Background US and international medical audiences not infrequently inquire about the US medical education system with regards to the training of transfusion medicine specialists.Methods Relevant websites were reviewed...Background US and international medical audiences not infrequently inquire about the US medical education system with regards to the training of transfusion medicine specialists.Methods Relevant websites were reviewed to summarize the current methods by which technologists or specialists in blood banking and physicians specializing in transfusion medicine are trained in the US.Results Specialized training in blood bank/transfusion medicine requires additional years of education and specific certifications.Medical technologists/medical laboratory specialists can pursue additional training to become technologists and/or specialists in blood banking.Similarly,physicians can pursue fellowship training in transfusion medicine.Conclusion The education of future specialists in transfusion medicine is particularly important for maintaining the field's tradition of growth and development.This is true at the level of the medical laboratory scientist and at the level of the physician.展开更多
Three-point bending tests on glass-fiber reinforced polymer GFRP/Kraft honeycomb sandwich panels after natural aging were undertaken to explore the bending performance of composite honeycomb sandwich panels after long...Three-point bending tests on glass-fiber reinforced polymer GFRP/Kraft honeycomb sandwich panels after natural aging were undertaken to explore the bending performance of composite honeycomb sandwich panels after long-term aging.The specimens’failure modes and ultimate damage patterns were recorded,and the pertinent data from the tests were statistically analyzed.A finite element model was developed to investigate the process of fiber failure based on the Hashin failure criterion.The results showed that the bending performance increased significantly,with a small dispersion of the test data;the specimen failure forms were consistent with expectations;the failure mode and result of FEM are in general agreement with the tests.展开更多
文摘Background US and international medical audiences not infrequently inquire about the US medical education system with regards to the training of transfusion medicine specialists.Methods Relevant websites were reviewed to summarize the current methods by which technologists or specialists in blood banking and physicians specializing in transfusion medicine are trained in the US.Results Specialized training in blood bank/transfusion medicine requires additional years of education and specific certifications.Medical technologists/medical laboratory specialists can pursue additional training to become technologists and/or specialists in blood banking.Similarly,physicians can pursue fellowship training in transfusion medicine.Conclusion The education of future specialists in transfusion medicine is particularly important for maintaining the field's tradition of growth and development.This is true at the level of the medical laboratory scientist and at the level of the physician.
文摘Three-point bending tests on glass-fiber reinforced polymer GFRP/Kraft honeycomb sandwich panels after natural aging were undertaken to explore the bending performance of composite honeycomb sandwich panels after long-term aging.The specimens’failure modes and ultimate damage patterns were recorded,and the pertinent data from the tests were statistically analyzed.A finite element model was developed to investigate the process of fiber failure based on the Hashin failure criterion.The results showed that the bending performance increased significantly,with a small dispersion of the test data;the specimen failure forms were consistent with expectations;the failure mode and result of FEM are in general agreement with the tests.
