Materials for Biomedical Applications [PDF]
, 1998 This paper discusses two ceramic material systems for selective laser sintering (SLS) that are being developed for biomedical applications for use in repair of bone defects.
Aufdemorte, T. B. +5 more
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Skeletal pathology and variable anatomy in elephant feet assessed using computed tomography [PDF]
, 2017 Foot problems are a major cause of morbidity and mortality in elephants, but are underreported due to difficulties in diagnosis, particularly of conditions affecting the bones and internal structures. Here we evaluate post-mortem computer tomographic (CT)
Benjamin +42 more
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Ibuprofen-loaded calcium phosphate granules : combination of innovative characterization methods to relate mechanical strength to drug location [PDF]
, 2010 This paper studies the impact of the location of a drug substance on the physicochemical and mechanical properties of two types of calcium phosphate granules loaded with seven different contents of ibuprofen, ranging from 1.75% to 46%.
Ahola +44 more
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Fabrication of Plga/Hap and Plga/Phb/Hap Fibrous Nanocomposite Materials for Osseous Tissue Regeneration [PDF]
, 2014 The study presents the manufacturing of nanofibrous structures as osteoconductive, osteoinductive materials for osseous tissue regeneration. The fibrous structures were obtained by electrospinning of poly(l-lactide-coglicolide) (PLGA) with addition of ...
Boguń, Maciej +4 more
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The residual STL volume as a metric to evaluate accuracy and reproducibility of anatomic models for 3D printing: application in the validation of 3D-printable models of maxillofacial bone from reduced radiation dose CT images. [PDF]
, 2015 BackgroundThe effects of reduced radiation dose CT for the generation of maxillofacial bone STL models for 3D printing is currently unknown. Images of two full-face transplantation patients scanned with non-contrast 320-detector row CT were reconstructed
Cai, Tianrun +8 more
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The white beauty – Starčevo culture jewellery
Documenta Praehistorica, 2012 The Neolithic is an interesting phase for observing the changes which affected the material culture and the ideology of the prehistoric groups in Europe. The production of personal ornaments improved and new types appeared. A new kind of adornment object
Selena Vitezović
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Personal ornaments, Neolithic groups and social identities: some insights into Northern Italy
Documenta Praehistorica, 2012 Personal ornaments are often used to display information about the person wearing them – identity, group or individual, status, current role. In this paper, I analyse ornaments from osseous raw materials from Early and Middle Neolithic sites in Serbia ...
Roberto Micheli
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Informative potential of multiscale observations in archaeological biominerals down to the nanoscale [PDF]
, 2016 International audienceHumans have intentionally used biological materials such as bone, ivory and shells since prehistoric times due to their particular physical and chemical properties.
Gourrier, Aurélien, Reiche, Ina
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Istállóskő revisited: Lithic artefacts and assemblages, sixty years after [PDF]
, 2015 The Istállóskő cave, one of the classical sites in Hungary was generally regarded as the only important locality of the Aurignacian culture with two discrete culture-bearing layers.
Markó, András
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Recent origin of low trabecular bone density in modern humans [PDF]
, 2014 Humans are unique, compared with our closest living relatives (chimpanzees) and early fossil hominins, in having an enlarged body size and lower limb joint surfaces in combination with a relatively gracile skeleton (i.e., lower bone mass for our body ...
Bernhard Zipfel +11 more
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