Silicone Structural Glazing Under Blast Loading
Challenging Glass Conference Proceedings, 2022 Silicone sealants have a long history of successful use in high performance windows and curtainwalls, such as structural glazing (bonding) systems which can contribute to bomb blast mitigating window designs.
Valérie Hayez +4 more
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High-Temperature Behavior of Silicone Sealants
Challenging Glass Conference Proceedings, 2022 Since the early 2000s, an increasing number of globally reported fires in tall buildings, which have spread quickly, have been attributed to the façade.
Valérie Hayez, Georg Scheutz
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Frontalis Transfer and Closed Silicone Rod Frontalis Suspension [PDF]
Archives of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, 2016 Background Improvements in the degree of marginal reflex distance 1 (MRD1) were compared before and after use of the frontalis transfer (FT) method and closed silicone rod frontalis suspension surgery (SS) for severe blepharoptosis under general or local
Yong Jig Lee, David Dae Hwan Park
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Design and Fabrication of a New Expandable Transtibial Liner with Manual Volume Control: A Prototype [PDF]
Journal of Biomedical Physics and Engineering, 2020 Diurnal volume changes is one of the main factors influencing socket fit in transtibial prosthesis and causing pressure problem issues. Embedded bladder liners have been recently a potential approach to deal with this problem.
M J Nouri +3 more
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Obstetrics and gynecology residents’ satisfaction and self-confidence after an anal sphincter injury simulation-based workshop in Indonesia: a pre- and post-intervention comparison study [PDF]
Journal of Educational Evaluation for Health Professions, 2022 Purpose Obstetric anal sphincter injury is one of the most common complications during delivery. Simulation models with manikins can be used as an effective medical learning method to improve students’ abilities before encountering patients.
Riska Wahyuningtyas +6 more
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Bone reabsorption associated with silicone implants in mentoplasty: a clinical case report [PDF]
Revista Brasileira de Cirurgia Plástica, 2017 For many years, silicone implants were used in reconstructive and esthetic surgeries, especially in cases in which the facial profile of patients presented deficiencies in the inferior third of the face.
Gabriel Cardoso Ramalho +4 more
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Silicone-Induced Granulomas of Breast Implant Capsule (SIGBIC)
Journal of the Belgian Society of Radiology, 2023 Teaching point: A hypoechogenic mass within the fibrous capsule of a breast implant could correspond with a silicone-induced granuloma.
Evelien Martens, Machteld Keupers
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Design and fabrication of chemically robust three-dimensional microfluidic valves [PDF]
, 2007 A current problem in microfluidics is that poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS), used to fabricate many microfluidic devices, is not compatible with most organic solvents. Fluorinated compounds are more chemically robust than PDMS but, historically, it has been
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International Journal of Dentistry, 2019 Objective. The aim of this study was to evaluate the tear strength of MDX4-4210 and A-2186 silicones with different intrinsic pigments incorporated by mechanical and industrial methods, comparing nonaged and aged groups. Materials and Methods.
Marcelo Coelho Goiato +6 more
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Tribological behaviour of two kinds of typical hydrogel contact lenses in different lubricants
Biosurface and Biotribology, 2019 Contact lenses have a special effect on the treatment of some eye diseases. The tribological behaviour of soft contact lenses considerably influences their clinical performance.
Dong Qin +6 more
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