Anaerobic digestion (AD) is a traditional process to achieve energy recovery from a variety of organic waste streams. However, the AD performance in terms of biogas production and process stability relies on the coope...
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We consider a system consisting of multiple interdependent assets, and a set of defenders, each responsible for securing a subset of the assets against an attacker. The interdependencies between the assets are capture...
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In multi-capacity ridesharing, multiple requests (e.g., customers, food items, parcels) with different origin and destination pairs travel in one resource. In recent years, online multi-capacity ridesharing services (...
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The reconstruction of surface mesh from point cloud is compute-intensive but also very important step in the remanufacturing and personalization industries. With more 3D scanners providing lower cost and higher resolu...
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Embryonic wounds repair rapidly, with no inflammation or scarring. Embryonic wound healing is driven by collective cell movements facilitated by the increase in the volume of the cells adjacent to the wound. The mecha...
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The issue of food safety in modern life has become a worldwide concern, especially since edible oil is essential for the human body and many types of food processing. To control the raw material quality adequately, an...
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Csató, László
Laboratory on Engineering and Management Intelligence Research Group of Operations Research and Decision Systems
Department of Operations Research and Actuarial Sciences Budapest Hungary
Many sports leagues are played in a tightly scheduled round-robin format, leaving a limited time window to postpone matches. If the season cannot resume due to an external shock such as the coronavirus pandemic in 202...
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Background Surgeons use metaphyseal sleeves in revision total knee arthroplasty (TKA) to compensate for bone loss and improve stability. However, a clinical case series documented corrosion on these devices and associ...
Background Surgeons use metaphyseal sleeves in revision total knee arthroplasty (TKA) to compensate for bone loss and improve stability. However, a clinical case series documented corrosion on these devices and associated the subsequent metal release with adverse local tissue reactions. In this study, we investigated corrosion at the mixed-alloy, metaphyseal sleeve-implant interface. We asked: (1) How common is corrosion? (2) Does more damage occur at the femoral cobalt chrome alloy (CoCrMo) taper? (3) What damage modes occur? Methods We analyzed 17 femoral and 15 tibial implant-sleeve components following revision surgery. First, corrosion was classified using the Goldberg score and quantified using the axial corrosion (ΔC max ) on CoCrMo implants. Then, moderately and severely corroded devices were imaged using scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS). Differences in corrosion on CoCrMo tibial and femoral implants were assessed using nonparametric statistics. Results We observed corrosion on 82% of femoral adapters, 100% of femoral sleeves, 73% of tibial trays, and 86% of tibial sleeves. On CoCrMo femoral adapters, we measured more axial corrosion than on CoCrMo tibial trays ( P = 0.04). The predominant damage modes on femoral adapters included pitting, etching, and oxide debris. On titanium alloy femoral sleeves, we documented a burnishing effect, revealing the underlying microstructure. Conclusion Our findings indicate that mechanically assisted crevice corrosion (MACC) promotes metaphyseal implant degradation. Should surgeons encounter patients who have metaphyseal sleeves and unexplained pain or suspected metal release, consider measuring metal concentrations after rigorous rule out of competing diagnoses.
Previous research has examined individual factors contributing to wildfire risk, but the compounding effects of these factors remain underexplored. Here, we introduce the “Integrated Human-centric Wildfire Risk Index...
Previous research has examined individual factors contributing to wildfire risk, but the compounding effects of these factors remain underexplored. Here, we introduce the “Integrated Human-centric Wildfire Risk Index (IHWRI)” to quantify the compounding effects of fire-weather intensification and anthropogenic factors—including ignitions and human settlement into wildland—on wildfire risk. While climatic trends increased the frequency of high-risk fire-weather by 2.5-fold, the combination of this trend with wildland-urban interface expansion led to a 4.1-fold increase in the frequency of conditions conducive to extreme-impact wildfires from 1990 to 2022 across California. More than three-quarters of extreme-impact wildfires—defined as the top 20 largest, most destructive, or deadliest events on record—originated within 1 km from the wildland-urban interface. The deadliest and most destructive wildfires—90% of which were human-caused—primarily occurred in the fall, while the largest wildfires—56% of which were human-caused—mostly took place in the summer. By integrating human activity and climate change impacts, we provide a holistic understanding of human-centric wildfire risk, crucial for policy development.
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