75 research outputs found
Minnesota v. Philip Morris, Inc.: An Important Legal Ethics Message Which Neglects the Public Interest in Product Safety Research
Effects on lupin production of macrosiphum albifrons (Hom. aphididae) infestation during the flowering period
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Recherche de genotype de lupin blanc et de pois limitant la multiplication des aphides
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Multiplication of the lupin aphid on different genotypes of white lupin
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The debate over drug testing in the workplace: A novel opportunity for public scientific education
Grain de resistance variétale de la luzerne au puceron du pois, estimé par deux critères lors de générations de sélection
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Characterization of the structure and permeability of titanium foams for spinal fusion devices
Titanium foams produced via the space-holder method are used for spinal fusion devices since their combination of an open-cell structure and bone-like mechanical properties promises potentially excellent bone ingrowth. Earlier studies have indicated that the size of the pores and interconnects must be greater than 100 pm for effective bone ingrowth and vascularization. Hence, the quantification of the pore and interconnect size is required for efficient scaffold design. In this study, microcomputed tomography (mu CT) was used to obtain the three-dimensional (3D) structure of Ti foams with three levels of porosity (51%, 65% and 78%). Novel algorithms were then applied to quantify both the pore and interconnect size of Ti foams as a function of porosity. All foams possessed a modal pore and interconnect size in excess of 300 mu m, satisfying the requirement of being greater than 100 gm. The pore and interconnect size also dominates the flow properties or permeability of open-cell structures. Therefore, the mu CT data was also used to generate a mesh for computational fluid dynamics analysis to predict the permeability. The calculated permeability (117-163 x 10(-12) m(2) depending on direction) for the Ti foams with 65% porosity was first validated against experimental measurements (98-163 x 10(-12) m(2)) and then compared to prior authors' measurements in healthy cancellous bovine bone (233-465 x 10(-12) m(2)). The close match among all the permeability values proves the suitability of the material for biomedical skeletal-implant applications. (C) 2008 Acta Materialia Inc. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved
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