
Reinforced drapery meshes, both secured and pinned, constitute a compelling solution for rockfall risk mitigation on rock slopes facing structures and infrastructures.
Maddalena Marchelli, Giorgio Giacchetti
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Quantifying the Effectiveness of a Mesh in Mitigating Burning Capabilities of Firebrand Shower

open access: yesFire, 2022
The broad aim of this research is to quantify the effectiveness of fences made of metal mesh around buildings in mitigating risks associated with firebrand showers created in wildland fires.
Ahmad Sharifian Barforoush   +1 more
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Numerical Modeling of the Photothermal Processing for Bubble Forming around Nanowire in a Liquid

open access: yesThe Scientific World Journal, 2014
An accurate computation of the temperature is an important factor in determining the shape of a bubble around a nanowire immersed in a liquid. The study of the physical phenomenon consists in solving a photothermic coupled problem between light and ...
Anis Chaari   +3 more
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Collaborative Language Learning for Professional Adults [PDF]

open access: yesInteraction Design and Architecture(s), 2009
Sustainable support for educational development using new technologies in higher education depends on having a basic roadmap that links current demands for developmental support to a plan for ways in which longer term needs will be recognized and met ...
Linda Joy Mesh
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Numerical Study of Photoacoustic Pressure for Cancer Therapy

open access: yesApplied Sciences, 2016
A commonly used therapy for cancer is based on the necrosis of cells induced by heating through the illumination of nanoparticles embedded in cells. Recently, the photoacoustic pressure shock induced by the illumination pulse was proved and this points ...
Thomas Grosges, Dominique Barchiesi
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Transrectal penetration of mesh after endoscopic inguinal hernia repair: An unusual delayed complication complication: A case report

open access: yesInternational Journal of Abdominal Wall and Hernia Surgery, 2021
The majority of inguinal hernia repairs today, open or laparoscopic, are performed with mesh tension-free repair. The introduction of mesh, though beneficial, posed a new set of post-operative problems related with the mesh, and mesh migration or ...
Ajay Kumar Pal   +3 more
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Comparison of 3D Adaptive Remeshing Strategies for Finite Element Simulations of Electromagnetic Heating of Gold Nanoparticles

open access: yesAdvances in Mathematical Physics, 2015
The optical properties of metallic nanoparticles are well known, but the study of their thermal behavior is in its infancy. However the local heating of surrounding medium, induced by illuminated nanostructures, opens the way to new sensors and devices ...
Fadhil Mezghani   +4 more
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Gold Nanoparticles as a Photothermal Agent in Cancer Therapy: The Thermal Ablation Characteristic Length

open access: yesMolecules, 2018
In cancer therapy, the thermal ablation of diseased cells by embedded nanoparticles is one of the known therapies. It is based on the absorption of the energy of the illuminating laser by nanoparticles.
Thomas Grosges, Dominique Barchiesi
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Numerical Study of Plasmonic Efficiency of Gold Nanostripes for Molecule Detection

open access: yesThe Scientific World Journal, 2015
In plasmonics, the accurate computation of the electromagnetic field enhancement is necessary in determining the amplitude and the spatial extension of the field around nanostructures.
Thomas Grosges, Dominique Barchiesi
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Mention of ethical review and informed consent in the reports of research undertaken during the armed conflict in Darfur (2004–2012): a systematic review

open access: yesBMC Medical Ethics, 2019
Background Armed conflict in Darfur, west Sudan since 2003 has led to the influx of about 100 international humanitarian UN and non-governmental organizations to help the affected population.
Ghaiath Hussein, Khalifa Elmusharaf
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