Abstract Bone drilling is a universal procedure in orthopaedics for fracture fixation, installing implants, or reconstructive surgery.Surgical drills are subjected to wear caused by their repeated use, thermal fatigue, irrigation with saline solution, and sterilization process.Wear of the cutting edges of a drill bit (worn drill) is detrimental for
ABSTRACT Fruit pulp is the most basic food product obtained from fresh fruit processing.Fruit pulps can be cold stored for long periods of time, but they also can be used to fabricate juices, ice creams, sweets, jellies and yogurts.The exploitation of tropical fruits has leveraged the entire Brazilian fruit pulp sector due mainly to the high accept
Telomere maintenance is essential to ensure proper size and function of organs with a high turnover.In particular, a dwarf phenotype as well as phenotypes associated to premature loss of tissue regeneration, including the skin (hair loss, hair graying, decreased wound healing), are found in mice deficient for telomerase, the enzyme responsible for