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    Non-linear investigation of an asymmetric disk brake model

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    Dieser Beitrag ist mit Zustimmung des Rechteinhabers aufgrund einer (DFG geförderten) Allianz- bzw. Nationallizenz frei zugänglich.This publication is with permission of the rights owner freely accessible due to an Alliance licence and a national licence (funded by the DFG, German Research Foundation) respectively.Among design engineers, it is known that breaking symmetries of a brake rotor can help to prevent squeal. From a modelling point of view, in the literature brake squeal is almost exclusively treated using models with a symmetric brake rotor, which are capable of explaining the excitation mechanism but yield no insight into the relation between rotor asymmetry and stability. In previous work, it has been demonstrated with linear models that the breaking of symmetries of the brake rotor has a stabilizing effect. The equations of motion for this case have periodic coefficients with respect to time and are therefore more difficult to analyse than in the symmetric case. The goal of this article is to investigate whether due to the breaking of symmetries also, the non-linear behaviour of the brake changes qualitatively compared to the symmetric case

    Self-Excitation Mechanisms in Paper Calenders Formulated as a Stability Problem

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    In one of the last stages of paper production the surface of the paper is refined in calenders. The paper is compressed in the nip by rollers which sometimes tend to exhibit self-excited vibrations. These vibrations may lead to wear and dramatically reduce the durability of the expensive rollers. The reason for the self-excited vibrations is to be found in the interaction of the rollers with the paper. The interaction process in the nip is very complex and has not been completely understood from a mechanical point of view. The purpose of this paper is to develop simple mechanical models of the nip which can lead to an explanation of the phenomenon

    Forecasting the Global Burden of Peripheral Artery Disease from 2021 to 2050: A Population-Based Study

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    Vascular disease is the leading cause of death worldwide. Predicting the burden of vascular disease and identifying modifiable key risk factors are critical for developing effective prevention strategies. This study aimed to project the global and regional burden of peripheral artery disease (PAD) from 2021 to 2050, with a specific focus on the impact of modifiable key risk factors and the potential benefits of their management. Compared to the 2021 Global Burden of Disease Study (GBD 2021), the number of PAD cases worldwide is projected to increase by 220% by 2050, reaching a staggering 360 million (95% uncertainty interval, 270 to 450). Age-standardized mortality is expected to double, while disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) are forecasted to rise from 19.7 to 33.1 per 100,000. Among individuals aged ≥65 years, PAD prevalence is projected to surge to 21.7% in women and 14.8% in men. Moreover, over 50% of PAD cases are expected to occur in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Metabolic diseases are anticipated to be the primary drivers of the rising PAD burden, with diabetes playing a key role in increasing PAD prevalence and severity. By effectively managing metabolic risk factors, age-standardized prevalence could be reduced by 36%, mortality by 17%, and DALYs by 10%. As metabolic risks, particularly diabetes, continue to rise alongside population aging, the global PAD burden is expected to increase substantially, especially in LMICs. Importantly, proactive metabolic risk management strategies have the potential to markedly alleviate the burden of vascular disease and reduce the growing geographic health disparities

    Nonlinear stability analysis of a disk brake model

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    It has become commonly accepted by scientists and engineers that brake squeal is generated by friction-induced self-excited vibrations of the brake system. The noise-free configuration of the brake system loses stability through a flutter-type instability and the system starts oscillating in a limit cycle. Usually, the stability analysis of disk brake models, both analytical as well as finite element based, investigates the linearized models, i.e. the eigenvalues of the linearized equations of motion. However, there are experimentally observed effects not covered by these analyses, even though the full nonlinear models include these effects in principle. The present paper describes the nonlinear stability analysis of a realistic disk brake model with 12 degrees of freedom. Using center manifold theory and artificially increasing the degree of degeneracy of the occurring bifurcation, an analytical expression for the turning points in the bifurcation diagram of the subcritical Hopf bifurcations is calculated. The parameter combination corresponding to the turning points is considered as the practical stability boundary of the system. Basic phenomena known from the operating experience of brake systems tending to squeal problems can be explained on the basis of the practical stability boundary

    Zweitmeinung vor Amputation beim diabetischen Fußsyndrom nach § 27b Absatz 2 SGB V

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    Wirksamkeit von Netzwerken Diabetischer Fuß

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