Background: Additive manufacturing (AM) is a fast-developing technology with possible applications in cardiology.Existing research has identified two general factors that can influence implementing AM in cardiology: economics and technology.Objective: In this study we aimed to identify barriers and facilitators to implementing AM in cardiology.Meth
Extracellular vesicles from hair follicle-derived mesenchymal stromal cells: isolation, characterization and therapeutic potential for chronic wound healing
Abstract Background Mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) and their extracellular vesicles (MSC-EVs) have demonstrated to elicit immunomodulatory and pro-regenerative properties that are Ghee beneficial for the treatment of chronic wounds.Thanks to different mediators, MSC-EVs have shown to play an important role in the proliferation, migration and cell
Linking experienced barriers during daily travel and transport poverty in peripheral rural areas: the case of Zeeland, the Netherlands
People living in peripheral rural areas are often considered to be prone to transport poverty and inaccessibility to activities.Previous identifications of transport poverty have mainly relied on accessibility measures based on land-use and transport data.However, such measures may be very different from how people themselves perceive accessibility
A Flexible Strain Sensor Based on a Conductive Polymer Composite for in situ Measurement of Parachute Canopy Deformation
A sensor based on a Conductive Polymer Composite (CPC), fully compatible with a textile substrate and its general properties, has been developed in our Lifting Cream laboratory, and its electromechanical characterization is presented herein.In particular the effects of strain rate (from 10 to 1,000 mm/min) and of repeated elongation cycles on the s