Publications by authors named "E Hershkovitz"
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- High temperatures above 600 °C create challenges for metal lubrication due to softening and oxidation, making traditional lubricants ineffective.
- Researchers found that additively-manufactured Inconel superalloy can achieve low coefficients of friction (COF) between 0.10-0.32 at temperatures reaching 900 °C by forming protective spinel-based oxide layers.
- A computational approach was developed to predict the lubricating properties of different oxide compositions, highlighting the potential of spinel oxide for self-lubricating high-temperature alloys, outperforming traditional lubricants.
Background: Congenital Insensitivity to Pain with Anhidrosis (CIPA) is a rare hereditary neuropathy caused by NTRK1 gene mutations, predisposing patients to recurrent infections and chronic wounds. Long-term studies on microbial and clinical outcomes in CIPA are limited. This study presents analysis of infection patterns, antibiotic resistance, and clinical outcomes in CIPA patients.
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- - The Crohn's Disease Exclusion Diet (CDED) effectively induces remission in mild-to-moderate Crohn's disease patients and has gained recognition in recent ESPEN guidelines, although it faces cultural implementation challenges.
- - This case-based study compiles experiences from healthcare providers across six countries to address these challenges and find solutions, particularly focusing on how dietitians can adapt the CDED to different cultural contexts.
- - The study emphasizes the importance of customizing dietary plans and providing personalized counseling to ensure effective CDED implementation, contributing to the overall understanding and practical application of the diet in various cultures.
The natural history of dihydrolipoamide dehydrogenase deficiency in Israel.
J Inherit Metab Dis
September 2024
Dihydrolipoamide dehydrogenase (DLD) deficiency is an ultra-rare autosomal-recessive inborn error of metabolism, affecting no less than five mitochondrial multienzyme complexes. With approximately 30 patients reported to date, DLD deficiency was associated with three major clinical presentations: an early-onset encephalopathic phenotype with metabolic acidosis, a predominantly hepatic presentation with liver failure, and a rare myopathic phenotype. To elucidate the demographic, phenotypic, and molecular characteristics of patients with DLD deficiency within the Israeli population, data were collected from metabolic disease specialists in four large tertiary medical centers in the center and south of Israel.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFFerroelectric hafnium zirconium oxide (HZO) holds promise for nextgeneration memory and transistors due to its superior scalability and seamless integration with complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor processing. A major challenge in developing this emerging ferroelectric material is the metastable nature of the non-centrosymmetric polar phase responsible for ferroelectricity, resulting in a coexistence of both polar and non-polar phases with uneven grain sizes and random orientations. Due to the structural similarity between the multiple phases and the nanoscale dimensions of the thin film devices, accurate measurement of phase-specific information remains challenging.
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