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Objective: Cystic hygroma often ameliorates or disappears with pregnancy progression. Fetuses/neonates with amelioration, when without chromosomal or major structural abnormality, generally show a favorable outcome at birth. The present study was aimed to clarify the short/long-term outcomes of fetuses/neonates with the amelioration of cystic hygroma during pregnancy. Material and methods: This was a retrospective observational study. We focused on fetuses with cystic hygroma managed in our institute between January 2006 and June 2019. The infants were followed by pediatricians (neonatologist, pediatric cardiologist, and pediatric neurologist) and pediatric outcomes were retrieved from the medical records up to 3 years old. Results: One hundred and seven fetuses with cystic hygroma were included. Of the 107, cystic hygromas ameliorated in 31 fetuses (31/107: 29%). Of the 31, there were 26 livebirths. Half (n = 13) of the 26 fetuses had a good outcome, whereas the remaining half (n = 13) had abnormalities. Various abnormalities were detected in their infancies. A nuchal thickness (diameter of hygroma) of ≥5 mm was significantly correlated with abnormalities (P = 0.047). Conclusion: Physicians should pay attention to fetuses/neonates with ameliorated cystic hygroma. Of those, special attention should be paid to fetuses/neonates with a nuchal thickness at diagnosis ≥5 mm.

This study analyses the effect of pulverization of wood flour with and without water to the melt-viscosity and mechanical behaviour of polypropylene (PP)/wood flour (WF) composites. The composites were processed in an extruder and subsequent injection moulding. The effects of initial wood flour particle size, type of trees (namely cypress and European scots pine trees) as well as plate gap (200 μm and 350 μm) in pulverization were also evaluated in terms of melt-viscosity, tensile properties, Izod impact strength and fatigue behaviour of the prepared composites. PP/WF composites with pulverised wood flour with water exhibited higher melt-viscosity than that of nonpulverized and pulverized wood flour without water reinforced PP composites. Tensile strength values of composites were slightly affected by the pulverization of wood flour and the enhancement of tensile strength values were depended on the type of initial WF. From Izod impact test results of composites, it was found that the composites reinforced with pulverized wood flour with water displayed higher values of impact energy compared with the composites of pulverized WF without water. Depending on the type of initial WF particle, the positive effect of pulverization of wood flour with water to the fatigue life of the composites was also observed. Keywords: Composites, Mechanical properties, Melt-viscosity, Pulverization, Wood flour

In this paper, we exclusively studied the effects of dry and wet pulverization of different wood flours on the fatigue performance of polypropylene (PP)/wood flour (WF) composites. Wood flours obtained from cypress and Scots pine trees were pulverized in both dry and wet conditions at two different mill-plate gaps, 200 µm and 350 µm, and were used as reinforcement in PP matrices. Master batches of PP with different types of pulverized WF were compounded before processing in an extruder. The PP/WF composites of initial WF were also prepared for comparison. The prepared composites were analyzed by tensile and fatigue tests. It was found that the tensile properties of wood/polypropylene composites were affected by the pulverization of WF. Fatigue test results displayed that wet pulverization of short cypress flour had a negative effect on the fatigue life of PP/WF composites, while wet pulverization of long cypress flour and pine flour had a positive effect on the fatigue life of PP/WF composites.

In this paper, we exclusively studied the effects of dry and wet pulverization of different wood flours on the fatigue performance of polypropylene (PP)/wood flour (WF) composites. Wood flours obtained from cypress and Scots pine trees were pulverized in both dry and wet conditions at two different mill-plate gaps, 200 Ām and 350 Ām, and were used as reinforcement in PP matrices. Master batches of PP with different types of pulverized WF were compounded before processing in an extruder. The PP/WF composites of initial WF were also prepared for comparison. The prepared composites were analyzed by tensile and fatigue tests. It was found that the tensile properties of wood/polypropylene composites were affected by the pulverization of WF. Fatigue test results displayed that wet pulverization of short cypress flour had a negative effect on the fatigue life of PP/WF composites, while wet pulverization of long cypress flour and pine flour had a positive effect on the fatigue life of PP/WF composites. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article comments on how Jane Austen represented architecture and space in her novel "Mansfield Park." Austen's architectural plot portrays a woman's strategy to acquire both a house and a husband. In the book, Austen has rebuild the architectural plots of her own domestic space. Austen views space and bodies as constitutive and exist in a dialectical relationship.