Development of a Pressure-Sensitive Conductive Rubber Sensor for Analyzing Meniscal Injury in Porcine Models by Shunsuke Sezaki, Shuhei Otsuki, Kuniaki Ikeda, Nobuhiro Okuno, Yoshinori Okamoto, Hitoshi Wakama, Tomohiro Okayoshi, Masashi Neo

“…Three test conditions of intact meniscus, radial tear, and meniscectomy were prepared, and a compressive load of 100 N was applied. …”
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Hemothorax from External Rupture of Esophageal Varices: An Unusual Fatal Complication by Nigel H. Bramwell, Roger W. Byard

“…A case of sudden death caused by hemorrhage into the chest cavity from a linear tear of the external esophageal wall following vomiting in a 20-year-old woman with congenital portal vein atresia is described. …”
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Perspectives of proteomic analysis in ophthalmology by A.A. Krylova, A.V. Zakharchuk, O.I. Krivosheina, S.I. Pekov, I.A. Popov

“…</p> <p> <b>Keywords: </b>proteomic analysis, tear, aqueous humor, mass spectrometry, eye disorders<b>.…”
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Two Cases of Spontaneous Recurrent Hemarthrosis of the Shoulder with Acromial Erosion Associated with Impingement Syndrome by Shoji Fukuta, Katsutoshli Miyatake, Tetsuya Matsuura, Koichi Sairyo

“…Most previously reported cases were associated with massive rotator cuff tear and degenerative glenohumeral arthritis. We described two cases of recurrent hemarthrosis without osteoarthritis of the shoulder. …”
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A Concise and Comprehensive Description of Shoulder Pathology and Procedures: The 4D Code System by Laurent Lafosse, Tom Van Isacker, Joseph B. Wilson, Lewis L. Shi

“…Secondary elements can be added if there is observed pathology, including acromioclavicular joint, glenohumeral joint, labrum, tear configuration, location and extent of partial cuff tear, calcific tendonitis, fatty infiltration, and neuropathy. …”
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Prevalence of dry eye disease in rheumatoid arthritis patients and its correlation with duration of rheumatoid arthritis by Priyanshi Ashishbhai Gandhi, Arun Kumar Samar, Nitish Kathuria, Avinash Mishra, Harbeer Singh Chhabra

“…Background: Dry eye is a condition of the tear film and ocular surface that causes discomfort, visual disturbance, and tear film instability. …”
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Application of Leak-Before-Break concept in 316LN austenitic steel pipes welded using 316L by Gabriel Giannini de Cunto, Arnaldo Homobono Paes de Andrade, Waldemar Alfredo Monteiro

“…For J- Integral analysis, it was demonstrated that failure by tearing instability will not occur.…”
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The Imaging Diagnosis of Patients with Shoulder Pain Caused by Sports Injury by Xiaoqi Dong, Lu Wang

“…The experimental results showed that there were 87 patients with shoulder joint pain, 65 patients with rotator cuff tear were diagnosed using arthroscopy, and 63 patients with rotator cuff tear were diagnosed by MR imaging. …”
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Preparation and Application of Cationic Modified Cellulose Fibrils as a Papermaking Additive by Yanhong Gao, Qun Li, Yu Shi, Ruitao Cha

“…With regard to physical strength, all the three kinds of additives could improve the tensile index and tear index; the tensile index of paper sheets added CS was higher than that of added UMCF and CMCF, while the tear index of paper sheets added CMCF was the highest among the three additives.…”
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Degradation of PVDF-Coated Fabrics after Engineering Applications: Correlations between Surface Microstructure, Physical Properties, and Mechanical Properties Based on Statistical... by Yingying Shang, Bin Yang, Minger Wu, Youji Tao, Jiaxiang Qin

“…Moreover, a series of uniaxial tensile tests and tearing tests were performed to obtain the mechanical indicators including uniaxial tensile strength, strain at break, tearing strength, and uniaxial elastic modulus. …”
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Efficacy of Topical Mesenchymal Stem Cell Therapy in the Treatment of Experimental Dry Eye Syndrome Model by Emrullah Beyazyıldız, Ferda Alpaslan Pınarlı, Özlem Beyazyıldız, Emine Rümeysa Hekimoğlu, Uğur Acar, Muhammed Necati Demir, Aynur Albayrak, Figen Kaymaz, Güngör Sobacı, Tuncay Delibaşı

“…Results. Mean aqueous tear volume and tear film stability were significantly increased in rats treated with MSCs (P<0.05). …”
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Effect of gender on the ocular surface after trabeculectomy by A.V. Antonova, V.P. Nikolaenko, V.V. Brzheskiy, A.Ya. Vuks

“…Changes in subjective symptoms (OSDI) and clinical and functional signs of dry eye syndrome (tear film break-up time/TBUT and total tear production by Schirmer's I test) characterizing the ocular surface in various surgical outcomes (complete and partial success, failure) in men and women were analyzed. …”
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Impact of Serum Prolactin and Testosterone Levels on the Clinical Parameters of Dry Eye in Pregnant Women by Samuel Kyei, Richard K. Dadzie Ephraim, Stephen Animful, Madison Adanusa, Stephen Karim Ali-Baya, Belinda Akorsah, Mabel Antwiwaa Sekyere, Kofi Asiedu

“…This was a hospital-based cross-sectional study in which ocular symptoms (Ocular Surface Disease Index (OSDI)), tear function (fluorescein tear breakup time, Schirmer’s test 1), corneal and conjunctival staining, meibomian gland (MG) expressibility, and quality of secretion were measured. …”
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Differentiating Between Perfluorohexyloctane Ophthalmic Solution and Water-Free Cyclosporine Ophthalmic Solution 0.1% for Dry Eye Disease: A Review of Preclinical and Clinical Char... by Laura M. Periman, Darrell E. White, Douglas Katsev

“…PFHO consists of 100% active ingredient and forms a monolayer on the surface of the tear film to inhibit evaporation. CsA 0.1% utilizes a vehicle consisting of perfluorobutylpentane (PFBP) and ethanol to facilitate delivery of cyclosporine to ocular tissues. …”
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Leak-Before-Break methodology applied to different piping materials: a performance evaluation by Israel Gleybson Ferreira da Silva, Arnaldo Homobono Paes de Andrade, Waldemar Alfredo Monteiro

“…SA-508 Cl. 3 and SA-376-TP304 steels showed the best performance for ductile tear failure and plastic collapse failure, respectively, and SA-106 Gr. …”
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Efficacy of Topical Hydrocortisone in Combination with Topical Ciclosporin A for the Treatment of Dry Eye Disease in Patients with Sjögren Syndrome by Klemens Fondi, Kata Miháltz, Pia Veronika Vécsei-Marlovits

“…After 6 months of treatment, significant increases of tear BUT and corneal Fluorescein Oxford staining grade compared to baseline could be observed in both treatment groups. …”
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Enhancement of Tech-Sil25 Maxillofacial Silicone Mechanical Properties after Artificial Weathering through Addition of Nanoparticles by Shahad Fadhil Bunyan, Fatanah Mohamad Suhaimi, Faraedon Mohidden Mostafa Zardawi, Siti Noor Fazliah Mohd Noor, Muhammad Azrul Zabidi

“…Samples were exposed to artificial weathering for 100 hours, and subjected to characterizations involving tear strength, shore A hardness, roughness, and tensile strength tests. …”
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Evaluation of the Safety and Effectiveness of Intense Pulsed Light in the Treatment of Meibomian Gland Dysfunction by Xiaodan Jiang, Huibin Lv, Hang Song, Mingzhou Zhang, Yan Liu, Xiaodan Hu, Xuemin Li, Wei Wang

“…Best spectacle corrected visual acuity, intraocular pressure (IOP), conjunctival injection, upper and lower tear meniscus height (TMH), tear break-up time (TBUT), corneal staining, lid margin and meibomian gland assessments, and meibography were also recorded at every visit, as well as the adverse effects on the eye and ocular surface. …”
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Therapeutic Effect of Intense Pulsed Light (IPL) Combined with Meibomian Gland Expression (MGX) on Meibomian Gland Dysfunction (MGD) by Shanshan Wei, Xiaotong Ren, Yuexin Wang, Yilin Chou, Xuemin Li

“…The Ocular Surface Disease Index (OSDI) questionnaire, tear meniscus height (TMH), tear break-up time (TBUT), slit-lamp examinations, and in vivo confocal microscopy (IVCM) were recorded before and after treatment. …”
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Plastic deformation of anterior cruciate ligament: listen to the patient, do not just rely on imaging by Sérgio Rocha Piedade, Daniel Miranda Ferreira, Carlos Górios, Nicola Maffulli

“…Methods Data on complaints, physical, imaging and arthroscopic assessment, and subjective evaluation of 15 patients with undiagnosed or delayed ACL insufficiency from plastic deformation of the ACL (Group 1) and 30 patients who underwent an ACL reconstruction following complete tear of the ACL diagnosed clinically and at imaging (Group 2) were compared and analyzed. …”
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