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Showing 1 to 20 of 30 for “"bandages"”.
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Blades, Blood and Bandages: A Qualitative Investigation of Self-Injury
The perspective of the individual who self-injures has been under-represented in research. This study places the meaning of self-injury for these individuals at its core. People who self-injure can offer comprehensive and discerning insights into the behaviour. This study confirms the findings of …
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Investigation of liquid sodium alginates as mucoadhesive bandages coating the oesophageal mucosa and protecting it from gastric reflux
Gastro-oesophageal Reflux Disease (GORD), is generally caused by excess gastric reflux back to the oesophagus where damage to the mucosa results in injury. GORD is a very common disease in western countries, more than a quarter of western people are suffering from this disease and there is a trend …
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An Egyptian mummy and coffin at University College Cork
… bandaging, or mummification process. The bandages were analysed microscopically and by chemical analyses. The cartonnage was examined to extablish a possible method for its manufacture, and to discover whether all four pieces belonged together. The inscriptions and subjects depicted upon …
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Breast Dressing: A Critical Review of Post-Surgical Bras
… However, the market for the kinds of bras and bandages patients have to wear after surgery remains mostly overlooked and outdated. This thesis aims to explore what it means to bandage or dress a breast that has been altered either in combative or cosmetic procedures. Why post-surgical wound …
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The Use of Amnion in Equine Wound Healing
… in non-adherent dressings and distal limb bandages were applied. Digital photographs were taken of the wounds at each bandage change, performed every 2-4 days throughout a 98-day study period. Biopsies were collected at days 7, 21, 35, and 84. Results: One horse developed unilateral …
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Product Packaging, Pester Power, & Preschoolers
… and boxed cereal, and toiletries like first-aid bandages, toothpaste, and bubble bath. </p>
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Structural characterization of spider coating petide [i.e., peptide] 1 and 2 of the black widow spider, Latrodectus hesperus
… the history of mankind including nets, bandages and cloths. It is recognized that spider silk can be a suitable replacement material for many existing materials such as ropes, body armor, parachutes and biodegradable bottles - all of which could show cost and environmental 4 benefits …
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Fencing Gardner: Multiple Intelligences and the Aging Warrior
… books, swords, protective gear, ice packs, Ace bandages and doctors! “En Garde!”
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Fencing Gardner: Multiple Intelligences and the Aging Warrior
… books, swords, protective gear, ice packs, Ace bandages and doctors! “En Garde!”
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Modified Delphi study to determine the components of a Medical Cache required for local or international medical deployment after a major incident or disaster
… Disposable equipment like endotracheal tubes; bandages; intravenous administration sets and dial-a-flow devices were amongst the items to be included in the medical cache, these were based on existing research regarding disposable equipment. The majority of pharmacological agents, such as broad …
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Self-Assembling Peptide Nanofibers RADA16 and IEIK13 for Rapid Hemostasis
… be reduced through the development of hemostatic bandages to reduce bleeding and prolong life in the prehospital setting. Many successful hemostat materials exist but there is still nothing that meets all the criteria of the ideal hemostat: easy to apply, no negative side effects, long term shelf …
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A WIRELESS ELECTRICAL STIMULATION SYSTEMFOR WOUND HEALING THERAPYWITH BIPHASIC HIGH-VOLTAGE PULSED CURRENT OUTPUT
… These self-contained, battery-powered bandages have been demonstrated in-vivo using both a rat chronic wound model and a pig infected wound model and provide a new means to investigate the physiological mechanisms of wound healing.</p><p>The first stimulation bandage was designed for …
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Controlled release films and functional surfaces targeting infection, inflammation, and bleeding
… to medically relevant substrates, including bandages and sutures, and were shown to be active in vitro against Staphylococcus aureus and cyclooxygenase. To address current complications with bleeding control, multilayer films were developed based on hydrogen bonding interactions found to …
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Development of Devices Based on Electrically Actuated Soft Elastomers
… a useful indication for future designs of such bandages. The second piece of work here reported consists in a design upgrade of the Hy- drostatically Coupled Dielectric Elastomer Actuator (HC-DEA), already known in the literature, that enable its use in the field of soft manipulators. The new …
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ELECTROSPINNING ROBOT FOR REGENERATIVE COATING OF IMPLANTS
… are often complex in geometry, and conformal bandages are particularly hard to produce in these areas. Soy based scaffolds will be produced for 3D-printed replicas of these situations. Finally, the methods developed across this aim enables the development and use of a handheld electrospinning …
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Design and Characterization of Electrospun Mats with Tailored Morphologies for Enhanced Active Layer Performance in Energy Conversion and Energy Storage Applications
… tissue making these mats possible adhesive-less bandages.
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Investigation of Tail Injury at Lackland Air Force Base Training Kennels for Military Working Dogs
… 10-day treatment for one MWD tail injury. Tail bandages are routinely changed every other day unless soiled, chewed, or missing, in this case, daily changes increases the cost. When an MWD is taken out of training or operational work for surgical amputation of the tail as a result of non-healing …
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The modification of Laponite® with silver or copper and investigation of their antibacterial activity
… broth, a phenomenon potentially utilizable in bandages where release for long duration is crucial.
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Inorganic nanoparticles for applications in biomedical sciences
… 1) 166Ho iron garnet nanoparticle-containing bandages for treatment of squamous cell carcinoma of skin: Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of skin is a type of non-melanoma skin cancer (NMSC) which constitutes 20% of all NMSCs. While surgery is the primary treatment option for SCC, radiation …
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Controlled local delivery of RNA : regulating tissue morphogenesis
… of medically relevant substrates including bandages, sutures, surgical staples, nanoparticles, microparticles, and microneedles. This body of work provides insight into how siRNA can be incorporated into thin film assemblies and the design criteria to achieve successful gene knockdown in …
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