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Mechanical properties of the initial wet and dried Ca-alginate and PVA/Ca-alginate fibres after rehydration for 24 and 48 h in the physiological saline solution: (a) tensile stress at break and (b) Young's modulus (asterisk designates statistically significant differences, p < 0.05).