Adhesives

you please get me one of those wonderful bandages you make. "This is the last one and we don't even have anymore gauze or cotton, so you better not get hurt again until I can get my hands on some more," I said handing her a piece of cotton on some adhesive tape and gauze. "I'll try to get some from work today, if James isn't breathing down my neck again, like he was yesterday." "Do you mind if you finished making your sandwhich, I hope you know I have to get to work too," Josephine said as she…

Pods for Pancreases How would you react if one day you woke up with a life-threatening disease that has no cure? Type one diabetes is an autoimmune disease in which the pancreas stops producing insulin. Insulin is a hormone that enables the body to gain energy from food. Over 40,000 people in the United States alone are diagnosed each year. Managing type one diabetes is like a 24/7 365 days a year job; no breaks, no holidays, no exceptions. Type one diabetics have to monitor their blood…

Techniques stayed the same until the 1970s with the breakthrough being the use of a bonding agent holding the brackets to the teeth. The adhesive would be put on the teeth where the brackets would be stuck right on the teeth. The adhesive got rid of the need to wrap the tooth individually. The use of stainless steel instead of gold and silver did not become popular until the 1960s. In the 1970s dentists found the material acceptable, it helped the dentists and the patients with the price of the…

The sticky note has a small section of weak adhesive across the top back, that allows it to stick to surfaces, like a desk or a laptop. As opposed to a stronger adhesive like duct tape, the sticky note is literally “loosely enforced”, representing the leniency of folkway norms. Due to the small, flimsy nature of sticky notes, they tend to get lost from time…

Most people are familiar with the Venus flytrap. Small and ominous-looking, the plants are commonly sold as novelties, and many a curious child (or adult) has triggered its ..……. (baneful, sinister, doomful, malevolent) traps with a pencil to see its amazingly rapid response. However, carnivory in plants is not limited to the famous Venus flytrap. In fact, there are more than 600 carnivorous plant species, and the ability to catch and digest ………(dupe, prey, victim, quest) has evolved…

X-Opoly, Inc. is a company that was started by two college freshman who based a real estate board game on the essentials of Monopoly®. The board game was originally modeled on local popular landmarks surrounding the college. With X-Opoly’s ability to design and produce custom real estate trading games for universities, municipalities, chambers of commerce, and businesses, their venture was huge success. So, upon graduation they decided to run the company full time. Orders varied between a few…

• The electrodes are worn out and oversaturation occurs: normally they retain moisture from perspiration or the surrounding environment. If you add too much water in an attempt to re-hydrate the gel surface, you can also cause oversaturation. • Adhesive dries out. 4. How to maintain the…

CORA rehab One of the many locations that CORA health services are offered is in Coral Gables. CORA is a rehabilitation center that is passionate about helping patients achieve their recovery goals. All the clinicians at CORA are trained to develop an individualized treatment plan based on the specific needs of the patient and also to motivate them towards their goals. Some of the rehabilitation programs offered at CORA are physical and occupational therapy, sports injury, worker’s comp, auto…

Discovered only recently, the oldest cave painting was found in Spain, believed to be left by the Neanderthals and is now the oldest and historical cave paintings discovered. A previous painting found in France was dated to be from 37,000 years ago, is now replaced by the Spanish cave painting, believed to be more than 48,000 years ago. Now in modern days, paint is very common. There are many different varieties of paints and uses, such as acrylic, water-based, oil-based, sheen, latex, and…

III. Critical Factor(s): • Southwest Airline’s fleet consists mostly of 737s. • Southwest flies a high volume of short flights, so its 737s are subjected to a high volume of cycles. • 737s were manufactured with the use of lap joints and an adhesive that did not actually bond well to the aluminum. • The longer the 737 aircraft is in operation, the more likely cracks will appear. Many of Southwest’s 737s had been in operation for more than 15 years. • Considering the above critical factors,…