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M Plischke

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PubMed2001

Viscoelasticity near the gel point: a molecular dynamics study.

We report on extensive molecular dynamics simulations on systems of soft spheres of functionality f, i.e., particles that are capable of bonding irreversibly with a maximum of f other particles. These bonds are randomly distributed throughout the system and imposed with probability p. At a critical concentration of bonds, p(c) approximately 0.2488 for f=6, a gel is formed and the shear viscosity eta diverges according to eta approximately (p(c)-p)(-s). We find s approximately 0.7 in agreement with some experiments and with a recent theoretical prediction based on Rouse dynamics of phantom chains. The diffusion constant decreases as the gel point is approached but does not display a well-defined power law.

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PubMed1999

Telemedical support of prehospital emergency care in mass casualty incidents.

In the German emergency medical service system (EMSS) medical treatment can be improved in most of mass casualty incidents (MCI). Currently, the incident commander who is responsible for classification of the victims (depending on their urgency and condition, the so called triage) and ordered transportation uses paper-based documentation. Triage tags are used to identify and classify patients and gather treatment information. This can cause problems in medical treatment and in transportation of injured victims. Object-oriented modelling, simulation, and visualisation of processes can show deficits in treatment and data processing and thereby help to optimise medical workflow and logistics. If documentation by paramedics and emergency physicians is done electronically, all patient records could be send to a telemedical centre for central data administration. A telemedical supported triage tag helps identifying victims and managing detailed identification protocols. The paper-based documentation in emergency would become obsolete, if hospitals can query all protocols, diagnoses, and findings from the telemedical centre. Safety and security aspects can be guaranteed. The complete medical treatment workflow can be supported by telemedicine. Therefore, in case of MCI, telemedicine can optimise medical treatment and exonerate the paramedics from unnecessary documentation.

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PubMed1999

Entropic rigidity of randomly diluted two- and three-dimensional networks.

In recent work, we presented evidence that site-diluted triangular central-force networks, at finite temperatures, have a nonzero shear modulus for all concentrations of particles above the geometric percolation concentration p(c). This is in contrast to the zero-temperature case where the (energetic) shear modulus vanishes at a concentration of particles p(r)>p(c). In the present paper we report on analogous simulations of bond-diluted triangular lattices, site-diluted square lattices, and site-diluted simple-cubic lattices. We again find that these systems are rigid for all p>p(c) and that near p(c) the shear modulus mu approximately (p-p(c))(f), where the exponent f approximately 1.3 for two-dimensional lattices and f approximately 2 for the simple-cubic case. These results support the conjecture of de Gennes that the diluted central-force network is in the same universality class as the random resistor network. We present approximate renormalization group calculations that also lead to this conclusion.

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