CERTIFIED MOTORCYCLE HELMETS: COMPUTATIONAL EVALUATION OF THE EFFICACY OF STANDARD REQUIREMENTS WITH FINITE ELEMENT MODELS

Certified Motorcycle Helmets: Computational Evaluation of the Efficacy of Standard Requirements with Finite Element Models

Every year, thousands of people die in the European Union as a direct result of road accidents.Helmets are one of the most important types of personal safety gear.The ECE R22.05 standard, adopted in 2000, is responsible for the certification of motorcycle helmets in the European Union and in many other countries.Two decades later, it is still being

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Ixodes scapularis and Ixodes ricinus tick cell lines respond to infection with tick-borne encephalitis virus: transcriptomic and proteomic analysis

Abstract Background Ixodid ticks are important vectors of a wide variety of viral, bacterial and protozoan pathogens of medical and veterinary importance.Although several studies have elucidated tick responses to bacteria, little is known about the tick response to viruses.To gain insight into the response of tick cells to flavivirus infection, the

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Multi-Functional Potential of Lactic Acid Bacteria Strains and Antimicrobial Effects in Minimally Processed Pomegranate (Punica granatum L. cv Jolly Red) Arils

This study aimed to evaluate the antimicrobial activity of both cells, and cell-free supernatants (CFS) of 7 selected lactic acid bacteria (LAB) strains belonging to Limosilactobacillus fermentum (4 strains), Lacticaseibacillus paracasei (1 strain), Lacticaseibacillus rhamnosus (1 strain), and Enterococcus faecium (1 strain) Over the Range Microwav

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