Evidence map›Paper›PMID 33946226›Full record

ReviewPolymers2021

Additive Manufacturing of Sensors for Military Monitoring Applications.

David T Bird, Nuggehalli M Ravindra

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Review in Polymers, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed.

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  7. Mairá-Potato (Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

David T BirdPicatinny Arsenal, NJ U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Armaments Center (CCDC AC), Wharton, NJ 07885, USA.
Nuggehalli M RavindraInterdisciplinary Program in Materials Science and Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ 07102, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0610-3310

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The US Department of Defense (DoD) realizes the many uses of additive manufacturing (AM) as it has become a common fabrication technique for an extensive range of engineering components in several industrial sectors. 3D Printed (3DP) sensor technology offers high-performance features as a way to track individual warfighters on the battlefield, offering protection from threats such as weaponized toxins, bacteria or virus, with real-time monitoring of physiological events, advanced diagnostics, and connected feedback. Maximum protection of the warfighter gives a distinct advantage over adversaries by providing an enhanced awareness of situational threats on the battle field. There is a need to further explore aspects of AM such as higher printing resolution and efficiency, with faster print times and higher performance, sensitivity and optimized fabrication to ensure that soldiers are more safe and lethal to win our nation's wars and come home safely. A review and comparison of various 3DP techniques for sensor fabrication is presented.

Indexed as

3D printingadditive manufacturingdiagnosticsfabricationsensor technology

Identifiers

PMID33946226
PMCPMC8125590

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