Eye irritation predictions are very important in the development of cosmetics and pharmaceuticals. For animal protection, alternative tests are being developed to replace the Draize test, which involves the use of rabbits to test eye irritation. The Vitrigel-eye irritancy test (Vitrigel-EIT), is one such alternative.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFConcerns regarding animal welfare have led to the need for alternatives to animal eye irritation tests. The reconstructed human cornea-like epithelium (RhCE) test is described in the OECD TG 492 as an alternative to animal eye irritation tests. However, the accuracy and labor investment of this method can be improved if the results can be predicted before the experiment.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe aim of this study was to investigate the sacroiliac joint injury mechanism. Two test configurations were selected from full scale car crashes conducted with the WorldSID 50 dummy resulting in high sacroiliac joint loads and low pubic symphysis force, i.e.
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