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Adjusting curing parameters for innovative and durable vegetable fibre-cement composites
Cement and Concrete Composites, ISSN 0958-9465, 10/2019, Volume 103, pp. 121 - 133
This work adjusts curing parameters for innovative and durable vegetable fibre-cement composites produced by a slurry vacuum dewatering process. The raw...
Mechanical properties | Carbonation | Fibre-matrix adhesion | Packing | Aging cycles | Microstructure | MATRIX | MATERIALS SCIENCE, COMPOSITES | HYDRATION | DURABILITY | WATER-VAPOR SORPTION | CONSTRUCTION & BUILDING TECHNOLOGY | ACCELERATED CARBONATION | PASTE | SUPERCRITICAL CARBONATION TREATMENT | Raw materials | Vegetables | Carbonates | Silica | Cement
Mechanical properties | Carbonation | Fibre-matrix adhesion | Packing | Aging cycles | Microstructure | MATRIX | MATERIALS SCIENCE, COMPOSITES | HYDRATION | DURABILITY | WATER-VAPOR SORPTION | CONSTRUCTION & BUILDING TECHNOLOGY | ACCELERATED CARBONATION | PASTE | SUPERCRITICAL CARBONATION TREATMENT | Raw materials | Vegetables | Carbonates | Silica | Cement
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Composites Part A, ISSN 1359-835X, 2009, Volume 40, Issue 12, pp. 2046 - 2053
The objective of the present work is to evaluate the effect of surface modification of cellulose pulp fibres on the mechanical and microstructure of...
A. Fibres | E. Surface treatment | B. Fibre/matrix bond | B. Microstructures | DURABILITY | SILANE COUPLING AGENTS | ISSUE | Fibres | CARBON-FIBER | MATERIALS SCIENCE, COMPOSITES | Microstructures | ENGINEERING, MANUFACTURING | Fibre/matrix bond | MECHANICAL-PROPERTIES | Surface treatment | Composite materials industry | Cellulose
A. Fibres | E. Surface treatment | B. Fibre/matrix bond | B. Microstructures | DURABILITY | SILANE COUPLING AGENTS | ISSUE | Fibres | CARBON-FIBER | MATERIALS SCIENCE, COMPOSITES | Microstructures | ENGINEERING, MANUFACTURING | Fibre/matrix bond | MECHANICAL-PROPERTIES | Surface treatment | Composite materials industry | Cellulose
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Experimental Gerontology, ISSN 0531-5565, 02/2019, Volume 116, pp. 46 - 53
Aging and diabetes are associated with decreased aerobic fitness, an independent predictor of mortality. Aerobic exercise is prescribed to improve aerobic...
Aging | All-extremity aerobic exercise | VO2peak | Diabetes | Aerobic fitness | Cardiovascular disease risk | CARDIAC-FUNCTION | GLYCEMIC CONTROL | EXERCISE CAPACITY | GERIATRICS & GERONTOLOGY | CARDIORESPIRATORY FITNESS | CARDIOVASCULAR-DISEASE MORTALITY | PREDICTORS | MEN | BODY-MASS INDEX | HEALTH | CORONARY-ARTERY-DISEASE
Aging | All-extremity aerobic exercise | VO2peak | Diabetes | Aerobic fitness | Cardiovascular disease risk | CARDIAC-FUNCTION | GLYCEMIC CONTROL | EXERCISE CAPACITY | GERIATRICS & GERONTOLOGY | CARDIORESPIRATORY FITNESS | CARDIOVASCULAR-DISEASE MORTALITY | PREDICTORS | MEN | BODY-MASS INDEX | HEALTH | CORONARY-ARTERY-DISEASE
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Journal of Materials Science, ISSN 0022-2461, 3/2012, Volume 47, Issue 6, pp. 2864 - 2874
This article presents the results of a combined experimental and theoretical study of fracture and resistance-curve behavior of hybrid natural fiber- and...
Polymer Sciences | Materials Science, general | Mechanics | Characterization and Evaluation of Materials | Material Science | Continuum Mechanics and Mechanics of Materials | Crystallography | CEMENT COMPOSITES | MEMS THIN-FILMS | TOUGHNESS | FATIGUE | MATERIALS SCIENCE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY | STRENGTH | POLYMER COMPOSITES | THICKNESS | Atomic force microscopy | Polypropylene | Polymer matrix composites | Fracture mechanics | Building materials | Construction materials | Fiber composites | Sisal | Fiber reinforced polymers | Crack bridging | Optical microscopy | Microscopy | Scanning microscopy | Bundling | Polypropylenes | Materials science | Fiber reinforced plastics | Fibers
Polymer Sciences | Materials Science, general | Mechanics | Characterization and Evaluation of Materials | Material Science | Continuum Mechanics and Mechanics of Materials | Crystallography | CEMENT COMPOSITES | MEMS THIN-FILMS | TOUGHNESS | FATIGUE | MATERIALS SCIENCE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY | STRENGTH | POLYMER COMPOSITES | THICKNESS | Atomic force microscopy | Polypropylene | Polymer matrix composites | Fracture mechanics | Building materials | Construction materials | Fiber composites | Sisal | Fiber reinforced polymers | Crack bridging | Optical microscopy | Microscopy | Scanning microscopy | Bundling | Polypropylenes | Materials science | Fiber reinforced plastics | Fibers
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Industrial Crops & Products, ISSN 0926-6690, 09/2017, Volume 103, pp. 1 - 12
Castable, cementitious short-fiber composites with ductile, strain-hardening behavior have been made using renewable curauá plant fiber. Using plant fiber...
Lignocellulosic fiber | Natural fiber composite | Strain-hardening | Concrete | Engineered cementitious composites | Curauá | LIGNOCELLULOSIC FIBERS | AGRONOMY | AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING | Curaua | MORPHOLOGY | BRAZIL | Silane | Green technology | Electric properties
Lignocellulosic fiber | Natural fiber composite | Strain-hardening | Concrete | Engineered cementitious composites | Curauá | LIGNOCELLULOSIC FIBERS | AGRONOMY | AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING | Curaua | MORPHOLOGY | BRAZIL | Silane | Green technology | Electric properties
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Hypertension, ISSN 0194-911X, 07/2005, Volume 46, Issue 1, pp. 118 - 123
Brain natriuretic peptide ( BNP) and N-terminal pro-BNP ( NT-proBNP) are markers of heart failure. Although renal dysfunction may increase plasma...
Myocardial infarction | Ventricular function | Kidney | Hypertrophy | Natriuretic peptides | MORTALITY | DIAGNOSIS | ACTIVATION | hypertrophy | myocardial infarction | ventricular function | LEVEL | kidney | natriuretic peptides | LEFT-VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION | DISEASE | ACUTE MYOCARDIAL-INFARCTION | PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE | Myocardial Infarction - blood | Predictive Value of Tests | Glomerular Filtration Rate | Humans | Middle Aged | Ventricular Dysfunction, Left - etiology | Male | Ventricular Dysfunction, Left - diagnosis | Biomarkers - blood | Heart Failure - blood | Myocardial Infarction - complications | Peptide Fragments - blood | Female | Myocardial Infarction - physiopathology | Aged | Kidney - physiopathology | Natriuretic Peptide, Brain - blood
Myocardial infarction | Ventricular function | Kidney | Hypertrophy | Natriuretic peptides | MORTALITY | DIAGNOSIS | ACTIVATION | hypertrophy | myocardial infarction | ventricular function | LEVEL | kidney | natriuretic peptides | LEFT-VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION | DISEASE | ACUTE MYOCARDIAL-INFARCTION | PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE | Myocardial Infarction - blood | Predictive Value of Tests | Glomerular Filtration Rate | Humans | Middle Aged | Ventricular Dysfunction, Left - etiology | Male | Ventricular Dysfunction, Left - diagnosis | Biomarkers - blood | Heart Failure - blood | Myocardial Infarction - complications | Peptide Fragments - blood | Female | Myocardial Infarction - physiopathology | Aged | Kidney - physiopathology | Natriuretic Peptide, Brain - blood
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World Journal of Surgery, ISSN 0364-2313, 10/2014, Volume 38, Issue 10, pp. 2738 - 2739
Medicine & Public Health | Cardiac Surgery | Surgery | Abdominal Surgery | Vascular Surgery | Thoracic Surgery | General Surgery | SURGERY | Developing Countries | Global Health | Health Priorities | Health Services Accessibility | Surgical Procedures, Operative | Humans | Clinical Medicine | Medical and Health Sciences | Klinisk medicin | Medicin och hälsovetenskap | Kirurgi
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Marine Ecology Progress Series, ISSN 0171-8630, 03/2012, Volume 450, pp. 67 - 80
Seagrasses are under pressure from multiple concurrent threats, including rising temperatures, invasive species and nutrient-driven algal accumulations. We...
Western Australia | Introduced species | Swan River | Batillaria australis | Global warming | Halophila ovalis | Eutrophication | EELGRASS ZOSTERA-MARINA | TROPICAL SEAGRASS | MYTILUS-EDULIS | MACROALGAL BLOOMS | OXYGEN DYNAMICS | THALASSIA-TESTUDINUM | HALOPHILA-OVALIS | MARINE & FRESHWATER BIOLOGY | OCEANOGRAPHY | ECOLOGY | COASTAL WATERS | GASTROPODS BATILLARIA-ZONALIS | SULFIDE INVASION
Western Australia | Introduced species | Swan River | Batillaria australis | Global warming | Halophila ovalis | Eutrophication | EELGRASS ZOSTERA-MARINA | TROPICAL SEAGRASS | MYTILUS-EDULIS | MACROALGAL BLOOMS | OXYGEN DYNAMICS | THALASSIA-TESTUDINUM | HALOPHILA-OVALIS | MARINE & FRESHWATER BIOLOGY | OCEANOGRAPHY | ECOLOGY | COASTAL WATERS | GASTROPODS BATILLARIA-ZONALIS | SULFIDE INVASION
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International Journal of Colorectal Disease, ISSN 0179-1958, 4/2013, Volume 28, Issue 4, pp. 563 - 571
Virtual reality simulators (VRS) can acquire specific performance parameters for laparoscopic surgery. The aim of this study was to evaluate the suitability of...
Medicine & Public Health | Skills | Surgery | Hepatology | Gastroenterology | Virtual reality | Assessment | Internal Medicine | Laparoscopy | Simulator | Proctology | SURGERY | PERFORMANCE | PRACTICAL COURSE | VIDEO GAMES | NOVICES | IMPACT | EXPERIENCE | GASTROENTEROLOGY & HEPATOLOGY | VALIDITY | Clinical Competence | User-Computer Interface | Demography | Humans | Male | Laparoscopy - education | Computer Simulation | Video Games | Adult | Curriculum | Female | Laparoscopy - instrumentation | Dissection | Task Performance and Analysis | Hand Strength | Training | Study and teaching | Laparoscopic surgery | Synthetic training device industry
Medicine & Public Health | Skills | Surgery | Hepatology | Gastroenterology | Virtual reality | Assessment | Internal Medicine | Laparoscopy | Simulator | Proctology | SURGERY | PERFORMANCE | PRACTICAL COURSE | VIDEO GAMES | NOVICES | IMPACT | EXPERIENCE | GASTROENTEROLOGY & HEPATOLOGY | VALIDITY | Clinical Competence | User-Computer Interface | Demography | Humans | Male | Laparoscopy - education | Computer Simulation | Video Games | Adult | Curriculum | Female | Laparoscopy - instrumentation | Dissection | Task Performance and Analysis | Hand Strength | Training | Study and teaching | Laparoscopic surgery | Synthetic training device industry
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Journal of Wood Science, ISSN 1435-0211, 12/2019, Volume 65, Issue 1, pp. 1 - 11
The chemical treatments applied to some lignocellulosic resources commonly used as building materials can influence their mechanical performance during...
Life Sciences | Compression | Treatment | Wood Science & Technology | Materials Science, general | Bending | Characterization and Evaluation of Materials | Dendrocalamus asper | Disodium octaborate tetrahydrate | Bamboo | BORON | WOOD | SUSTAINABILITY | GUADUA | STRENGTH | MATERIALS SCIENCE, PAPER & WOOD | PRESERVATION | FIRE | SURFACE | THERMAL MODIFICATION | FORESTRY | CYCLE | Storage modulus | Building materials | Construction materials | Compression tests | Mechanical properties | Statistical methods | Compressive strength | Structural safety | Modulus of rupture | Organic chemistry | Boron | Lignocellulose | Chemical treatment | Samples
Life Sciences | Compression | Treatment | Wood Science & Technology | Materials Science, general | Bending | Characterization and Evaluation of Materials | Dendrocalamus asper | Disodium octaborate tetrahydrate | Bamboo | BORON | WOOD | SUSTAINABILITY | GUADUA | STRENGTH | MATERIALS SCIENCE, PAPER & WOOD | PRESERVATION | FIRE | SURFACE | THERMAL MODIFICATION | FORESTRY | CYCLE | Storage modulus | Building materials | Construction materials | Compression tests | Mechanical properties | Statistical methods | Compressive strength | Structural safety | Modulus of rupture | Organic chemistry | Boron | Lignocellulose | Chemical treatment | Samples
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Jornal de Pediatria, ISSN 0021-7557, 05/2016, Volume 92, Issue 3, pp. 230 - 240
This study aimed to critically review the literature available regarding the Zika virus outbreak in Brazil and its possible association with microcephaly...
Pregnancy | Neuroimaging | Cortical development | Gestação | Zika virus | Microcephaly | Vírus Zika | Desenvolvimento cortical | Neuroimagem | Microcefalia | UNITED-STATES | HUMAN BRAIN | STANDARDS | DISORDERS | ILLNESS | INTERIM GUIDELINES | DENGUE | CHIKUNGUNYA | PEDIATRICS | INFECTION | HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE
Pregnancy | Neuroimaging | Cortical development | Gestação | Zika virus | Microcephaly | Vírus Zika | Desenvolvimento cortical | Neuroimagem | Microcefalia | UNITED-STATES | HUMAN BRAIN | STANDARDS | DISORDERS | ILLNESS | INTERIM GUIDELINES | DENGUE | CHIKUNGUNYA | PEDIATRICS | INFECTION | HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE
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Archives of Civil and Mechanical Engineering, ISSN 1644-9665, 09/2018, Volume 18, Issue 4, pp. 1092 - 1102
In the present study, physical, chemical, morphological, crystallographic analysis of the non-treated and treated (100 °C during 30 min) sugarcane bagasse...
Composites | By-products | Cement | Fibers | Sugarcane bagasse | ENGINEERING, CIVIL | HYDRATION CHARACTERISTICS | WOOD | MATERIALS SCIENCE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY | BONDED COMPOSITES | STRENGTH | ENGINEERING, MECHANICAL | Usage | Plant fibers | Sugarcane | Bagasse | Production processes | Reinforced concrete
Composites | By-products | Cement | Fibers | Sugarcane bagasse | ENGINEERING, CIVIL | HYDRATION CHARACTERISTICS | WOOD | MATERIALS SCIENCE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY | BONDED COMPOSITES | STRENGTH | ENGINEERING, MECHANICAL | Usage | Plant fibers | Sugarcane | Bagasse | Production processes | Reinforced concrete
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World Journal of Surgery, ISSN 0364-2313, 5/2014, Volume 38, Issue 5, pp. 1243 - 1244
Medicine & Public Health | Cardiac Surgery | Surgery | Abdominal Surgery | Vascular Surgery | Thoracic Surgery | General Surgery | SURGERY | Tertiary Care Centers | Health Services Accessibility | Humans | Female | Male | Developing Countries | Elective Surgical Procedures | Clinical Medicine | Medical and Health Sciences | Klinisk medicin | Medicin och hälsovetenskap | Kirurgi
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Ex situ quantification of the cooling effect of liver vessels on radiofrequency ablation
Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery, ISSN 1435-2443, 5/2009, Volume 394, Issue 3, pp. 475 - 481
To quantify the cooling effect of hepatic vessels on liver radiofrequency (RF) ablation ex situ.Bipolar RF applicators (diameter = 1.8 mm, electrode length =...
Bipolar | Cooling effect | Medicine & Public Health | Cardiac Surgery | Traumatic Surgery | Liver | Abdominal Surgery | Radiofrequency ablation | Heat-sink effect | Vascular Surgery | Thoracic Surgery | General Surgery | SURGERY | INITIAL-EXPERIENCE | METASTASES | SIZE | THERMOTHERAPY | BLOOD-FLOW | TUMORS | PORCINE MODEL | COAGULATION | PERFUSION | IN-VIVO EVALUATION | Cold Temperature | Liver - blood supply | Animals | Swine | Statistics, Nonparametric | Catheter Ablation | In Vitro Techniques | Ablation (Surgery) | Analysis
Bipolar | Cooling effect | Medicine & Public Health | Cardiac Surgery | Traumatic Surgery | Liver | Abdominal Surgery | Radiofrequency ablation | Heat-sink effect | Vascular Surgery | Thoracic Surgery | General Surgery | SURGERY | INITIAL-EXPERIENCE | METASTASES | SIZE | THERMOTHERAPY | BLOOD-FLOW | TUMORS | PORCINE MODEL | COAGULATION | PERFUSION | IN-VIVO EVALUATION | Cold Temperature | Liver - blood supply | Animals | Swine | Statistics, Nonparametric | Catheter Ablation | In Vitro Techniques | Ablation (Surgery) | Analysis
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A comprehensive linkage analysis for myocardial infarction and its related risk factors
Nature Genetics, ISSN 1061-4036, 02/2002, Volume 30, Issue 2, pp. 210 - 214
Coronary artery disease and myocardial infarction (MI) are leading causes of death in the western world. Numerous studies have shown that risk factors such as...
CHROMOSOME | GENETIC-LINKAGE | MAPS | GENETICS & HEREDITY | SUSCEPTIBILITY LOCUS | CORONARY-HEART-DISEASE | PAIR ANALYSIS | HYPERTENSION | ASSOCIATION | Myocardial Infarction - blood | Myocardial Infarction - genetics | Apolipoproteins A - genetics | Diabetes Mellitus - genetics | Humans | Middle Aged | Risk Factors | Male | Chromosome Mapping | Lod Score | Phenotype | Coronary Artery Disease - genetics | Triglycerides - blood | Cholesterol, HDL - blood | Cholesterol, LDL - blood | Female | Aged | Hypertension - genetics | Lipoprotein(a) - blood | Myocardial Infarction - etiology | Chromosomes, Human, Pair 14 - genetics | Genetic Linkage | Physiological aspects | Genetic aspects | Linkage (Genetics) | Research | Heart attack | Risk factors | chromosome 6 | chromosome 14 | chromosome 1 | Coronary artery disease | chromosome 9 | chromosome 17
CHROMOSOME | GENETIC-LINKAGE | MAPS | GENETICS & HEREDITY | SUSCEPTIBILITY LOCUS | CORONARY-HEART-DISEASE | PAIR ANALYSIS | HYPERTENSION | ASSOCIATION | Myocardial Infarction - blood | Myocardial Infarction - genetics | Apolipoproteins A - genetics | Diabetes Mellitus - genetics | Humans | Middle Aged | Risk Factors | Male | Chromosome Mapping | Lod Score | Phenotype | Coronary Artery Disease - genetics | Triglycerides - blood | Cholesterol, HDL - blood | Cholesterol, LDL - blood | Female | Aged | Hypertension - genetics | Lipoprotein(a) - blood | Myocardial Infarction - etiology | Chromosomes, Human, Pair 14 - genetics | Genetic Linkage | Physiological aspects | Genetic aspects | Linkage (Genetics) | Research | Heart attack | Risk factors | chromosome 6 | chromosome 14 | chromosome 1 | Coronary artery disease | chromosome 9 | chromosome 17
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