A novel device for testing structural elements with varying characteristics. The device’s component configuration allows for the application of bending moments to evaluate behavior under rotation, shear forces in one or two directions to assess behavior under lateral displacement, vertical compressive forces to represent the structure’s gravitational loads, or a combination of these three types of time-varying stresses. The device features a lateral load application mechanism supported by a reaction frame and a vertical load application mechanism also supported by the same reaction frame. These mechanisms enable the simultaneous and controlled vertical and lateral deformation of the structural element specimens under test, through the inclusion of hydraulic actuators and electrohydraulic servo valves for precise control of the hydraulic flow supplied to the device by a hydraulic power system.
Technology developed for the efficient separation of corpuscles and groups of living cells, such as pancreatic islets that can be recovered from the pancreas of cadaveric donors or animals such as pigs.
A technology is available that allows the production of green hydrogen from wastewater using low-cost photoelectrochemical processes. Unlike conventional systems, the water used for hydrogen production does not require pretreatment. Instead, the wastewater is treated with oxidizing agents, which convert the water into hydrogen and oxygen. The water then passes through a device where oxidation-reduction reactions take place, converting it into gas. The gases are then separated by another device.
It is a patch-like device containing mesenchymal cells, endothelial cells, and specific functional cells for cardiac tissue regeneration. These cells are embedded in a gel that keeps them alive, and they are then integrated into the infarcted heart to promote regeneration.