Journal of Applied HematologyThis comprehensive review explores the critical importance of the preanalytical phase in hematology laboratory testing and its significant impact on the overall quality of results.
Pooja Dattatray Mankar +4 more
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Failure and Scaling of Graphene Nanocomposites [PDF]
, 2017 This work proposes an investigation on the scaling of the structural strength of polymer/graphene nanocomposites. To this end, fracture tests on geometrically scaled Single Edge Notch Bending (SENB) specimens with varying contents of graphene were conducted to study the effects of nanomodification on the scaling.
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Identifying and managing asbestiform minerals in geological collections [PDF]
, 2016 Asbestos is widely recognised as a serious hazard, and its industrial use is now banned within the UK, and EU, and strict regulations govern the use of older manufactured materials which may contain asbestos.
Davidson, Peter +3 more
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Decision Tree Analysis as a Supplementary Tool to Enhance Histomorphological Differentiation when Distinguishing Human from Non-human Cranial Bone in both Burnt and Unburnt States: A feasibility study [PDF]
, 2016 This feasibility study was undertaken to describe and record the histological characteristics of burnt and unburnt cranial bone fragments from human and non-human bones.
Crawley M +4 more
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Toughness of Confined Auxetic Foams
Advanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.Auxetic (negative Poisson's ratio) materials offer benefits such as impact mitigation, thermal insulation, vibration damping, and reduced shear strain, although their fracture mechanics are largely unexplored. This study investigates damage initiation and propagation in confined re‐entrant auxetic foams from polyurethane via experimental ...
Adrianos E. F. Athanasiadis +3 more
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A multi-stage triaxial testing procedure for low permeable geomaterials applied to Opalinus Clay
Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, 2017 In many engineering applications, it is important to determine both effective rock properties and the rock behavior which are representative for the problem's in situ conditions.
Katrin M. Wild +3 more
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Influence of specimen velocity on the leakage signal in magnetic flux leakage type nondestructive testing [PDF]
arXiv, 2014 We investigate the influence of the specimen velocity on the magnetic flux leakage with the aim of selecting the optimum sensor locations. Parametric numerical simulations where the specimen velocity was in the range [0.1-20] m$\cdot$s$^{-1}$ were carried out.
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Spatial Poisson processes for fatigue crack initiation [PDF]
, 2018 In this work we propose a stochastic model for estimating the occurrence of crack initiations on the surface of metallic specimens in fatigue problems that can be applied to a general class of geometries. The stochastic model is based on spatial Poisson processes with intensity function that combines stress-life (S-N) curves with averaged effective ...
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Gastrointestinal infection in a New Zealand community : a one year study : a thesis presented in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Microbiology at Massey University [PDF]
, 1996 Diagnostic medical microbiology laboratories detect and identify pathogens in submitted specimens. The techniques used should maximise the detection of pathogens (sensitivity) while minimising the number of tests for their detection (efficiency).
Wright, Jacqueline Margaret
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Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.Joule‐assisted nanotherapeutic urethral stent harnesses a smart, biodegradable magnesium stent to orchestrate spatiotemporal theragenerative therapy for urethral strictures. Magnetically induced Joule heating enables on‐demand drug release and bacterial ablation, while simultaneously guiding urothelial regeneration.
Yuhyun Na +15 more
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