Abstract Background Hand osteoarthritis (OA) is a prevalent joint disorder and a great burden to both patients and society.While electroacupuncture (EA) and topical diclofenac sodium gel (DSG) are both currently used to treat OA, no head-to-head study of EA one eared bridles and topical DSG for hand OA exists.Thus, it remains unknown whether one in
Abstract In this work, the absorption coefficient of a metallic photonic crystal doped with nanoparticles has been obtained using numerical simulation techniques.The effects of quantum interference and the concentration of doped particles on the absorption coefficient of the system have been investigated.The nanoparticles have been considered as Be
A major challenge in cardiovascular tissue engineering is the fabrication of scaffolds, which provide appropriate morphological and mechanical properties while avoiding undesirable immune reactions.In this study electrospinning was used to fabricate scaffolds out of blood proteins for cardiovascular tissue engineering.Lyophilised porcine plasma was