• however, in patients with severe hypoxemia, intubation and mechanical ventilation are often required. (medscape.com)
  • To compare the effectiveness of high-frequency oscillatory ventilation with conventional mechanical ventilation in pediatric patients with respiratory failure. (nih.gov)
  • Seventy patients with either diffuse alveolar disease and/or airleak syndrome were randomized to receive high-frequency oscillatory ventilation or conventional mechanical ventilation. (nih.gov)
  • Patients who were randomized to receive conventional mechanical ventilation were treated with a strategy that utilized increases in end-expiratory pressure and inspiratory time to increase mean airway pressure and to limit increases in peak inspiratory pressure. (nih.gov)
  • There were no differences between the groups in duration of mechanical ventilation, frequency of airleak, Airleak Scores, or 30-day survival rates. (nih.gov)
  • Furthermore, despite the use of higher mean airway pressures, the optimal lung volume strategy used in this study was associated with a lower frequency of barotrauma, as indicated by requirement for supplemental oxygen at 30 days, and improved outcome compared with conventional mechanical ventilation. (nih.gov)
  • We evaluated the prognostic utility of Model for End-stage Liver Disease excluding INR (MELD-XI) score for predicting mortality in a cohort of critically ill patients on mechanical ventilation. (efim.org)
  • 1, 2 This has proved to be so successful that it has become widely accepted as the standard method of non-invasive ventilation used in patients with chronic hypercapnic respiratory failure caused by chest wall deformity, neuromuscular disease, or impaired central respiratory drive. (bmj.com)
  • Non-invasive ventilation has been shown to be an effective treatment for acute hypercapnic respiratory failure, particularly in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. (bmj.com)
  • Advances in perinatal and pediatric intensive care and recent advances in mechanical ventilation during the last two decades have resulted in an exponential increase in the number of children undergoing home mechanical ventilation (HMV) treatment. (e-jyms.org)
  • For instance, the number of children with chronic respiratory failure requiring long-term mechanical ventilation has increased exponentially worldwide [ 1 - 3 ]. (e-jyms.org)
  • In addition, recent advances in home mechanical ventilation (HMV) during the last two decades have enabled children who would previously have been confined to living in the hospital to return home and participate in family and community activities [ 4 - 7 ]. (e-jyms.org)
  • Moreover, the diseases requiring long-term mechanical ventilation have expanded from respiratory diseases such as chronic lung disease to neuromuscular disease, craniofacial abnormalities, spinal cord injuries, and central hypoventilation syndromes [ 8 , 9 ]. (e-jyms.org)
  • he required intubation and mechanical ventilation. (cdc.gov)
  • Eight days later, fever (temperature up to 40°C), Enterococcus faecalis bacteremia, nosocomial pneumonia from methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus , respiratory failure requiring mechanic ventilation, and renal failure developed in the patient. (cdc.gov)
  • The NHLBI-supported Randomized Evaluation of Mechanical Assistance for the Treatment of Congestive Heart Failure (REMATCH) study evaluated the implantation of left ventricular assist devices and optimal medical therapy, versus optimal medical therapy alone, in randomly assigned end-stage heart failure patients ineligible for cardiac transplantation. (nih.gov)
  • After the patient's hypoxemia is corrected and the ventilatory and hemodynamic status have stabilized, every attempt should be made to identify and correct the underlying pathophysiologic process that led to respiratory failure in the first place. (medscape.com)
  • The specific treatment depends on the etiology of respiratory failure. (medscape.com)
  • Patients generally are prescribed bed rest during early phases of respiratory failure management. (medscape.com)
  • Patients with acute respiratory failure or exacerbations of chronic respiratory failure need to be admitted to the intensive care unit for ventilatory support. (medscape.com)
  • The first objective in the management of respiratory failure is to reverse and/or prevent tissue hypoxia. (medscape.com)
  • Appropriate management of the underlying disease obviously is an important component in the management of respiratory failure. (medscape.com)
  • A patient with acute respiratory failure generally should be admitted to a respiratory care unit or intensive care unit (ICU). (medscape.com)
  • Most patients with chronic respiratory failure can be treated at home with oxygen supplementation and/or ventilatory assist devices along with therapy for their underlying disease. (medscape.com)
  • Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) may be more effective than conventional management for patients with severe but potentially reversible respiratory failure. (medscape.com)
  • The most common indication for endotracheal intubation is respiratory failure. (medscape.com)
  • Once the airway is secured, attention is turned toward correcting the underlying hypoxemia, the most life-threatening facet of acute respiratory failure. (medscape.com)
  • We aimed to examine whether machine learning (ML) methods can improve mortality prediction for neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) patients on intubation for respiratory failure. (nih.gov)
  • A total of 1734 neonates with respiratory failure were randomly divided into training (70%, n = 1214) and test (30%, n = 520) sets. (nih.gov)
  • Although it might be open to debate as to whether the use of non-invasive CPAP in acute respiratory failure constitutes ventilatory support, it is included in this document because of the confusion which commonly arises between NIV and CPAP in clinical practice. (bmj.com)
  • Within a few years of its introduction, NIV was starting to be used in acute hypercapnic respiratory failure and in patients with abnormal lungs rather than an impaired respiratory pump. (bmj.com)
  • Analysis of these trials has shown that NIV is a valuable treatment for acute hypercapnic respiratory failure, as will be discussed under the section on Indications. (bmj.com)
  • NIV is not suitable for all patients with respiratory failure. (bmj.com)
  • Although its efficacy in chronic respiratory failure is well established, HMV in children is more complex than that in adults, and there are more considerations. (e-jyms.org)
  • HMV continues to change the scope of treatment for chronic respiratory failure in children in that it decreases respiratory morbidity and prolongs life spans. (e-jyms.org)
  • Therefore, HMVs are more suitable for patients with chronic respiratory failure than for patients with hypoxemic respiratory failure [ 10 ]. (e-jyms.org)
  • Although HMV is now accepted as a standard treatment option for patients with chronic respiratory failure, patient selection and HMV management vary substantially among countries [ 11 ]. (e-jyms.org)
  • Respiratory failure is defined as a problem in either (or both) of these systems and often arises from an imbalance between the respiratory workload and ventilatory strength [ 13 ]. (e-jyms.org)
  • The NHLBI would like information from academic institutions, professional groups and private industries that develop and apply mechanical circulatory support devices to identify optimum parameters to establishing a registry and ways to design and implement an effective program. (nih.gov)
  • BACKGROUND: Over the past two decades, mechanical circulatory support devices, such as ventricular assist devices and total artificial hearts, have been developed to augment or supplant failing myocardial performance. (nih.gov)
  • As a consequence, the number of mechanical circulatory support device implantations has increased from a cumulative total U.S. experience of 1,000 in 1990, to approximately 1,000 per year in 2000. (nih.gov)
  • Parag C. Patel, M.D., a cardiothoracic surgeon specializing in heart failure and heart transplantation at Mayo Clinic in Florida, presents in the Advanced Heart Failure Grand Rounds series on hemodynamics in the selection and management of mechanical circulatory support in cardiogenic shock. (mayoclinic.org)
  • Pediatric cardiogenic shock: What is the role of medical and mechanical circulatory support? (mayoclinic.org)
  • Circulatory assist devices in heart failure. (medlineplus.gov)
  • With small business research funding from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), medical device maker Levitronix successfully developed and marketed external blood pumps to provide short-term circulatory support to adult and pediatric heart failure patients. (nih.gov)
  • This research effort sought to develop and test a circulatory support pump to sustain young heart failure patients while they are recovering or waiting for a heart transplant. (nih.gov)
  • SBIR funding from the NHLBI was instrumental in enabling Levitronix to develop and commercialize compact, portable maglev blood pumps that provide short-term circulatory support to adults and children with heart failure. (nih.gov)
  • Heart failure is a malignant cardiac disorder affecting over 4.5 million people in the U.S. (nih.gov)
  • Doctors might recommend ECMO for someone affected by severe trauma or infection, cardiac arrest, lung failure or heart failure. (hopkinsmedicine.org)
  • Careful evaluation of the patient's history and physical examination (including signs of congestion, such as jugular venous distention) can provide important information about the underlying cardiac abnormality in heart failure (HF). (medscape.com)
  • HFpEF (heart failure with preserved ejection fraction) diagnosis requires evidence of cardiac structural or functional abnormalities as well as elevated plasma NP (natriuretic peptide) concentrations consistent with LV diastolic dysfunction and increased LV filling pressures. (medscape.com)
  • about one third of heart failure patients are also iron deficient, which is associated with poor cardiac function and can worsen outcomes in these individuals. (medscape.com)
  • Unless the moisture is removed, catastrophic heater failure can occur which can destroy equipment, shut down entire processes, and cause significant production losses. (chromalox.com)
  • As long as catastrophic engine failure at under 60,000 miles is the top owner complaint, it'll be pretty hard to recommend the 2012 Sorento. (carcomplaints.com)
  • It is no coincidence that my "unrecalled" car (same make, model and model year) has the exact same catastrophic problems of overheating, catching fire, engine failure and presence of metal debris in the engine as the Sorento's which have been recalled. (carcomplaints.com)
  • More details are here , including the five human errors that combined to make a mechanical failure catastrophic. (blogspot.com)
  • Before peak strength, the sinusoidal prefabricated-fracture rock masses with different undulated heights have the precursory characteristics of decreased stress, which can provide an early warning for the instability and failure of rock masses. (hindawi.com)
  • Motile marine bacteria exploit a buckling instability of the flexible hook (green) at the base of their flagellum (yellow) to change swimming direction, turning what is otherwise a structural failure into a fundamental biological function. (mit.edu)
  • A large number of sinusoidal fractures exist in the open-pit slopes of mines, and the mechanical properties of shear failure are of great significance to the stability of the open-pit slope. (hindawi.com)
  • Sandstone specimens containing sinusoidal fractures with different undulated heights were prefabricated by the CNC sand-wire-electrode cutting technology to explore the effect of sinusoidal fractures on the mechanical properties of shear failure of rock masses. (hindawi.com)
  • It is the main direction of the shear failure of sinusoidal prefabricated fractures, and the monitoring of weak planes should be strengthened in the actual slope engineering. (hindawi.com)
  • The shear-failure mechanical property of rock masses is a vital index, widely used in studying the stability of rock engineering. (hindawi.com)
  • Therefore, it is vital to study the influence mechanism of fracture geometries on shear failure in fractured rock masses to explore the engineering stability of rock masses [ 1 - 3 ]. (hindawi.com)
  • Therefore, the shear-failure mechanical properties and failure laws of structural planes of rock masses have attached great importance to rock mechanics. (hindawi.com)
  • Direct shear tests are performed to analyze the shear-failure mechanical properties and failure laws of zigzag fractures with different undulated heights. (hindawi.com)
  • The shear test studied the effects of different normal stress on the failure mechanical properties of specimens. (hindawi.com)
  • 1. Will workings above or below cause excessive stresses in the the essential constitutive behavior of the rock such as strain- proposed workings that lead to difficult ground control softening of the intact rock and shear and tensile failure along conditions? (cdc.gov)
  • I want to model a shear failure of the Lap shear joint which is connected by a self piercing rivet (Top sheet is Steel and Bottom sheet is aluminium joined with high strength steel Böllhoff standard Self piercing rivet). (eng-tips.com)
  • But, the reality is that car accidents involving mechanical failures are common. (banalaw.com)
  • In addition to negligent driving, mechanical failure also contributes to fatal auto accidents. (tincbay.com)
  • Better hazard assessment and design criteria should reduce accidents and fatalities resulting from bin and chute failures and ore pass hang-ups. (cdc.gov)
  • If the other vehicle suffered a mechanical failure due to negligent service work, then you can pursue a claim against the dealership or maintenance shop that worked on the vehicle. (banalaw.com)
  • In this study, we aim to compare myocardial mechanical properties in DCM patients with and without acute HF. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Modes of Mechanical Failures, High cycle & low cycle fatigue, Use of statistics in fatigue analysis and testing. (nitk.ac.in)
  • While some engineers belief that most of the failure are due to fatigue failure, other belief it that failure is beyond Fatigue. (scirp.org)
  • Conductor tipping can occur due to the weight of conductors or due to external mechanical forces. (electrical4uonline.com)
  • This study is part of the NIOSH ground control research program thickness (OB/IB) ratios of less than 5, interactions do not occur, that seeks to reduce ground control failures resulting from multiple and that for OB/IB more than 50, extreme interaction is a certainty. (cdc.gov)
  • for every part in a machine there are suspected places where buckling failure might occur. (engineeringclicks.com)
  • Buckling of the conductor in the innermost winding: If the winding buckles, it can cause a short circuit and mechanical stress on the transformer's insulation, leading to failure. (electrical4uonline.com)
  • The mechanism is of particular interest to engineers, who traditionally focus on the prevention of buckling to avoid failure in structures. (mit.edu)
  • Which in turn would determine whether a failure due to buckling analysis should be taken into consideration for a particular element. (engineeringclicks.com)
  • For example on the top surface of an airplane wing when the wing deflects upwards, the most prominent type of failure is considered to be buckling/ crippling. (engineeringclicks.com)
  • From my experience, if you are using simply supported on all 4 sides, and delta is less than 15L then I always check for buckling failure. (engineeringclicks.com)
  • Then delta less than 10L you should check for buckling failure. (engineeringclicks.com)
  • This has been done for various heat treatments and in some experiments deformation has been forced through the welded zone of the specimens to reveal the mechanical properties of the welds themselves to provide data for finite element simulations. (bl.uk)
  • Vibration and mechanical movement within the transformer: Mechanical vibration or movement in the transformer can loosen electrical connections, cause damage to the windings, or lead to failure of the transformer. (electrical4uonline.com)
  • Excessive corrosion or vibration, exposure to extreme temperatures and even human error can contribute to unexpected sensor failures. (chromalox.com)
  • If the insulation fails, it can result in a short circuit, causing a high current flow and leading to overheating and mechanical stress on the windings, resulting in failure. (electrical4uonline.com)
  • When a vital component completely fails, such as when the brakes fail, the tyres blow out, or even the engine fails while driving, this is known as mechanical failure. (tincbay.com)
  • Despite favorable survival and quality of life outcomes, mechanical devices have severe and sometimes life-threatening complications associated with infection, thrombosis, and device failure. (nih.gov)
  • Development of new procedures and devices to reduce these complications would be expedited by a systematic, independent analysis of mechanical support device implantation procedures and outcomes. (nih.gov)
  • Thermal stress is a common cause of mechanical failure in transformers. (electrical4uonline.com)
  • A successful FMEA activity helps identify potential failure modes based on experience with similar products and processes-or based on common physics of failure logic. (wikipedia.org)
  • The most common cause of heart failure is coronary artery disease (CAD), which is a narrowing of the small blood vessels that supply blood and oxygen to the heart. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Heart failure is a common and debilitating condition in which the heart cannot pump sufficient blood to meet the body's needs. (nih.gov)
  • What is the most common cause of alternator failure? (yellowpages.com)
  • Left-sided heart failure is more common than right-sided heart failure. (nih.gov)
  • The use of external pumps to treat heart failure patients has been limited by the size and cost of the devices. (nih.gov)
  • These pumps are used as short-term bridge therapies in patients with severe heart failure. (nih.gov)
  • White adults were twice as likely as Black adults to receive mechanical heart pumps or heart transplants. (nih.gov)
  • Black adults treated at advanced heart failure centers received potentially life-changing therapies, such as transplants and heart pumps, about half as often as white adults, possibly due to racial bias, a small National Institutes of Health-supported study has found. (nih.gov)
  • Researchers followed 377 patients receiving treatment at one of 21 centers in the United States and found that 62 of 277 white adults (22%) received a heart transplant or ventricular assist device (VAD), a mechanical device that pumps blood for the heart. (nih.gov)
  • More than 1 year later, she continues to receive medical therapy and remains free of heart failure symptoms. (medscape.com)
  • After performing certain tests , your health care provider may feel that opening a narrowed or blocked blood vessel will improve your heart failure symptoms. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Over time, this can cause cracks to form in the transformer's insulation or other components, leading to short circuits or insulation failure. (electrical4uonline.com)
  • Corrosion can cause the transformer's metal components to weaken, crack, or break, leading to mechanical failure. (electrical4uonline.com)
  • As transformers age, their components can become brittle or weakened, leading to mechanical failure. (electrical4uonline.com)
  • This can cause mechanical failure in the transformer due to the high temperatures generated, which can cause deformation or melting of transformer components. (electrical4uonline.com)
  • often written with "failure modes" in plural) is the process of reviewing as many components, assemblies, and subsystems as possible to identify potential failure modes in a system and their causes and effects. (wikipedia.org)
  • Events external to the process, such as sudden significant current or voltage surges, can damage electronic and mechanical components and be detrimental to process equipment resulting in an unplanned system shut down. (chromalox.com)
  • ASM Failure Analysis Case Histories: Mechanical and Machine Components documents more than 60 cases of structural and/or functional failure involving bearings, gears, fasteners, springs, mechanical drives, valves, and locking devices. (asminternational.org)
  • Transformers can sustain mechanical damage due to vibrations, aging, and environmental factors such as earthquakes and storms. (electrical4uonline.com)
  • Read about the various types of ventricular assist devices to help the different complex circulations in patients with heart failure. (chop.edu)
  • Brake failures , engine failures, transmission failures, and other vehicle defects can all create perilous circumstances in which drivers are helpless to protect themselves. (banalaw.com)
  • These engines have been an issue all over the net, even on this site there is many recorded failures of this engine, but it seems like Kia has no desire to fix it. (carcomplaints.com)
  • However, engine failure does not happen too often. (tincbay.com)
  • An engine failure or transmission defect on the road might turn into a fatal accident. (tincbay.com)
  • Local authorities issued a notice to ships via local agents informing ships to focus more on safety management, particularly on main engine, steering engine and boiler etc., which need to be properly tested and checked before entering or leaving the port, to avoid delay to ships' schedule due to PSC inspection resulting from mechanical and electrical failures. (britishmarine.com)
  • It is noted that Qingdao MSA plans to establish a "list" of ships which are continuously found with mechanical and electrical failure or main engine failure. (britishmarine.com)
  • Ships will be detained by PSCOs if found with mechanical and electrical failures or main engine malfunction, and will not be permitted to depart until rectification is made. (britishmarine.com)
  • Ships with mechanical and electrical failures or accident records within one year in Shanghai port are requested to conduct testing and inspection of critical equipment such as main engine, steering system and emergency equipment, strictly in accordance with the requirement, 4 hours in advance before entering Yangtze River Shanghai section on each voyage. (britishmarine.com)
  • At this moment, there hasn't been any particular requirement for ships to carry out self-testing and inspection to mechanical and electrical equipment or main engine etc. before arrival. (britishmarine.com)
  • The cost of replacing an engine for a Ford F150 extended cab 4x4 1997 can vary greatly depending on several factors such as the shop or mechanic you choose, the type of engine being replaced, and whether you buy a new or used engine. (yellowpages.com)
  • It is recommended to consult with a trusted mechanic or shop to get an accurate estimate for the specific vehicle and engine being replaced. (yellowpages.com)
  • 13] worked on finding out the causes of failure of aircraft engine crankshaft. (scirp.org)
  • Our dedicated teams do failure analyses on a daily basis and give you assents and recommendations to help you understand the causes and origins of the problem. (cetim.fr)
  • A few different types of FMEA analyses exist, such as: Functional Design Process Sometimes FMEA is extended to FMECA (failure mode, effects, and criticality analysis) to indicate that criticality analysis is performed too. (wikipedia.org)
  • Functional analyses are needed as an input to determine correct failure modes, at all system levels, both for functional FMEA or piece-part (hardware) FMEA. (wikipedia.org)
  • The analysis is sometimes characterized as consisting of two sub-analyses, the first being the failure modes and effects analysis (FMEA), and the second, the criticality analysis (CA). Successful development of an FMEA requires that the analyst include all significant failure modes for each contributing element or part in the system. (wikipedia.org)
  • Hence, FMEA may include information on causes of failure (deductive analysis) to reduce the possibility of occurrence by eliminating identified (root) causes.copy all. (wikipedia.org)
  • This study used expert's information/data obtained from well-established maintenance job-shops to model the crankshaft failure under distance travel and age with the assumption that the causes of failure are random and the failure itself is randomly occurred that magnitudes are different over the years. (scirp.org)
  • A comparison of the results of these simulations with the actual deformation and fracture behaviour has been done to reveal the extent to which both mechanical and metallurgical factors control behaviour of the steels in the hostile environments of high stress, corrosion, and hydrogen embrittlement at their surface. (bl.uk)
  • The sloped rock masses of an open-pit mine usually have a large number of irregular structural planes, among which fractures are particularly critical to the physical and mechanical properties of rock masses. (hindawi.com)
  • The bacteria have evolved to exploit this structural failure as a strategy," says lead author Roman Stocker , an associate professor in CEE, whose research focuses on the ecology and biophysics of ocean microbes. (mit.edu)
  • When medicines and other treatments are no longer effective, a mechanical pump may be used to support one or both of a patient's lower heart chambers, or ventricles. (nih.gov)
  • Unlike other reported patients, this individual presented prominently with recurrent liver failure, which led to her death at an early age of 19 months. (springer.com)
  • Although thiamazole-induced hepatotoxicity is a main side effect, it may progress to liver failure in a very few cases. (nih.gov)
  • We described a 24-year-old patient with hyperthyroidism and trilogy of Fallot, who developed liver failure due to thiamazole. (nih.gov)
  • Insulation breakdown can cause a short circuit or overloading, leading to transformer mechanical failure. (electrical4uonline.com)
  • It was one of the first highly structured, systematic techniques for failure analysis. (wikipedia.org)
  • Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) is characterized by impaired myocardial contractile function and/or diastolic relaxation in the setting of dilated left or both ventricles that ultimately leads to heart failure (HF). (biomedcentral.com)
  • The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to encourage submission of investigator-initiated research applications on the role of nutrition and diet in the causation, prevention, and treatment of cardiomyopathies and heart failure. (nih.gov)
  • The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that 6.2 million Americans have heart failure . (nih.gov)
  • This stress can cause mechanical damage to the transformer, such as cracking or deformation of the winding or insulation. (electrical4uonline.com)
  • An FMEA can be a qualitative analysis, but may be put on a quantitative basis when mathematical failure rate models are combined with a statistical failure mode ratio database. (wikipedia.org)
  • FMEA is an inductive reasoning (forward logic) single point of failure analysis and is a core task in reliability engineering, safety engineering and quality engineering. (wikipedia.org)
  • Effects analysis refers to studying the consequences of those failures on different system levels. (wikipedia.org)
  • The FMEA is in principle a full inductive (forward logic) analysis, however the failure probability can only be estimated or reduced by understanding the failure mechanism. (wikipedia.org)
  • a deductive (backward logic) failure analysis that may handle multiple failures within the item and/or external to the item including maintenance and logistics. (wikipedia.org)
  • In the process of landslides of rock masses, the physical and mechanical properties of fractures play a crucial role in fracture initiation, expansion, and damage, and the stability of the slope is also a prerequisite for the safe production of open-pit mines. (hindawi.com)
  • The mechanical failure took place Feb. 6, and as of Feb. 10 the company still was in the process of assessing the damage to the equipment. (bakingbusiness.com)
  • Transformer mechanical failure can result in power outages, production downtime, and even equipment damage. (electrical4uonline.com)
  • Mechanical damage can cause the transformer to shift or move, resulting in damaged electrical connections or internal winding damage. (electrical4uonline.com)
  • Such damage can ultimately lead to a short circuit or failure of the transformer. (electrical4uonline.com)
  • If you were driving along and you suddenly lost control, there is a very good chance that your accident was the result of a mechanical failure. (banalaw.com)
  • The protocol describes procedures to acquire high-spatial resolution computed tomography (CT) images of a granular soil during triaxial compression, and to apply image processing techniques to these CT images to explore the grain-scale mechanical behavior of the soil under loading. (jove.com)
  • Due to their ease in fabrication, relatively high mechanical properties and low costs, steels are the most widely favoured material for the construction of offshore platforms. (bl.uk)
  • This is an area of high complex stress concentrations, varying mechanical and metallurgical properties in addition to severe North Sea environmental conditions. (bl.uk)
  • The overall goal is to develop a satisfactory science base for preventive approaches in high-risk individuals and for rational nutritional management of patients in various stages of heart failure. (nih.gov)
  • Mechanical failure claims frequently involve claims against dealerships based on product liability and/or negligence. (banalaw.com)
  • Most underground coal mines face multiple seam mining mining, whether due to undermining or overmining, frequently situations with the potential for interactions that can pose involve tensile failure of the affected mine roof. (cdc.gov)
  • The material and structure of rock masses play a decisive role in the mechanical properties and law of rock-mass failure [ 4 - 8 ]. (hindawi.com)
  • Combining this system with mouse in vivo models of myelofibrosis (MF), they demonstrated that monocytes decide whether to enter a pro-inflammatory state and go on to differentiate into inflammatory dendritic cells based on specific mechanical properties of the BM niche with its densely packed ECM molecules. (nih.gov)
  • The mechanical properties of most biological materials are determined by their "viscoelastic" characteristics. (nih.gov)
  • The most critical part of an offshore structure prone to failure are the welded nodal joints, particulary those which are used within the vicinity of the splash zones. (bl.uk)
  • The findings are from the Registry Evaluation of Vital Information for VADs in Ambulatory Life (REVIVAL) , an observational two-year study supported by NHLBI to better understand the course of heart failure. (nih.gov)
  • Heart failure can start suddenly after a medical condition or injury damages your heart muscle. (nih.gov)
  • In comparison, 11 of 100 Black adults (11%) received these end-stage heart failure therapies , which can extend and improve a patient's quality of life. (nih.gov)