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Marine silicon for biomedical sustainability

open access: yesBMEMat, EarlyView.
Schematic illustrating marine silicon for biomedical engineering. Abstract Despite momentous divergence from oceanic origin, human beings and marine organisms exhibit elemental homology through silicon utilization. Notably, silicon serves as a critical constituent in multiple biomedical processes.
Yahui Han   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Risk factors associated with medium- to long-term outcome and health-related quality of life of patients with conservatively treated rib fractures

open access: yesScientific Reports
Patients with rib fractures often suffer from prolonged pain and dyspnea. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the mid- and long-term outcomes and major predisposing risk factors for clinical limitations such as pain or reduced lung capacity in ...
Benedikt Heyart   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Abdominal intercostal hernia: a rare complication after blunt trauma. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Abdominal intercostal hernia (AIH) is uncommonly reported in the literature with only 20 cases reported to date.1–3 We report a case of a delayed incarcerated AIH secondary to blunt trauma from a motor vehicle accident in which the colon and diaphragm ...
Cowan, MD, Scott W.   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Comprehensive approach to the management of the patient with multiple rib fractures: a review and introduction of a bundled rib fracture management protocol

open access: yesTrauma Surgery & Acute Care Open, 2017
Rib fractures are common among patients sustaining blunt trauma, and are markers of severe bodily and solid organ injury. They are associated with high morbidity and mortality, including multiple pulmonary complications, and can lead to chronic pain and ...
Cordelie E. Witt, E. Bulger
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Injuries in deep time: interpreting competitive behaviours in extinct reptiles via palaeopathology

open access: yesBiological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT For over a century, palaeopathology has been used as a tool for understanding evolution, disease in past communities and populations, and to interpret behaviour of extinct taxa. Physical traumas in particular have frequently been the justification for interpretations about aggressive and even competitive behaviours in extinct taxa.
Maximilian Scott   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Lucky Open Rib Fracture After Falling from a Donkey

open access: yesEurasian Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2019
Open bone fractures are frequently seen in fingers (45%) and in long bones such as tibia and fibula (11.2%). Open fractures of the thorax due to rib fracture rarely result in antagonism.
Hüseyin Fatih Sezer, Hakan Dayanır
doaj   +1 more source

Design, ancillary testing, analysis and fabrication data for the advanced composite stabilizer for Boeing 737 aircraft, volume 2 [PDF]

open access: yes
Results of tests conducted to demonstrate that composite structures save weight, possess long term durability, and can be fabricated at costs competitive with conventional metal structures are presented with focus on the use of graphite-epoxy in the ...
Aniversario, R. B.   +7 more
core   +1 more source

Characterization of Loading Environment on Human Ribs during Ventilation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
The human thoracic cavity holds vital organs, such as the heart and lungs. The rib cage provides protection to these organs, and as a result is susceptible to injuries.
Stemmer, Katherine
core  

Intercostal nerve cryoablation for control of traumatic rib fracture pain: A case report

open access: yesTrauma Case Reports, 2019
Pain from traumatic rib fractures presents a source of major morbidity and mortality. Prior studies have reported 59% of patients continue to have persistent pain at 2 months post injury. Most modern analgesia modalities have short duration of effect (
John D. Vossler, Frank Z. Zhao
semanticscholar   +1 more source

A Taxonomy of Predictive Maintenance as a Basis for Supra‐Regional Sustainability Monitoring—Literature Review

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The concept of predictive maintenance in advanced manufacturing systems is crucial from the point of view of resource efficiency in the era of high competitiveness forced by energy transformation in the digital economy. Against the backdrop of sustainability and the opportunities a data cooperative offers, the combination of predictive ...
Christian Schachtner   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

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