Welded steel compressive corrosion can occur only in a specific environment, it also has the following characteristics: firstly, the presence of only the stress (tensile stress in particular) is to stress corrosion cracking. This stress can ...
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US-based BioVentrix has announced that placement of its Revivent-TC ventricular enhancement system, via Less Invasive Ventricular Enhancement (LIVE) procedure, has been successfully expanded to a second European clinical site. The ...
St. Jude Medical, a medical device company, has obtained CE Mark approval in Europe for its 25mm Portico transcatheter aortic heart valve implantation system. The Portico valve system offers a minimally invasive treatment option for ...
Retail shoppers in New York City will find display of “Customers’ Bill of Rights” when they visit Macy’s, Saks Fifth Avenue, Gap, Barneys, and Lord & Taylor stores this holiday season. The Bill has been drafted ...
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A meta-analysis found exercise may be as effective as drugs in helping patients with strokes, diabetes and heart disease, British and U.S. researchers say. Researchers at the London School of Economics and Political Science, the Harvard ...
Duke University’s Duke Clinical Research Institute (DCRI) has been selected by Oxygen Biotherapeutics, a pharmaceutical company, to conduct the Phase III clinical trial of the company’s newly acquired compound, levosimendan. ...
Fonterra has received approval from it board of directors to establish a NZ$235m milk powder plant at its Pahiatua site in the Manawatu, which will enable it to process an additional 2.4 million liters each day. The announcement follows ...
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Manufacturing the highest quality LED light engines is a top Norlux priority. The company demonstrates this with the quality assurance systems it has set in place. Norlux is an ISO 9000-2008 certified North American LED systems integrator. ...
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US-based SynCardia Systems has announced the implantation of the 150th SynCardia temporary total artificial heart in 2013. The 150th SynCardia temporary total artificial heart has been implanted on 26 November 2013. In 2012, a total of ...
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Hydrex special end of year offers Tuesday, Dec 10, 2013 The end of the year is fast approaching. And along with it, the last chance to use the rest of this year's repair and maintenance budget for your ship(s). This is not simply a matter ...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Sovaldi -- sofosbuvir -- to treat chronic hepatitis C virus infection without interferon, officials say. Dr. Edward Cox, director of the Office of Antimicrobial Products in the FDA's Center ...
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Allspeeds Ltd, designers and manufacturers of the Webtool? range of products, have nominated the Webtool? HP690 intensifier panel for the Subsea UK Innovation for Safety Award. Safety concerns were being expressed from those working ...
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The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA) sued the California Air Resources Board (CARB) on Dec. 6, over the Truck and Bus Regulation, which they say is unconstitutional. The rule, OOIDA says, discriminates against ...
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Sorin, a medical device company, has received CE Mark approval for its Intensia family of implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) and cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT-D) devices. The Intensia family includes single-chamber ...
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As the EU begins to impose punitive tariffs on Friday on a number of Chinese solar exports, the world's largest solar market, which once fueled China's wild solar expansion, is now behind the industry's slim-down. The dust has finally ...
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