This study evaluated the properties of 3D-printed Onyx–fiberglass composites. These composites were 3D-printed with zero, one, two, three, and four layers of fiberglass. Ten samples of each configuration were printed for the tensile and flexura...
Fused Filament Fabrication (FFF) enables the production of lightweight polymer composite components with complex geometries; however, the effects of infill geometry on printing accuracy and mechanical behavior of unreinforced Markforged Onyx remains...
Fiber-reinforced additive manufacturing components have been used in various industrial applications in recent years, including in the production of aerospace, automobile, and biomedical components. Compared to conventional methods, additive manufact...
Jugular paragangliomas are slow growing highly vascular tumors arising from jugular paraganglia. The gold standard of treatment is complete surgical resection. Pre-operative embolization of these highly vascular tumors is essential to reduce intra-op...
A preliminary study of antibiotic production and antibiotic resistance was conducted in Great Onyx Cave in Mammoth Cave National Park, KY, to determine if gypsum (CaSO4∙2H2O) affects these bacterial activities. The cave crosses through the width of F...
Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) is widely used for custom manufacturing but has limitations in strength for load-bearing applications. This study explores the optimization of mechanical properties for lightweight, cost-effective components using cont...
The paradigm is gradually shifting, with radiosurgery and endovascular embolization being increasingly chosen over surgical resection in the selected cases of brain arteriovenous malformations. Routinely used X-ray monitoring of liquid embolic infusi...
The transformation of powertrains, powered by internal combustion engines, into electrical systems generates new challenges in developing lightweight materials because electric vehicles are typically heavy. It is therefore important to develop new ve...
The outward migration of ommin pigment granules from the bases to the tips of the photoreceptors in response to light has been reported in the retina of several (mostly coastal) squid species. Following exposure to light and then dark conditions, we...
Additive manufacturing of composite materials is progressing in the world of 3D printing technologies; composite materials allow the combination of the physical and mechanical properties of two or more constituents to create a new material that meets...
Objectives: To evaluate short- and long-term safety and efficacy of embolization with Onyx® for recurrent pulmonary arteriovenous malformations (PAVMs) in hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT). Methods: In total, 45 consecutive patients (51...
Tantalum powder is included in the composition of Non-Adhesive Gel-like Embolic Materials (NAGLEMs) for X-ray opacity. The duration of X-ray opacity during embolization is primarily associated with the particle size, which differs in the most used NA...
Among the several additive manufacturing techniques, fused filament fabrication (FFF) is a 3D printing technique that is fast, handy, and low cost, used to produce complex-shaped parts easily and quickly. FFF adds material layer by layer, saving ener...
This review focuses on the use of “new” generation of non-adhesive liquid embolic agents (NALEA). In literature, non-adhesive liquid embolic agents have mainly been used in the cerebral district; however, multiple papers describing the use of NALEA i...
This study investigates the energy absorption capacity of large three-honeycomb cell cores of different geometrical configurations, focusing on the influence of the constructive parameters on their impact response. The analyzed sandwich structures we...
Additive manufacturing has revolutionised the field of manufacturing, allowing for the production of complex geometries with high precision and accuracy. One of the most promising applications of additive manufacturing is in the production of composi...
This paper investigates the effect of reinforcement layer configuration and storage duration (year of manufacture) on the strain response of 3D-printed composite components. For the analysis, a methodology based on strain gauge measurements of cantil...
Background and Objectives: Transcatheter arterial embolization (TAE) is part of the daily practice of most interventional radiologists worldwide. The ideal liquid embolic agent is far from being identified. Non-adhesive liquid embolic agents (NALEA)...
As advancements in digital technologies reshape the modern healthcare, integrating digital impression techniques, such as intraoral 3D scanning and 3D analysis and treatment planning, is becoming increasingly essential in the standard care of infants...
Objectives: The use of non-adhesive gel-like embolic materials (NAGLEMs) in the endovascular treatment of hypervascularized formations in the head and neck is gaining in popularity because of a number of important characteristics involved. Their prim...
This review focuses on the use of conventional gel or coil and “new” generation hydrogel used as an embolic agent in endovascular applications. In general, embolic agents have deep or multidistrict vascular penetration properties as they...
Using Deep Bay in China as an example, an effective method for the retrieval of total suspended sediment (TSS) concentration using HJ-1A/1B satellite images is proposed. The factors driving the variation of the TSS spatial distribution are also discu...
Numerical models being one of the major tools for sediment dynamic studies in complex coastal waters are now benefitting from remote sensing images that are easily available for model inputs. The present study explored various methods of integrating...
Coastal water regions represent some of the most fragile ecosystems, exposed to both climate change and human activities. While remote sensing provides unprecedented amounts of data for water quality monitoring on regional to global scales, the perfo...
Suspended sediment (SS) is an important water quality indicator of coastal and estuarine ecosystems. Field measurement and satellite remote sensing are the most common approaches for water quality monitoring. However, the efficiency and precision of...
This study investigates the mechanical and thermomechanical response of quartz-fibre-reinforced polymer (QFRP) sandwich structures incorporating additively manufactured gyroid cores. Three core variants were considered under the same nominal gyroid t...
This study experimentally evaluates how various 3D-printed gyroid core materials influence the mechanical and thermo-mechanical performance of lightweight carbon-fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP) sandwich structures. Three gyroid core configurations we...
The aim of the presented research is to assess the possibility of manufacturing thin-walled models using innovative 3D printing technology and to determine limitations. This article presents the results of tensile tests of the Continuous Filament Fab...
Selective embolization is the treatment of choice for traumatic renal pseudoaneurysm. The use of ethylene vinyl alcohol copolymer (EVOH) was recently described as an embolic agent in peripheral lesions. The aim of a good embolic agent is to: achieve...
A 45-year old female referred for a large carotid body tumor resection. The tumor was encasing the internal (ICA) and external carotid arteries (ECA). She underwent angiogram and embolization of the ascending pharyngeal artery and a distal branch of...
Background and Objectives: Treatment of visceral artery pseudoaneurysms (VAPs) is always indicated regardless of their diameters, as their risk of rupture is significantly higher than that of visceral artery aneurysms. The invasiveness of surgery and...
Transarterial embolization (TAE) of renal angiomyolipoma (AML) is effective in treating and preventing hemorrhage. We report our experience using EVOH with a single-center retrospective study of all AML embolized with EVOH between June 2013 and March...
The purpose of this study was to report the effectiveness of preoperative transcatheter arterial embolization (TAE) of musculoskeletal tumors in terms of blood loss and functional outcomes. Patients who underwent preoperative TAE of hypervascular mus...
Mechanical recycling of Fused Deposition Modeling 3D printing materials is very attractive for the circular economy. In this paper, the tensile properties of a virgin and a one-time-recycled short carbon fiber reinforced polyamide, coming from 3D pri...
This paper shows the three-point bending strength analysis of a composite material consisting of polyamide doped with chopped carbon fiber and reinforced with continuous carbon fiber produced by means of the material extrusion (MEX) additive manufact...
A 100 W fibre laser source was used to minimize the surface roughness of 3D-printed Onyx parts. Furthermore, this study aimed to determine the mechanism of surface finishing, the influence of the laser process parameters (laser power, pulse frequency...
Additively manufactured continuous fibre-reinforced polymers (CFRPs) offer promising mechanical properties for engineering applications, including aerospace and automotive load-bearing structures. However, challenges such as weak interlayer bonding a...
The application of continuous carbon fiber (CCF) can reinforce the mechanical properties of 3D-printed parts, but the effect of reinforcement layer distribution on composite performance remains unclear. This study investigates the effect of concentra...
The commercial availability of 3D printers for continuous fiber-reinforced 3D-printed (CFR3DP) composites has attracted researchers to evaluate the thermomechanical properties of these materials. The improvement of strength through chopped or continu...
This study focuses on evaluating the effect of annealing time on the mechanical properties and structural changes in polyamide-based materials manufactured using fused filament fabrication (FFF) technology. Three materials were experimentally analyse...
The purpose of this bicentric case series was to report the safety, efficacy, and clinical outcome of transcatheter embolization in pulmonary artery pseudoaneurysms (PAPAs). Between January 2016 and June 2021, eight patients with PAPA were subjected...
(1) Background: Our aim is to describe a new mixed indocyanine-non-adhesive liquid embolic agent (Onyx-18) pre-operative renal embolization technique for assisted-robotic and laparoscopic partial nephrectomy with near-infra-red fluorescence imaging....
This paper presents the static mechanical behavior and the dynamic thermomechanical properties of four market-available reinforced and non-reinforced thermoplastics and photopolymer materials used as precursors in different additive manufacturing tec...
Additive technologies have been widely adopted in various industries. The choice of additive technology and material directly affects the functionality of the manufactured components. The development of materials with better mechanical properties has...
It is the age of the social web, where people express themselves by giving their opinions about various issues, from their personal life to the world’s political issues. This process generates a lot of opinion data on the web that can be processed fo...
Fiber hybridization can effectively solve the localized brittle fracture problem of composite honeycomb, but the interaction between different fibers leads to a very complex failure mechanism. Hence, 3D-printed hybrid continuous fiber composite honey...
The term “empathic accuracy” has been applied to people’s ability to infer the contents of other people’s minds—that is, other people’s varying feelings and/or thoughts over the course of a social interaction. Howe...
In recent years, the overall performances of inertial Micro-Electro Mechanical Sensors (MEMSs) exhibited substantial improvements to values very close or similar to so-called tactical-grade sensors. However, due to their high costs, numerous research...
Fungi contribute to ecosystem function through nutrient cycling and decomposition but may be affected by major disturbances such as fire. Some ecosystems are fire-adapted, such as prairies which require cyclical burning to mitigate woody plant encroa...
This study examines the in-plane compression behavior of sandwich panels produced with additive manufacturing. This study focuses on two types of honeycomb unit cell topologies with larger dimensions: a hexagonal one and a re-entrant one. For each pa...
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