EXPERIMENTAL AND NUMERICAL STUDIES ON BENDING AND FAILURE BEHAVIOUR OF INFLATED COMPOSITE FABRIC MEMBRANES FOR MARINE APPLICATIONS

Experimental and Numerical Studies on Bending and Failure Behaviour of Inflated Composite Fabric Membranes for Marine Applications

Owing to their excellent physical characteristics of Bedding lightweightiness, compactness and rapid deployment, the inflated membrane structures satisfy the demands of maritime salvage and military transportation for long-distance delivery and rapid response.Exploring the failure behaviour of inflated membrane structures can greatly contribute to

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Chronic Immune Activation in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and the Autoimmune PTPN22 Trp620 Risk Allele Drive the Expansion of FOXP3+ Regulatory T Cells and PD-1 Expression

In systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), perturbed immunoregulation underpins a pathogenic imbalance between regulatory and effector CD4+ T-cell activity.However, to date, the characterization of the CD4+ regulatory T cell (Treg) compartment in SLE has yielded conflicting results.Here we show that patients have an increased frequency of CD4+FOXP3+ ce

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Mesothelioma-associated fibroblasts enhance proliferation and migration of pleural mesothelioma cells via c-Met/PI3K and WNT signaling but do not protect against cisplatin

Abstract Background Pleural mesothelioma (PM) is an aggressive malignancy with poor prognosis.Unlike many other cancers, PM is mostly characterized Toilet Seat Covers by inactivation of tumor suppressor genes.Its highly malignant nature in absence of tumor driving oncogene mutations indicates an extrinsic supply of stimulating signals by cells of t

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