Evaluation of graphene-derived bone scaffold exposure to the calvarial bone_ and studies.

Graphene is a novel material which has recently been gaining great interest in the biomedical fields. Our previous study observed that graphene-derived particles help induce bone formation in a murine calvarial model. Here, we further developed a blended graphene-contained polycaprolactone (PCL/G) filament for application in a 3D-printed bone scaffold.

Integrating a hive triangle pattern with subpixel analysis for noncontact measurement of structural dynamic response by using a novel image processing scheme.

This work presents a digital image processing approach with a unique hive triangle pattern by integrating subpixel analysis for noncontact measurement of structural dynamic response data. Feasibility of proposed approach is demonstrated based on numerical simulation of a photography experiment. According to those results, the measured time-history displacement of simulated image correlates well with the numerical solution.

Locating damage using integrated global-local approach with wireless sensing system and single-chip impedance measurement device.

This study developed an integrated global-local approach for locating damage on building structures. A damage detection approach with a novel embedded frequency response function damage index (NEFDI) was proposed and embedded in the Imote2.NET-based wireless structural health monitoring (SHM) system to locate global damage.

Carpal tunnel pressure is correlated with electrophysiological parameters but not the 3 month surgical outcome.

Tunnel pressure (TP) has been linked to carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS), but the clinical significance of TP is still under investigation. The present study included 58 hands that were diagnosed with idiopathic CTS by nerve conduction velocity (NCV) and received divisions of the flexor retinaculum through a mini-open procedure. Preoperative and postoperative TP were measured segmentally, and surgical outcomes were assessed by the Boston Symptom Severity Score for CTS before surgery and 3 months after surgery.

Metastatic carcinoma related long segment thoracic spinal epidural hematoma: a case report.

Study Design: Case report.

Objective: To report a long segment epidural hematoma with thoracic cord compression caused by a metastatic carcinoma.

Summary Of Background Data: To our knowledge, there have been no previous reports of spontaneous spinal epidural hematoma caused by metastatic carcinoma.

Cerebral sinus thrombosis with intracerebral hemorrhage in pregnancy: a case report.

A 29-year-old woman who was pregnant for 12 weeks presented with headache for one week and drowsiness for two days. Computed tomography of the brain revealed multifocal hematomas with mass effect. Decompressive craniectomy was done to relieve the increased intracranial pressure.

Delayed hemopericardium with constrictive pericarditis after blunt trauma: a report of a surgical case.

Constrictive pericarditis (CP) following hemopericardium has been reported in the literature but its pathogenesis is open to question. Proposed mechanisms include trauma leading to damage of the mesothelial lining resulting in decreased fibrinolytic activity in the presence of blood. We present a patient who sustained blunt thoracoabdominal trauma in a car accident and subsequently developed delayed hemopericardium leading to constrictive pericarditis and impending cardiac tamponade.