Background More than 30% of patients with pleural infection either die or require surgery.
Drainage of infected fluid is key to successful treatment, but intrapleural fibrinolytic therapy did …

The influence of the microstructure and the misorientation relationship between grains on the
mechanical properties is investigated in specimens of ultrafine-grained copper processed …

The Earth acts as a gigantic heat engine driven by the decay of radiogenic isotopes and slow
cooling, which gives rise to plate tectonics, volcanoes and mountain building. Another key …

The anisotropic mechanical behavior of extruded AZ31 magnesium alloy is described in
relation to the crystallographic texture. Specimens taken at 0, 45 and 90 to the extrusion …

The aim of this work is to investigate the effects of Selective Laser Melting (SLM) on the
microstructure and mechanical properties of A357 aluminium alloys. The SLM processing …

The use of magnesium alloys in structural applications has great potential for the lightweighting
of transportation vehicles. Research within the CAST Cooperative Research Centre has …

Gradient plasticity modelling combining a micro-structure-related constitutive description of
the local material behaviour with a particular gradient plasticity frame is presented. The …

Grapevines produce non‐climacteric fruit that exhibit a double sigmoidal pattern of growth.
Ripening occurs during the second growth phase when grapes change colour, start to soften, …

Defects in Al-7Si-Mg and Al-10Si-Mg alloys produced by selective laser melting are categorised
into three types. The first type are large irregular-shaped defects with unmelted powder …

Background— This study assessed the chronotropic response to exercise and heart rate (HR)
recovery after exercise in a carefully phenotyped group of patients with heart failure with …