A Nonmonotonous Damage Model to Characterize Mullins and Residual Strain Effects of Rubber Strings Subjected to Transverse Vibrations by Alex Elías-Zúñiga, Karen Baylón, Oscar Martínez-Romero, Ciro A. Rodríguez, Héctor R. Siller

“…This work focuses on the formulation of a constitutive equation to predict Mullins and residual strain effects of buna-N, silicone, and neoprene rubber strings subjected to small transverse vibrations. …”
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Stomach Simulator for Analysis and Validation of Surgical Endoluminal Robots by Sara Condino, Kanako Harada, Nicola Ng Pak, Marco Piccigallo, Arianna Menciassi, Paolo Dario

“…To achieve this goal, a silicone stomach model and a mechanical setup to simulate gastric contractile motion were designed and fabricated. …”
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Coats-Like reaction post-vitreoretinal surgery for PDR managed with laser photocoagulation and adjunctive intravitreal steroids– a case report by Kanika Godani, Shruti Vidyasagar, Preksha Biradar, Vishma Prabhu, Prathiba Hande, Priyanka Gandhi, Rupal Kathare, Jay Chhablani, Ramesh Venkatesh

“…The patient underwent pan retinal photocoagulation for the right eye and vitreoretinal surgery with silicone oil tamponade for the left eye. Postoperatively, the retina remained attached, but progressive increase in hard exudates in the inferotemporal quadrant was noted in the left eye. …”
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Efficacy and Safety of Intravitreal Conbercept, Ranibizumab, and Triamcinolone on 23-Gauge Vitrectomy for Patients with Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy by Jinglin Cui, Hong Chen, Hang Lu, Fangtian Dong, Dongmei Wei, Yan Jiao, Steve Charles, Weikuan Gu, Lin Wang

“…Main outcome measures included BCVA, operation time, incidence of iatrogenic retinal breaks, endodiathermy rate, and silicone oil tamponade. Results. At 6 months after surgery, there were no significant differences of BCVA improvements, operation time, incidence of iatrogenic retinal breaks, endodiathermy rate, silicone oil tamponade, vitreous clear-up time, and the incidence of intraoperative bleeding between the IVC and IVR groups (all P values ≥ 0.05), but they were significantly different from the IVTA group (all P values < 0.05). …”
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Modified autologous neurosensory retinal transplantation and bevacizumab injection in primary extra-large chronic macular holes by Hossein Ashraf, Sezaneh Haghpanah, Mohammad Hossein Nowroozzadeh

“…Subsequent patients received injection of BCZ (1.25 mg/0.05 mL) into the silicone oil at the end of the initial surgery. At the last follow-up, complete anatomical closure of the MH was achieved in all patients. …”
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Risk Factors for Trauma-Related Eviscerations: Analysis of 821 Cases by Zhaoxin Jiang, Yao Yang, Yujie Li, Miner Yuan, Cheng Li, Xiaofeng Lin

“…This study also demonstrates that endophthalmitis leads to significantly early evisceration, and silicone oil tamponade may postpone ocular atrophy. …”
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Oral Rehabilitation with Removable Partial Denture of a Patient with Cleidocranial Dysplasia by Ali Jamali Ghomi, Reza Sayyad Soufdoost, Mohammad Saeed Barzegar, Mohammad Ali Hemmati

“…This case report describes the oral rehabilitation of a patient with cleidocranial dysplasia who received a removable partial denture along with silicone-based permanent soft liner to improve esthetic and masticatory function. …”
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Vibrational Heat Transfer Intensification in an Annulus with a Deformable Boundary by Nikolai Kozlov

“…The outer boundary is made of an elastic silicone tube brought to oscillations by two electrodynamic vibrators situated symmetrically on the opposite sides. …”
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Osteoma of the Medial Wall of the Maxillary Sinus: A Primary Cause of Nasolacrimal Duct Obstruction and Review of the Literature by Athanasios Saratziotis, Enzo Emanuelli

“…An endonasal endoscopic dacryocystorhinostomy (DCR) with osteoma removal by using a drill with temporary silicone stenting of the nasolacrimal duct system was performed. …”
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Utilization of Inferiorly Based Dermofat Flap in Breast Reconstruction after Simple Mastectomy due to Gigantomastia by A. Bogdanov-Berezovsky, Y. Krieger, Y. Shoham, E. Silberstein

“…We describe a treatment approach, including simple mastectomy and immediate breast reconstruction by an inferiorly based dermofat flap with silicone implants and nipple grafting.…”
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Screening Kandungan Plastik pada Minyak Goreng yang Terdapat pada Gorengan di Jati Padang by Ayu Ratna Sari, Yustini Alioes, Rima Semiarty

“…Semua sampel dilakukan uji kualitatif dengan GC-MS QP2010 jenis kolom RT-5MS (Crossbond 5% Diphenyl- 95% Dimethypoly silicone). Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa 9 dari 10 sampel minyak goreng mengandung senyawa isopropyl dari plastik polyethylene dan polypropylene. …”
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Microsurgical Vitrectomy with Pars Plana Incision for the Removal of Posterior Segment Intraocular Foreign Bodies by Xin Liu, Meng Meng Ji, Ling Jin, Ai Ping Zeng

“…Complications, such as endophthalmitis, silicone oil-dependent, and ocular hypotonia, were not observed. …”
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Lethal necrotizing granulomatous vasculitis after bariatric surgery and bilateral mammaplasty by O. V. Blagova, D. Kh. Aynetdinova, A. V. Nedostup, N. A. Novikova, Ye. A. Kogan, Yu. V. Lerner, L. V. Kozlovskaya, V. V. Rameyev, N. A. Mukhin

“…In 1.5 years after the fever onset bilateral mammaplasty with silicone implants was carried following which the fever became constant. …”
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Cause-Effect Relationships between Painful TMD and Postural and Functional Changes in the Musculoskeletal System: A Preliminary Report by Adam Andrzej Garstka, Monika Brzózka, Aleksandra Bitenc-Jasiejko, Roman Ardan, Helena Gronwald, Piotr Skomro, Danuta Lietz-Kijak

“…The examinations were repeated after positioning the mandibular heads in the articular fossa and stabilizing the condylar process using a temporary silicone occlusal splint. Since there is no DC/TMD protocol in Polish to date, RDC/TMD was used in the study. …”
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Synthesis of Pectiniform Polyurethane-Modified Polycarboxylate and Its Preliminary Application in Ultrahigh-Performance Concrete by Shuncheng Xiang, Yingli Gao

“…In this paper, modified polyurethane prepolymer was synthesized by the segmental synthesis method using isophorone diisocyanate (IPDI), hydroxyl-terminated silicone, and polyether glycol dimethylolpropionic acid as raw materials. …”
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A microfluidic technique for the continuous synthesis of monodisperse silica supraparticles by Toshimitsu Kanai, Tomoyuki Fujisaki, Yuka Yokoyama

“…First, the liquid materials (sodium silicate solution and silicone oil with a surfactant) are injected into a flow-focusing microfluidic device to generate monodisperse droplets of the sodium silicate solution in the oil phase. …”
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Accuracy Verification of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Technology for Lower-Limb Prosthetic Research: Utilising Animal Soft Tissue Specimen and Common Socket Casting Materials by Mohammad Reza Safari, Philip Rowe, Arjan Buis

“…Three specimens were wrapped with Plaster of Paris (POP) and the other three with commercially available silicone interface liner. Data was obtained by utilising MRI technology and then the segmented images compared to corresponding calliper measurement, photographic imaging, and water suspension techniques. …”
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Development and Application of Analogous Materials for Fluid-Solid Coupling Physical Model Test by Mingyang Ren, Xiangjie Yin, Ningjing Li, Xuyang Wu, Heng Liu

“…In this study, a new type of analogous material reflecting the fluid-solid coupling effect is developed with iron powder, barite powder, and quartz sand as aggregates, white cement as a cementing agent, and silicone oil as a regulator. Through a large number of orthogonal experiments, the influence laws of different material contents on the mechanical properties and permeability characteristics of analogous materials are obtained. …”
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Bioinspired hydrophobic pseudo-hydrogel for programmable shape-morphing by Zhigang Wang, Haotian Hu, Zefan Chai, Yuhang Hu, Siyuan Wang, Cheng Zhang, Chunjie Yan, Jun Wang, Wesley Coll, Tony Jun Huang, Xianchen Xu, Heng Deng

“…Abstract Inspired by counterintuitive water “swelling” ability of the hydrophobic moss of the genus Sphagnum (Peat moss), we prepared a hydrophobic pseudo-hydrogel (HPH), composed of a pure hydrophobic silicone elastomer with a tailored porous structure. …”
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Mechanical and Thermal Characteristics of Bio-Nanocomposites Consisting of Poly-L-lactic Acid and Self-Assembling Siloxane Nanoparticles with Three Phases by Masatoshi Iji, Naoki Morishita

“…Biopolymer nanocomposites (bio-nanocomposite) consisting of poly-L-lactic acid (PLLA) and siloxane nanoparticles with three phases, a high-density siloxane phase (plural cores), an elastomeric silicone phase, and a caprolactone oligomer phase, were developed to increase the mechanical properties of PLLA. …”
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