Temporary Cohabitation: The Metastable Phase AuSi.

The prediction, identification, and characterization of phases away from equilibrium conditions remain difficult challenges for material science. Herein, we demonstrate how systems whose phase diagrams contain deeply incising eutectics can offer opportunities to address these challenges. We report the synthesis of a new compound in the Au-Si system, a textbook example of a system with a deep eutectic.

Computed Tomography Derived Patient-specific Instrumentation Total Ankle Arthroplasty Survivorship Outcomes.

Computed tomography (CT) derived patient-specific total ankle arthroplasty (TAA) systems have been utilized for improved accuracy and reproducible implant alignment. The purpose of the present study was to report the overall implant survivorship as well as radiographic analysis of patients who underwent primary TAA utilizing CT-derived patient-specific instrumentation. A retrospective review of medical charts and radiographs were performed on patients who had undergone primary TAA at a single institution in the Midwest region from March 2013 to October 2020.

Socio-Cognitive Engineering of a Robotic Partner for Child's Diabetes Self-Management.

Social or humanoid robots do hardly show up in "the wild," aiming at pervasive and enduring human benefits such as child health. This paper presents a socio-cognitive engineering (SCE) methodology that guides the ongoing research & development for an evolving, longer-lasting human-robot partnership in practice. The SCE methodology has been applied in a large European project to develop a robotic partner that supports the daily diabetes management processes of children, aged between 7 and 14 years (i.

Extensive Distribution of the Lyme Disease Bacterium, Sensu Lato, in Multiple Tick Species Parasitizing Avian and Mammalian Hosts across Canada.

Lyme disease, caused by the spirochetal bacterium, sensu lato (Bbsl), is typically transmitted by hard-bodied ticks (Acari: Ixodidae). Whenever this tick-borne zoonosis is mentioned in medical clinics and emergency rooms, it sparks a firestorm of controversy. Denial often sets in, and healthcare practitioners dismiss the fact that this pathogenic spirochetosis is present in their area.

Far-Reaching Dispersal of Sensu Lato-Infected Blacklegged Ticks by Migratory Songbirds in Canada.

Lyme disease has been documented in northern areas of Canada, but the source of the etiological bacterium, sensu lato (Bbsl) has been in doubt. We collected 87 ticks from 44 songbirds during 2017, and 24 (39%) of 62 nymphs of the blacklegged tick, , were positive for Bbsl. We provide the first report of Bbsl-infected, songbird-transported in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia; Newfoundland and Labrador; north-central Manitoba, and Alberta.