Abstract: Since repetitive partial discharge (PD) leads to insulation breakdown, it is one of the most critical defects that affect operation life of electrical equipment. In this paper, four kinds of ...

† National Laboratory of Mineral Materials, School of Materials Sciences and Technology, China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083, People’s Republic of China ‡ Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua ...

Objective In 1991, the Medical Research Council (MRC) Vitamin Study demonstrated that folic acid taken before pregnancy and in early pregnancy reduced the risk of a neural tube defect (NTD). We aimed ...

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Every 15 minutes, a child is born in the U.S. with a congenital heart defect. Some cases are mild—others require surgery in the first year of life. This weekend, families like Kelly and Allison ...

Topological defects are quasiparticles whose topological nature provides some stability against perturbations. Skyrmions, domain walls, dislocations in crystals, vortices in superconductors and ...

Objectives To determine the baseline trends in the total birth prevalence of neural tube defects (NTDs) in England (2000–2019) to enable the impact of folic acid fortification of non-wholemeal wheat ...

Objective To evaluate the frequency of and risk factors for stroke as a presenting feature in adult patients with secundum atrial septal defect (ASD); rates of post-closure atrial fibrillation (AF) ...

Edited by C. Owen Lovejoy, Kent State University, Kent, OH, and approved March 23, 2012 (received for review December 3, 2011) ...

For ensuring the safety and reliability of electronic equipment, it is a necessary task to detect the surface defects of the printed circuit board (PCB). Due to the smallness, complexity and diversity ...

Diastatic skull fractures. These are fractures that occur along the suture lines in the skull. The sutures are the areas between the bones in the head that fuse when we are children. In this type of ...

Microorganisms are able to colonise sutures that are implanted in the skin, which is a causative factor of SSIs. Triclosan-coated sutures are antibacterial sutures aimed at reducing SSIs. Our ...