Assessment of the effect of mechanical vibrations and platelet-rich plasma on the healing of tibial stems treated with the elastic carbon stabilizer „Carboelastofix"

Analizie poddano 9 owiec z gatunku owca wrzosówka - średni wiek owiec 5 lat. Zwierzęta podzielone zostały na 3 grupy, po 3 w każdej. U wszystkich owiec dokonano przecięcia trzonu kości podudzia stabilizując odłamy stabilizatorem Carboelastofix. W grupie pierwszej, kontrolnej, nie stosowano ani stymulacji mechanicznej ani biochemicznej. W grupie drugiej zastosowano stymulację mechaniczną wzbudnikiem piezoelektrycznym mocowanym do nośnika stabilizatora zewnętrznego. W grupie trzeciej zastosowano stymulację mechaniczną oraz dodatkowo śródoperacyjnie podane zostało do szczeliny złamania autogenne osocze bogatopłytkowe. Analiza zrostu prowadzona była na podstawie zdjęć rentgenowskich wykonywanych w 2, 5 i 8 tygodniu po operacji. Po zakończeniu eksperymentu zwierzęta zostały uśmiercone, a powstała wokół szczeliny złamania kostnina została poddana badaniu histologicznemu oraz analizie w badaniu mikrotomografii komputerowej. We wszystkich trzech grupach uzyskano zrost kostny. Analiza gęstości tworzącej się kostniny prowadzona na postawie badań obrazowych nie wykazała znamiennych różnic pomiędzy badanymi grupami, jednakże gęstości tworzącej się kostniny w grupie ze stymulacją mechaniczną była najniższa. Autorzy dowodzą tym samym, że przy zastosowaniu elastycznego stabilizatora umożliwiającego mikroruchy poosiowe w szczelinie złamania podczas naturalnego obciążania kończyny, efekt dodatkowej stymulacji mechanicznej jest nie istotny dla poprawienia jakości formującego się zrostu kostnego. Osocze bogatopłytkowe w przypadku prawidłowo postępującego zrostu złamania nie wpływa na jakość tworzącej się kostniny.9 Wrzosowka sheep were analyzed - average age: 5 years. The animals were divided into three groups, each with 3 sheep. All the sheep underwent the cutting of the shin stem and the fractions were stabilized with the Carboelastofix stabilizer. In the first, control group, no mechanical or biochemical stimulation was performed. In the second group, mechanical stimulation was applied, with the use of a piezoelectric inductor, mounted in the carrier of the external stabilizer. The third group involved the application of mechanical stimulation and, additionally, autogenic platelet-rich plasma was mid-surgically applied in the fracture gap. The growth analysis was performed on the basis of the X-ray pictures taken in the 2nd, 5th and 8th week after the surgery. After the experiment had been finalized, the animals were put to death, and the callus formed around the fracture was histologically examined and analyzed in a computer microtomography test. All the three groups involved bone growth. The analysis of the density of the forming callus performed on the basis of the imaging examinations did not exhibit significant differences between the tested groups; however, the density of the forming callus in the group involving mechanical stimulation was the lowest. In this way, the authors prove that, with the application of an elastic stabilizer enabling axial micromovements in the fracture during the natural limb load, the effect of the additional mechanical stimulation is insignificant for the improvement of the quality of the forming bone growth. The platelet-rich plasma, in the case of the proper fracture growth, does not affect the quality of the forming limb

Legal Technologies of Primitive Accumulation: Judicial Robbery and Dispossession‐by‐Restitution in Warsaw

© 2019 Urban Research Publications Limited Among the ‘extra-economic means’ that facilitate primitive accumulation, or accumulation by dispossession, the law plays a prominent role. But works on neoliberal urban restructuring rarely engage with concrete legal technologies. Analysing judicial property restitution (‘reprivatization’) in Warsaw, this article grasps the machine of accumulation by dispossession at a moment of faltering and exposes the distinctive legal technologies behind its troubleshooting. It makes three contributions to critical urban studies. First, it demonstrates how judicial systems can steal political conflicts that obstruct the cycle of accumulation by dispossession. It thus introduces the notion of ‘judicial robbery’, a non-legislated expropriation of common property through judicial engineering that simultaneously deprives the public of political agency. Second, it shows that seemingly neutral legal technicalities, usually sheltered from political debate, can become a key locus of urban politics. Third, it examines the agency, scope and spatial patterns of ‘dispossession by restitution’, the term I use for a locally specific form of accumulation by dispossession in Warsaw. Lastly, I raise the question of political struggle against primitive accumulation. Is the judicial robbery reversible? If we can reclaim property, can we also reclaim political conflicts that have been stolen by the law?

A biopolymer composite that catalyzes the reduction of oxygen to water

A biopolymer composite consisting of polypyrrole, ABTS, and laccase (PAL) was electrodeposited onto the surface of an electrode and was shown to catalyze the reduction of dioxygen to water under acidic conditions. The catalytic activity of this biopolymer composite is highest at pH 4, decreasing with increasing pH. The activity of laccase immobilized within this polymer composite was found to be higher than laccase dissolved in solution when methanol was present or at elevated temperatures.open283