Is there any test to determine the cardiovascular risk of patients with obesity? from the perspective of obesity?

We found tests to determine cardiovascular risk taking into account lipid profile, blood pressure, age, history of diabetes, other laboratories. But when weight is involved, there is a paradox. I...

02 March 2021 6,036 1 View

Why does flow deformation occur at the test line and control line on nitrocellulose membranes (LFIA)?

I use 1% BSA in 10 mM phosphate buffer (pH 7.4) solution when striping my nitrocellulose membranes with antigens and antibodies. However, I always observe deformed flow when my sample or running...

16 February 2021 4,224 3 View

Does anyone knows about a comercial software to record pressure and temperature during reaction in an Autoclave?

Dear all: Currently I am working with polymerization reaction in a reactor. For this, I need to control temperature, pressure, agitation speed etc. For calculation of rate of polymerization, I...

07 February 2021 355 2 View

Do you consider it is important to vindicate Spanish as language, in scientific issues and publication of scientific articles?

03 February 2021 3,756 4 View

How can I set up UV irradiation for crosslinking lab?

Hi, I am using a mix of 2 polymers and want to try and crosslink them. I have a UVA lamp of 365nm and have tried the lab previously at 30cm above. How would you recommend I approach the lab and...

31 January 2021 8,711 3 View

Which air pollution/air quality books do you recommend for working with environmental engineering students?

I am exploring up-to-date books on air pollution and air quality, and I would like to know which books do you recommend for environmental engineering students.

25 January 2021 3,972 7 View

How to simulate Sloshing water using Dynamic mesh in ANSYS Fluent ?

I am trying to model sloshing water in a tank in ANSYS Fluent using Wall motion. BUT it seems that System coupling is not responding to wall motion and it works only with Dynamic mesh.

20 January 2021 2,963 3 View

Do we need to keep looking for the fracture angle after the Puck's failure initiation is reached?

Greetings to everyone, Our team is currently working on the development of a VUMAT code in Abaqus for composite modelling using the Puck's failure theory as damage initiation criteria. Currently...

20 January 2021 6,367 1 View

Are there other models that meet the same purpose?

Both Jakes and Gaussian models are used to characterize the power spectral densities of mobile communication channels.

11 January 2021 759 3 View

Hello, can someone help me doing my research please...?

02 January 2021 4,065 15 View

Abaqus, how can I add a composite layup to a complex shape?

I am designing a knee simulation focusing on the meniscus. I want to add different material layers to the meniscus. I have tried to add composite layup to the menisci in a uniform way but the...

27 January 2021 4,998 1 View

What are the reasons of asymmetrical bilateral knee Osteoarthritis (OA)?

Primary osteoarthritis - is degenerative joint disease without any apparent underlying cause then what are the reasons of asymmetrical bilateral Knee OA?

09 January 2021 7,524 8 View

Why does Von Mises stress vary significantly in two models with same boundary conditions in ABAQUS?

I am currently modelling a load being applied in the joint zone of a hemipelvis, which correspond to a person while one leg standing. Previously, I validated my model with an already existent one...

15 November 2020 9,990 10 View

How to isolate RNA from guinea pig cartilage and synovium?

I've been trying to isolate total RNA from guinea pig's knee cartilage. I've tried Qiagen RNeasy kit, miRNeasy kit, trizol method with lots of modifications and have also used the RNaqueous total...

06 November 2020 4,324 1 View

Why is it necessary to have a finer mesh when calculating von Mises stress compared to Contact Pressure in ABAQUS?

I am working with cartilages that are in contact on the hip. In order to obtain a contour plot of the contact pressure I performed a mesh sensitivity test by selecting linear tetrahedral elements...

12 October 2020 8,398 7 View

What is your experience with coated Total Knee Arthroplasty (TKA)?

We recently analyzed coated Total Knee Arthroplasty (TKA) in the German Arthroplasty Registry for periprosthetic joint infection (PJI). We could not show any advantage of coating in terms of PJI....

02 October 2020 4,107 3 View

How can you prepare rats synovium of knee joint for histopathology, H and E and special stains?

Tissue processing techniques in particular..

06 September 2020 5,701 3 View

What resources or articles would you recommend for xenotransplantation procedures?

According to WHO, "the categories of xenotransplantation procedures include the following: Solid organ xenotransplantation; cell and tissue xenotransplantation; extracorporeal perfusion...

03 July 2020 6,962 1 View

Suggest me databases where i can find maximum studies regarding knee osteoarthritis??

I have to write a systematic review and I need maximum studies regarding knee osteoarthritis patients please suggest me all relevant databases.

22 February 2020 4,836 2 View

How to convert WOMAC scale from likert scale (0-4) to Visual Analog Scale (1-100) or vice versa?

I am currently planning to construct a meta-analysis on a supplement for knee osteoarthritis. The primary outcomes include parameters from the WOMAC scale. However, from the trials that I...

17 February 2020 4,760 3 View