Bladder injury during infected tola hip arthroplasty prosthesis removal: Report of a case and review of the literature

The bladder is the most frequently injured organ during pelvic surgery. However, during hip surgery, this complication is extremely rare. We report a case of bladder injury during total hip arthroplasty prosthesis removal surgery. A 65-year-old male was admitted to our hospital with left hip pain and wound infection. On plain radiograms, acetabular protrusion was identified. We decided to remove protruzed acetabular cup and place spacer. During the operation, unexpectedly bladder injury occurred. The rupture was sutured intraoperatively. We left a catheter in the bladder after internal urethrotomy to drain the urine.Keywords: Arthroplasty, Bladder injury, Cystogram, Hip prosthesis removal, Infectio

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Seven new 3-alkyl(aryl)-4-(2-thienymethylenamino)-4,5-dihydro-1H-1,2,4-triazol-5-ones (2) were synthesized by the reactions of 3-alkyl(aryl)-4-amino-4,5-dihydro-1H-1,2,4-triazol-5-ones (1) with thiophene-2-carbaldehyde. In addition, N-acetyl derivatives of compounds 2d-2g were also prepared. The structures of eleven new compounds synthesized were determined by elemental analysis as well as IR, NMR and UV spectral data. In addition, compounds 2a-g and 3a, 3b, 3d-f were also screened for their antioxidant activities and 2a-g were potentiometrically titrated with tetrabutylammonium hydroxide (TBAH) in four nonaqueous solvents (isopropyl alcohol, t-butyl alcohol, acetonitrile and N,N-dimethyl formamide). Also half-neutralization potential values and the corresponding pKa values were determined in all cases

Observation of reduced thermal conductivity in a metal-organic framework due to the presence of adsorbates

Whether the presence of adsorbates increases or decreases thermal conductivity in metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) has been an open question. Here we report observations of thermal transport in the metal-organic framework HKUST-1 in the presence of various liquid adsorbates: water, methanol, and ethanol. Experimental thermoreflectance measurements were performed on single crystals and thin films, and theoretical predictions were made using molecular dynamics simulations. We find that the thermal conductivity of HKUST-1 decreases by 40 – 80% depending on the adsorbate, a result that cannot be explained by effective medium approximations. Our findings demonstrate that adsorbates introduce additional phonon scattering in HKUST-1, which particularly shortens the lifetimes of low-frequency phonon modes. As a result, the system thermal conductivity is lowered to a greater extent than the increase expected by the creation of additional heat transfer channels. Finally, we show that thermal diffusivity is even more greatly reduced than thermal conductivity by adsorption

How Reproducible are Surface Areas Calculated from the BET Equation?

Porosity and surface area analysis play a prominent role in modern materials science. At the heart of this sits the Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) theory, which has been a remarkably successful contribution to the field of materials science. The BET method was developed in the 1930s for open surfaces but is now the most widely used metric for the estimation of surface areas of micro- and mesoporous materials. Despite its widespread use, the calculation of BET surface areas causes a spread in reported areas, resulting in reproducibility problems in both academia and industry. To prove this, for this analysis, 18 already-measured raw adsorption isotherms were provided to sixty-one labs, who were asked to calculate the corresponding BET areas. This round-robin exercise resulted in a wide range of values. Here, the reproducibility of BET area determination from identical isotherms is demonstrated to be a largely ignored issue, raising critical concerns over the reliability of reported BET areas. To solve this major issue, a new computational approach to accurately and systematically determine the BET area of nanoporous materials is developed. The software, called "BET surface identification" (BETSI), expands on the well-known Rouquerol criteria and makes an unambiguous BET area assignment possible.fals

Current trend in synthesis, Post-Synthetic modifications and biological applications of Nanometal-Organic frameworks (NMOFs)

Since the early reports of MOFs and their interesting properties, research involving these materials has grown wide in scope and applications. Various synthetic approaches have ensued in view of obtaining materials with optimised properties, the extensive scope of application spanning from energy, gas sorption, catalysis biological applications has meant exponentially evolved over the years. The far‐reaching synthetic and PSM approaches and porosity control possibilities have continued to serve as a motivation for research on these materials. With respect to the biological applications, MOFs have shown promise as good candidates in applications involving drug delivery, BioMOFs, sensing, imaging amongst others. Despite being a while away from successful entry into the market, observed results in sensing, drug delivery, and imaging put these materials on the spot light as candidates poised to usher in a revolution in biology. In this regard, this review article focuses current approaches in synthesis, post functionalization and biological applications of these materials with particular attention on drug delivery, imaging, sensing and BioMOFs

How reproducible are surface areas calculated from the BET equation?

Porosity and surface area analysis play a prominent role in modern materials science. At the heart of this sits the Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) theory, which has been a remarkably successful contribution to the field of materials science. The BET method was developed in the 1930s for open surfaces but is now the most widely used metric for the estimation of surface areas of micro- and mesoporous materials. Despite its widespread use, the calculation of BET surface areas causes a spread in reported areas, resulting in reproducibility problems in both academia and industry. To prove this, for this analysis, 18 already-measured raw adsorption isotherms were provided to sixty-one labs, who were asked to calculate the corresponding BET areas. This round-robin exercise resulted in a wide range of values. Here, the reproducibility of BET area determination from identical isotherms is demonstrated to be a largely ignored issue, raising critical concerns over the reliability of reported BET areas. To solve this major issue, a new computational approach to accurately and systematically determine the BET area of nanoporous materials is developed. The software, called "BET surface identification" (BETSI), expands on the well-known Rouquerol criteria and makes an unambiguous BET area assignment possible

Synthesis and in vitro antioxidant activities of novel 4-(3-methyl-2- thienylmethyleneamino)-4,5-dihydro-1H-1,2,4-triazol-5-one derivatives with their acidic properties

In the present study 3-alkyl(aryl)-4-amino-4,5-dihydro-1H-1,2,4-triazol-5- ones 2a-i reacted with 3-methyl-thiophene-2-carboxyaldehyde to afford the corresponding 3-alkyl(aryl)-4-(3- methyl-2-thienylmethyleneamino)-4,5-dihydro- 1H-1,2,4-triazol-5-ones 3a-i. The acetylation reactions of compounds 3a, 3b, 3d, 3g and 3i were investigated and compounds 4a, 4b, 4d, 4g and 4i were thus obtained. The structures of fourteen new compounds are established from the spectral data. In addition, the synthesized 3 and 4 type compounds were analyzed for their in vitro potential antioxidant activities in three different methods including reducing power, free radical scavenging and metal chelating activity. Compound 3a and 3d showed the best activity for the iron binding. On the other hand, compounds 3a-i were titrated potentiometrically with tetrabutylammonium hydroxide (TBAH) in four nonaqueous solvents (isopropyl alcohol, t-butyl alcohol, acetonitrile and N,N-dimethylformamide) because of the weak acidic properties of 4,5-dihydro-1H-1,2,4-triazol-5- one ring N-H group. Also half-neutralization potential (HNP) values and the corresponding pKa values were determined in all cases

In vitro antioxidant and acidic properties of novel 4-(5-Methyl- 24hienylmethyleneamino)-4,5-dihydro-1H-l,2,4-triazol-5one derivatives. Synthesis and characterization

In the present study 3-alkyl(aryl)-4-amino-4,5-dihydro-1H-l,2,4-triazol-5- ones 2a-i reacted with 5-methylthiophene-2-carboxyaldehyde to afford the corresponding compounds 3a-i and the acetylation reactions of compounds 3a, 3b, 3d, 3g and 3i were investigated. The structures of fourteen new compounds are established from the spectral data. The synthesized 3 and 4 type compounds were analyzed for their in vitro potential antioxidant activities by three different methods. Besides, compounds 3a-i were titrated potentiometrically with tetrabutylammonium hydroxide in four nonaqueous solvents

Application of artificial neural network to predict specific fuel consumption and exhaust temperature for a Diesel engine

The ability of an artificial neural network model, using a back propagation learning algorithm, to predict specific fuel consumption and exhaust temperature of a Diesel engine for various injection timings is studied. The proposed new model is compared with experimental results. The comparison showed that the consistence between experimental and the network results are achieved by a mean absolute relative error less than 2%. It is considered that a well-trained neural network model provides fast and consistent results, making it an easy-to-use tool in preliminary studies for such thermal engineering problems. (c) 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved