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Photo-Mediated Ultrasound Therapy for the Treatment of Corneal Neovascularization in Rabbit Eyes
(Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, 2020-12-09)Purpose: Corneal neovascularization (CNV) is the invasion of new blood vessels into the avascular cornea, leading to reduced corneal transparency and visual acuity, impaired vision, and even blindness. Current treatment ... -
Cavitation induced shear and circumferential stresses on blood vessel walls during photo-mediated ultrasound therapy
(American Institute of Physics, 2020-12-29)Photo-mediated ultrasound therapy (PUT) is a novel technique using combined laser and ultrasound to generate enhanced cavitation activity inside blood vessels. The stresses produced by oscillating bubbles during PUT are ... -
Effect of Grade III Lumbar Mobilization on Back Muscles in Chronic Low Back Pain: A Randomized Controlled Trial
(Association of Schools of Allied Health Professions, 2020)BACKGROUND: Lumbar mobilization is a standard intervention for lower back pain (LBP). However, its effect on the activity of back muscles is not well known. OBJECTIVES: To investigate the effects of lumbar mobilization on ... -
Consistency and Validity of the Mathematical Models and the Solution Methods for BVPs and IVPs Based on Energy Methods and Principle of Virtual Work for Homogeneous Isotropic and Non-Homogeneous Non-Isotropic Solid Continua
(Scientific Research Publishing, 2020-07-16)Energy methods and the principle of virtual work are commonly used for obtaining solutions of boundary value problems (BVPs) and initial value problems (IVPs) associated with homogeneous, isotropic and non-homogeneous, ... -
Thermodynamic Consistency of Plate and Shell Mathematical Models in the Context of Classical and Non-Classical Continuum Mechanics and a Thermodynamically Consistent New Thermoelastic Formulation
(Scientific Research Publishing, 2020-06)Inclusion of dissipation and memory mechanisms, non-classical elasticity and thermal effects in the currently used plate/shell mathematical models require that we establish if these mathematical models can be derived using ... -
Evolution of Network Structure and Mechanical Properties in Autonomous-Strengthening Dental Adhesive
(MDPI, 2020-09-12)The inherent degradation property of most dental resins in the mouth leads to the long-term release of degradation by-products at the adhesive/tooth interface. The by-products increase the virulence of cariogenic bacteria, ... -
Synthesis of oxygen functionalized carbon nanotubes and their application for selective catalytic reduction of NOx with NH3
(Royal Society of Chemistry, 2020-04-28)Oxygen functionalized carbon nanotubes synthesized by surface acid treatment were used to improve the dispersion properties of active materials for catalysis. Carbon nanotubes have gained attention as a support for active ... -
Selective Wettability Membrane for Continuous Oil−Water Separation and In Situ Visible Light-Driven Photocatalytic Purification of Water
(Wiley Open Access, 2020-04-16)Membrane-based technologies are attractive for remediating oily wastewater because they are relatively energy-efficient and are applicable to a wide range of industrial effluents. For complete treatment of oily wastewater, ... -
Technical and Economic Analysis of Fuel Cells for Forklift Applications
(American Chemical Society, 2022-05-26)This study compared the life cycle cost (LCC) of LiFePO4 battery, proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC), and direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC) as the main power source of electric forklifts. The battery showed the ... -
Anthropogenic impacts on phytosociological features and soil microbial health of Colchicum luteum L. an endangered medicinal plant of North Western Himalaya
(Elsevier, 2022-01-10)Colchicum luteum is currently a rare and threatened medicinal plant species in the Kashmir Himalaya. Due to the subsequent increase in anthropogenic pressure on medicinal plant species, it is imperative to understand the ... -
Thermodynamic modeling of in-situ rocket propellant fabrication on Mars
(Cell Press, 2022-04-28)In-situ resource utilization (ISRU) to refuel rockets on Mars will become critical in the future. The current effort presents a thorough feasibility analysis of a scalable, Matlab-based, integrated ISRU framework from the ... -
Photoacoustic imaging of squirrel monkey cortical and subcortical brain regions during peripheral electrical stimulation
(Elsevier, 2021-12-17)The investigation of neuronal activity in non-human primate models is of critical importance due to their genetic similarity to human brains. In this study, we tested the feasibility of using photoacoustic imaging for the ... -
Assessment of dispersion of airborne particles of oral/nasal fluid by high flow nasal cannula therapy
(Public Library of Science, 2021-02-12)Background Nasal High Flow (NHF) therapy delivers flows of heated humidified gases up to 60 LPM (litres per minute) via a nasal cannula. Particles of oral/nasal fluid released by patients undergoing NHF therapy may pose ... -
Engineered Nanoparticles with Decoupled Photocatalysis and Wettability for Membrane-Based Desalination and Separation of Oil-Saline Water Mixtures
(MDPI, 2021-05-05)Membrane-based separation technologies are the cornerstone of remediating unconventional water sources, including brackish and industrial or municipal wastewater, as they are relatively energy-efficient and versatile. ... -
Leakage pressures for gasketless superhydrophobic fluid interconnects for modular lab-on-a-chip systems
(Springer Nature, 2021-09-07)Chip-to-chip and world-to-chip fluidic interconnections are paramount to enable the passage of liquids between component chips and to/from microfluidic systems. Unfortunately, most interconnect designs add additional ... -
Cutting Performance of Randomly Distributed Active Abrasive Grains in Gear Honing Process
(MDPI, 2021-09-17)In power gear honing, the random distribution of abrasive grains on the tooth surface of the honing wheel is the main factor that influences the machining performance of high-quality hardened gears. In order to investigate ... -
Trunk Control Response to Unstable Seated Posture During Various Feedback Conditions in People with Chronic Low Back Pain
(Association of Schools of Allied Health Professions, 2019)AIMS: People with chronic low back pain (CLBP) tend to have altered postural control. Visual biofeedback may be used to restore postural control. The purpose of this pilot study was to investigate the effect of visual ... -
Special Issue on Photoacoustic Tomography
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Peptide Mediated Antimicrobial Dental Adhesive System
(MDPI, 2019-02-08)The most common cause for dental composite failures is secondary caries due to invasive bacterial colonization of the adhesive/dentin (a/d) interface. Innate material weakness often lead to an insufficient seal between the ... -
Ordered Rate Constitutive Theories for Non-Classical Thermofluids Based on Convected Time Derivatives of the Strain and Higher Order Rotation Rate Tensors Using Entropy Inequality
(MDPI, 2020-04-14)This paper considers non-classical continuum theory for thermoviscous fluids without memory incorporating internal rotation rates resulting from the antisymmetric part of the velocity gradient tensor to derive ordered rate ...
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