Evaluation of the influence of texture and microstructure of titanium substrates on TiO2 anodic coatings at 60 V

The current paper analyzes the influence of texture and microstructure of Ti substrates on morphology and color of titanium dioxide coatings obtained by anodic oxidation. Substrates of Ti grade 2 and Ti grade 5 with different thermo-mechanical histories were used in the shape of cylindrical bars cut in both longitudinal and transversal directions, and laminated sheets. The crystalline orientation of the surface grains in the substrate before oxidation, were determined by electron backscatter diffraction. The oxide coatings were analyzed by optical and scanning electron microscopy. The results show that different substrate grain orientations produce oxides with different colors, because of different thickness depending on their orientations. An oxide grown on a basal hcp plane, with higher atomic density is thinner than an oxide grown on a transversal hcp plane with lower atomic density. This effect is more pronounced on elongated grains. Different anodic oxidation process parameters and heat treatments of the substrate were applied in order to obtain a more uniform oxide thickness. A specific heat treatment of the substrate was the most efficient, starting from a favorable orientation of crystals, characteristic of rolling texture.Fil: Vera, Maria Laura. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Nordeste. Instituto de Materiales de Misiones. Universidad Nacional de Misiones. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Químicas y Naturales. Instituto de Materiales de Misiones; ArgentinaFil: Avalos, Martina Cecilia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Rosario. Instituto de Física de Rosario. Universidad Nacional de Rosario. Instituto de Física de Rosario; ArgentinaFil: Rosenberger, Mario Roberto. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Nordeste. Instituto de Materiales de Misiones. Universidad Nacional de Misiones. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Químicas y Naturales. Instituto de Materiales de Misiones; ArgentinaFil: Bolmaro, Raul Eduardo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Rosario. Instituto de Física de Rosario. Universidad Nacional de Rosario. Instituto de Física de Rosario; ArgentinaFil: Schvezov, Carlos Enrique. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Nordeste. Instituto de Materiales de Misiones. Universidad Nacional de Misiones. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Químicas y Naturales. Instituto de Materiales de Misiones; ArgentinaFil: Ares, Alicia Esther. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Nordeste. Instituto de Materiales de Misiones. Universidad Nacional de Misiones. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Químicas y Naturales. Instituto de Materiales de Misiones; Argentin

Conservative Surgical Treatment of Bisphosphonate-Related Osteonecrosis of the Jaw with Er,Cr:YSGG Laser and Platelet-Rich Plasma: A Longitudinal Study

Abstract Introduction: The management of bisphosphonate-related osteonecrosis of the jaw (BRONJ), with no evidence-based guidelines, remains controversial. We aimed to evaluate the efficiency of a conservative surgical treatment combining Er,Cr:YSGG laser and platelet-rich plasma (PRP) for the treatment of BRONJ in cancer patients.Methods:We performed a longitudinal cohort study. Inclusion criteria were (1) age 65 18 years; (2) cancer diagnosis; (3) treatment with NBP because of the underlying cancer. Results:We consecutively recruited ten patients diagnosed with BRONJ in stage I or II. These patients underwent a surgical laser-assisted therapy together with autologous PRP. At the latest follow-up at 12 months, clinical improvement was observed in eight patients. Registration Number is IRCT20180329039159N1. Conclusion:We could successfully manage the BRONJ utilizing this combined protocol to heal the 30% of surgically treated sites and to improve the 50% of patients' lesions clinically. Our findings suggest that a surgical approach combined with Er,Cr:YSGG laser and PRP benefit cancer patients with general health issues

Preparation and characterization of titanium dioxide coating on Ti-6Al-4V by anodic oxidation technique: first results

El titanio y sus aleaciones son extensamente utilizados en una gran variedad de aplicaciones biomédicas debido a su resistencia a la corrosión y su biocompatibilidad. Las reconocidas propiedades del Titanio y sus aleaciones se deben a la formación a temperatura ambiente de un óxido, principalmente dióxido de titanio, que puede alcanzar naturalmente espesores de 2 a 7 nm. Sin embargo este óxido nativo presenta pobres propiedades superficiales, por lo que para aplicaciones biomédicas es necesario realizar recubrimientos de dióxido de titanio, que pueden obtenerse mediante la oxidación térmica u oxidación anódica del material ó a partir de la técnica sol-gel. En este trabajo se comparan los óxidos obtenidos por oxidación anódica de la aleación Ti-6Al-4V a diferentes voltajes (10V a 100V) durante 1 minuto, empleando una solución de ácido sulfúrico como electrolito. Se obtuvieron diferentes colores de interferencia según el voltaje aplicado. La morfología de los óxidos se observó por microscopía óptica y electrónica de barrido (MEB) y las fases presentes fueron analizadas por difracción de rayos X (DRX) de bajo ángulo. Se evaluó la influencia del voltaje aplicado para obtener el óxido, en la morfología y estructura cristalina del mismo. Se observó una oxidación selectiva de las fases alfa y beta de la aleación empleada como sustrato y se encontraron morfologías porosas a elevados voltajes. Cada tipo de estructura podría servir para aplicaciones biomédicas diferentes. Se compararon los resultados obtenidos con los informados por otros autores.Titanium and titanium alloys are widely used in a variety of biomedical applications due to their corrosion resistance and biocompatibility. A protective passive titanium dioxide film covers the surface of Ti and its alloys in ambient conditions, which is 2 to 7 nm thick, and it is partially responsible for the success as an implant material. However, this oxide has poor surface properties. Therefore it is necessary to make titanium dioxide coatings for biomedical applications. Titania films can be produced on Ti6Al4V substrates by thermal oxidation, anodic oxidation, and by the sol-gel process to enhance its properties. In this study, TiO2 films produced on Ti-6Al-4V substrates by anodic oxidation technique, using H2SO4 solution as electrolyte at different voltages (from 10V to100V) were compared. Different colours of interference were obtained under different applied voltages. The morphology of the films were determined by optic microscopy and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and phase structure and phase composition were analysed by X-ray diffraction (XRD). Influence at different voltages on morphology and phase structure of the films produced was analyzed. A selective oxidation of alpha and beta faces of the substrate was observed. Porous structures ware obtained at high voltages. Each type of coating will be able for using on different biomedical applications. Results are compared with those obtained by others authorsFil: Vera, Maria Laura. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Misiones. Facultad de Cs.exactas Químicas y Naturales. Grupo de Materiales, Modelización y Metrologia; ArgentinaFil: Ares, Alicia Esther. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Misiones. Facultad de Cs.exactas Químicas y Naturales. Grupo de Materiales, Modelización y Metrologia; ArgentinaFil: Lamas, Diego Germán. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas de las Fuerzas Armadas. Centro de Investigaciones en Sólidos; ArgentinaFil: Schvezov, Carlos Enrique. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Misiones. Facultad de Cs.exactas Químicas y Naturales. Grupo de Materiales, Modelización y Metrologia; Argentin

Clinical validation of a wearable system for emotional recognition based on biosignals.

The AUBADE system can be trained to classify a subject’s feelings into six different emotional classes, derived from three of the basic emotions (happiness, disgust and fear). The performance of different classifiers was examined. Biosignals were recorded from 24 healthy subjects who viewed pictures designed to invoke different emotional responses. A psychologist evaluated the emotional status of the subjects by looking at their faces. During the training stage, information from 15 subjects was used to teach the system how to discriminate the emotional status of the subject based on the biosignals provided as input. A subset of the data was used for comparing the performance of four different classifiers. They were evaluated using three different metrics: sensitivity, positive predictive accuracy and accuracy. Using the SVM classifier, the AUBADE system provided sensitivities in the range 63–81%. The positive predictive accuracy was in the range 71–95%. The accuracy was in the range 63–83%, depending on the emotional class considered. The work paves the way for remote telemonitoring of patients suffering from neurological diseases

Erosion of materials used in heart valves prosthesis

Se estudia la erosión de materiales utilizados en la construcción de prótesis de válvulas cardíacas, Acero inoxidable 316 y Poli-metacrilato de metilo (PMMA) a niveles de desgaste bajos, esperados en estos dispositivos. Como material erosivo se utilizó SiC 220 mesh (65 μm de diámetro), en dos composiciones diferentes: 0,1 y 1 % en peso, suspendidas en una solución de glucosa al 50%P/P, (viscosidad de 0,01540 kg/(m.s)). Se usó un flujo de 2200 cm3/min y dos tamaños de boquillas de: 2,3 y 6,4 mm de diámetro, en dos ángulos de incidencia diferentes,60º y 90º. Los ensayos se realizaron por un período de 11 horas. Se partió de probetas de PMMA y Acero inoxidable 316 pulidas a espejo. Las escaras de desgaste se observaron al microscopio óptico. El tipo de fallas observadas en las probetas luego de los ensayos fueron: Puntos o cráteres (pequeños y grandes), Rayas largas, Rayas cortas y Rayas en forma de comas. En PMMA el desgaste se incrementó al aumentar la cantidad de partículas erosivas, tanto en los ensayos a 60º como a 90º. En cambio, no se observaron cambios en el nivel de con el ángulo de incidencia. En el acero inoxidable 316 se observó un incremento en el nivel de desgaste al reducir el ángulo de incidencia, de 90º a 60º.Erosion of poly-methil-metacrilate (PMMA) and 316 stainless steel, materials used in the fabrication of prosthetic heart valves, were studied. Particles of SiC, 65 μm in diameter (200 mesh), are used as erosive materials carried on a glucose solution as a carrier fluid. Two compositions of particles were used: 0.1 and 1 %wt. A flow rate of 2200 cm3 /min and two different outlet holes were used, the sample was located at 3 cm approximately of the outlet hole. The tests were performed for 11 hours. The initial surface of the PMMA and the stainless steel were polished up to a mirror like surface. The erosion scars were observed by optical microscopy. The types of failures found were: points or craters (smalls or larges), large scratches, short scratches and comma-like scratches. On the PMMA the wear increase when the amount of particles increase; however, no difference was observed when the incidence angle was changed. On the 316 stainless steel there the wear increased when the incidence angle change from 90º to 60 º.Fil: Rosenberger, Mario Roberto. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas. Centro Cientifico Tecnológico Nordeste. Instituto de Materiales de Misiones; ArgentinaFil: Guerrero, L. A.. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas. Centro Cientifico Tecnológico Nordeste. Instituto de Materiales de Misiones; ArgentinaFil: Vera, Maria Laura. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas. Centro Cientifico Tecnológico Nordeste. Instituto de Materiales de Misiones; ArgentinaFil: Schvezov, Carlos Enrique. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas. Centro Cientifico Tecnológico Nordeste. Instituto de Materiales de Misiones; Argentin

Low-cost nanostructured coating of anodic aluminium oxide synthesized in sulphuric acid as electrolyte

The anodic oxidation of aluminium is an electrochemical technique that allows obtaining nanostructures with easily adjustable morphology depending on the synthesis variables, for its application in medicine, engineering, biotechnology, electronics, etc. In this work, low-cost alu-minium oxide nanostructured films were synthesized and morphologically characterized using two anodization steps in sulphuric acid, varying the concentration and temperature of the electrolyte and anodization voltage. The order of the porous matrix, pore diameter, interpore distance, pore density, thickness, and porosity were measured and statistically analyzed. The results showed that under the proposed conditions it is possible to synthesize low-cost nanoporous aluminium oxide films, with a short-range ordering, being the best ordering conditions 10◦ C and 0.3 M sulphuric acid at 20 V and 5◦ C and 2 M sulphuric acid at 15 V. Furthermore, it was determined that the pore diameter and the interpore distance vary proportionally with the voltage, that the pore density decreases with the voltage and increases with the concentration of the electrolyte, and that the thickness of the oxide film increases with electrolyte concentration, temperature, and anodization voltage.Fil: Bruera, Florencia Alejandra. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Nordeste. Instituto de Materiales de Misiones. Universidad Nacional de Misiones. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Químicas y Naturales. Instituto de Materiales de Misiones; ArgentinaFil: Kramer, Gustavo Raul. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Nordeste. Instituto de Materiales de Misiones. Universidad Nacional de Misiones. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Químicas y Naturales. Instituto de Materiales de Misiones; ArgentinaFil: Vera, Maria Laura. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Nordeste. Instituto de Materiales de Misiones. Universidad Nacional de Misiones. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Químicas y Naturales. Instituto de Materiales de Misiones; ArgentinaFil: Ares, Alicia Esther. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Nordeste. Instituto de Materiales de Misiones. Universidad Nacional de Misiones. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Químicas y Naturales. Instituto de Materiales de Misiones; Argentin

Wear Resistance of Anodic Titanium Dioxide Films Produced on Ti-6Al-4V Alloy

Ti-6Al-4V alloy with TiO2 coating is the most commonly selected material to construct an aortic heart valve. Wear resistance is the main mechanical property to be evaluated for this purpose. In this paper, the wear resistance of TiO2 thin films obtained by anodic oxidation of Ti-6Al-4V is evaluated. Anodic oxidation was performed at 20 V to 70 V with a H2SO4 1 M electrolyte. The samples were thermally treated at 500°C for 1 h, and crystalline phases of TiO2 were obtained. The wear was performed in a ball-on-flat recip‐ rocating machine with a range of loads from 1 gf to 4 gf and times between 60 s and 1200 s, using a diamond sphere as counterface. The counterface oscillates at 0.5 Hz and 4 mm in amplitude. The wear is measured using a profilometer and is calculated as the worn volume. The wear resistance of the coated samples is larger than the substrate, and increases with thickness and with crystalline coating.Fil: Vera, Maria Laura. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas. Centro Cientifico Tecnológico Nordeste. Instituto de Materiales de Misiones; ArgentinaFil: Rosenberger, Mario Roberto. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas. Centro Cientifico Tecnológico Nordeste. Instituto de Materiales de Misiones; ArgentinaFil: Schvezov, Carlos Enrique. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas. Centro Cientifico Tecnológico Nordeste. Instituto de Materiales de Misiones; ArgentinaFil: Ares, Alicia Esther. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas. Centro Cientifico Tecnológico Nordeste. Instituto de Materiales de Misiones; Argentin

Mechanism Underlying the Reversal of Drug Resistance in P-Glycoprotein-Expressing Leukemia Cells by Pinoresinol and the Study of a Derivative

P-glycoprotein (P-gp) is a membrane protein associated with multidrug resistance (MDR) due to its key role in mediating the traffic of chemotherapeutic drugs outside cancer cells, leading to a cellular response that hinders efforts toward successful therapy. With the aim of finding agents that circumvent the MDR phenotype mediated by P-gp, 15 compounds isolated from native and naturalized plants of Argentina were screened. Among these, the non-cytotoxic lignan (±) pinoresinol successfully restored sensitivity to doxorubicin from 7 μM in the P-gp overexpressed human myelogenous leukemia cells, Lucena 1. This resistance-reversing effect was confirmed by competitively increasing the intracellular doxorubicin accumulation and by significantly inhibiting the efflux of doxorubicin and, to a lesser extent, that of rhodamine 123. The activity obtained was similar to that observed with verapamil. No such results were observed in the sensitive parental K562 cell line. To gain deeper insight into the mode of action of pinoresinol, its effect on P-gp function and expression was examined. The docking simulations indicated that the lignan bound to P-gp at the apex of the V-shaped transmembrane cavity, involving transmembrane helices 4, 5, and 6, and partially overlapped the binding region of tariquidar, which was used as a positive control. These results would shed some light on the nature of its interaction with P-gp at molecular level and merit further mechanistic and kinetic studies. In addition, it showed a maximum 29% activation of ATP hydrolysis and antagonized verapamil-stimulated ATPase activity with an IC50 of 20.9 μM. On the other hand, pinoresinol decreased the presence of P-gp in the cell surface. Derivatives of pinoresinol with improved activity were identified by docking studies. The most promising one, the non-cytotoxic 1-acetoxypinoresinol, caused a reversion of doxorubicin resistance from 0.11 μM and thus higher activity than the lead compound. It also caused a significant increase in doxorubicin accumulation. Results were similar to those observed with verapamil. The results obtained positioned these compounds as potential candidates for effective agents to overcome P-gp-mediated MDR, leading to better outcomes for leukemia chemotherapy.Fil: González, María Laura. Universidad Católica de Córdoba; ArgentinaFil: Vera, Domingo Mariano Adolfo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mar del Plata. Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Biotecnología; ArgentinaFil: Laiolo, Jerónimo. Universidad Católica de Córdoba; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaFil: Joray, Mariana Belén. Universidad Católica de Córdoba; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaFil: Maccioni, Mariana. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Córdoba. Centro de Investigaciones en Bioquímica Clínica e Inmunología; ArgentinaFil: Palacios, Sara Maria. Universidad Católica de Córdoba; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaFil: Molina, Gabriela. Universidad Católica de Córdoba; ArgentinaFil: Lanza Castronuovo, Priscila Ailin. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mar del Plata. Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Biotecnología; ArgentinaFil: Gancedo, Samanta. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Córdoba. Centro de Investigaciones en Bioquímica Clínica e Inmunología; ArgentinaFil: Rumjanek, Vivian. Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro; BrasilFil: Carpinella, Maria Cecilia. Universidad Católica de Córdoba; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentin

Tails and bridges in the parabolic restricted three-body problem

This article has been accepted for publication in Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ©: 2017 The Authors. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society. All rights reserved.After a close encounter of two galaxies, bridges and tails can be seen between or around them. A bridge would be a spiral arm between a galaxy and its companion, whereas a tail would correspond to a long and curving set of debris escaping from the galaxy. The goal of this paper is to present a mechanism, applying techniques of dynamical systems theory, that explains the formation of tails and bridges between galaxies in a simple model, the so-called parabolic restricted three-body problem, i.e. we study the motion of a particle under the gravitational influence of two primaries describing parabolic orbits. The equilibrium points and the final evolutions in this problem are recalled,and we showthat the invariant manifolds of the collinear equilibrium points and the ones of the collision manifold explain the formation of bridges and tails. Massive numerical simulations are carried out and their application to recover previous results are also analysed.Peer ReviewedPostprint (published version