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A sensitivity analysis represents crucial part of uncertainty quantification. The paper is focused on global sensitivity analysis, specifically moment-independent importance measure based on Cramér-von Mises distance. This type of sensitivity analysis takes whole probability distribution of random variables into accoun... |
BACKGROUND |
Inguinal hernia is a common surgical problem in the active duty population. The decision to perform a hernia repair in the traditional open manner versus a laparoscopic approach is somewhat controversial. Furthermore, the type of repair performed has not been analyzed in a systematic manner within an operational settin... |
METHODS |
We retrospectively reviewed all inguinal hernia repairs performed at Expeditionary Medical Facility Kuwait (EMFK) over an 18-month period, from April 2007 through October 2008. Operative times and time to return to duty were compared between active duty personnel undergoing open mesh repair and laparoscopic extraperito... |
RESULTS |
One hundred seventy-six consecutive patients who underwent inguinal hernia repair by six different surgeons were analyzed. One hundred and four patients had an open repair and 72 patients underwent laparoscopic repair. The mean operative time was significantly longer in the laparoscopic group (20.2 minutes, p < 0.001).... |
CONCLUSIONS |
Laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair is associated with longer operative times but shorter recovery periods. The laparoscopic approach may be a viable option for patients in the expeditionary setting.Example-based texture synthesis on Disney's Tangled |
Look development on Walt Disney's animated feature Tangled called for artists to paint hundreds of organic elements with high-resolution textures on a tight schedule. With our Ptex format [Burley and Lacewell 2008], we had the infrastructure to handle massive textures within our pipeline, but the task of manually paint... |
Performance of long-range mobile laser systems operating within Earth's atmosphere is generally limited by several factors. Movement of the communicating platforms, such as aircraft, terrain vehicles, etc., complemented by mechanical vibrations, is the main cause of pointing errors. In addition, atmospheric turbulence ... |
The combination of increased spectral resolution for in situ ocean optical instrumentation as well as future ocean remote sensing missions (e.g., PACE) provides an opportunity to examine new methods of analysis and ocean monitoring that were not feasible during the multispectral satellite era. For example, hyperspectra... |
The potential of spaceborne synthetic aperture radar (SAR) for monitoring tropical forest areas is assessed, using three ERS images from the Tapajos region of Amazonia gathered in 1992 and a single JERS-1 image of the same area acquired in 1993. The multitemporal ERS-1 data indicate that primary forest areas display a ... |
The purpose of this research is to realize and analyze Super-multi-legged Passive Dynamic Walking(PDW). Although various PDW studies have been conducted based on its interesting features, most of them dealt with bipedal robots. There are many kinds of multi-legged creatures, not only quadrupedal animals but also creatu... |
Surfing practice requires various physical capacities, such as muscular strength and endurance, balance, postural control and neuromuscular coordination. The evaluation of postural control in a surfer is a challenge for sports science and injury prevention researchers. This study evaluated the postural control that sur... |
The main aim of this research was to investigate the survival mechanisms employed by tourist guides in the context of the Covid 19 Pandemic. A mixed method research design was adopted, using in-depth interviews with key tourism informants and surveys administered to tourist guides in Gauteng. A total of five key inform... |
FROM A PSYCHOANALYTICAL point of view. guilt and shame are generally considered the primary human problems that mobilize neurosis.1 Existential practitioners disagree and point to the experience of perceived meaninglessness as the most frequent and profound human difficulty. Psychiatrists and social workers have pointe... |
The space–time evolution of the dynamical screening charge density caused by a suddenly created point charge at the Cu(111) surface is investigated in the linear response approximation. Considering a thin slab as a model for the Cu(111) surface, we investigate the confinement effects on dynamical screening as well. The... |
Bone problems affect millions of people across the world. In fact, musculoskeletal conditions such as joint pathologies, fractures related to osteoporosis, back pain, serious injuries and different sorts of bone diseases and disabilities are among the most common causes for hundreds of millions of people worldwide suff... |
In the present study, chickens of four lines divergently selected for high (H) and low (L) immunocompetence in replicate were analyzed to investigate polymorphisms of MHC class II and MHC class IV on the molecular level associated with selection. The long-term selection experiment for multitrait immunocompetence was ca... |
Adsorption on planar silica substrates of various monovalent and divalent cations from aqueous solution is studied by optical reflectivity. The adsorbed amount is extracted by means of a thin slab model. The experimental data are compared with grand canonical Monte Carlo titration simulations at the primitive model lev... |
The purpose of this announcement is to effect the valid publication of the following new names and new combinations under the procedure described in the Bacteriological Code (1990 Revision). Authors and other individuals wishing to have new names and/or combinations included in future lists should send three copies of ... |
Aiming at the unnecessary loss of information caused by the over-generalization of data by traditional anonymization methods, this paper proposes the fuzzy anonymization method FCMGD (Fuzzy C-Means Clustering with Generalization Data). Based on the similarity of data record attributes, redefine the distance between rec... |
Fas ligand ((FasL) CD178), a type II transmembrane protein, induces apoptosis of cells expressing the Fas receptor. It possesses a unique cytoplasmic tail (FasLCyt) of 80 aa. As a type II transmembrane protein, the early synthesis of FasLCyt could affect FasL translation by impacting FasL endoplasmic reticulum transloc... |
Abstract Each of the criteria most frequently used to evaluate the quality of intelligence analysis has limitations and problems. When accuracy and surprise are employed as absolute standards, their use reflects unrealistic expectations of perfection and omniscience. Scholars have adjusted by exploring the use of a rel... |
ABSTRACT Considering the reported lack of interest in the STEM-domain and the consequential difficulties in recruiting talented and interested young academics, the development of effective enrichment measures is indispensable. This requires a precise picture of students’ interests. The paper presents an approach to cha... |
ABSTRACT National standardized assessment programs have increasingly included extended written performances, amplifying the need for reliable, valid, and efficient methods of assessment. This article examines a two-stage method using comparative judgments and calibrated exemplars as a complement and alternative to exis... |
Introduction Manchester Cancer is a large Cancer Network in the North West of England, consisting of ten NHS Trusts. There is known variability in lung cancer outcomes across the ten trusts, including resection rates. We have examined the referral patterns of each individual trust for EBUS mediastinal staging and compa... |
Multiple carcinomas were searched in 50 successive gastrectomies, 17 females (34%) 33 males (66%) from 40 to 83 years old. Macroscopic handling of the specimens included pinning on a board, fresh, half-fixed and completely fixed examination, not only by naked eye but also through a magnifying glass. The stomach were to... |
We present the regional professional network to support the Renal Epidemiology Information Network (REIN) registry in maintaining high quality data production and information analyses in Ile-De-France region. The network is based on a long term partnership between the nephrologists and a regional methodology support un... |
Sugar‐limited batch growth of Dioscorea deltoidea and Catharanthus roseus plant cell cultures was studied in a 14‐L stirred tank fermentor. With dissolved oxygen concentration monitored and maintained at nonlimiting levels, growth rates and ratios of dry weight to fresh weight were found to be strongly influenced by su... |
Social work is uniquely situated among helping professions, as our clinical practice is an extension of our ethical responsibility to pursue social justice (CASW). Whether in mental health, addictions, child protection, intimate partner violence services, youth and adult homelessness programs, or any number of social w... |
In the article “Computing the vertex separation of unicyclic graphs”, Information and Computation 192, pp. 123–161, 2004, Ellis et al. proposed an O(n log n) algorithm for computing both the vertex separation and an optimal layout of a unicyclic graph with n vertices. Using the data structures label and label array, we... |
The DLR MIRO is the second generation of versatile robot arms for surgical applications, developed at the Institute for Robotics and Mechatronics at Deutsche Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR) in Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany. With its low weight of 10 kg and dimensions similar to those of the human arm, the MIRO robot ... |
Using variational estimates for the grand partition function, we have developed a microscopic theory of an excess electron in an ionic liquid at high ion concentrations. We have derived the free-energy functional for the electron and have calculated electron energies for the ground and the first excited states as well ... |
Abstract Keramat Ali, a colonial soldier from Mymensingh in Bengal, was among the hundreds of people whose voices were recorded by the Prussian linguist Wilhelm Doegen in the Halfmoon POW Camp in Wunsdorf, Germany, during 1917–18. Some years later, Sawabali, an oilman from Sylhet, was recorded in 1934 by the Dutch ethn... |
Abstract The geopolitical and economic landscape of Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries has changed dramatically since the 1990s. The fragmentation of some countries and the change from communist regimes to capitalist ones transformed those countries. In this context, we propose to study 16 CEE stock markets, ... |
We show that, as a consequence of critical slowing-down and noise, the intensity probability distribution becomes double-peaked during its approach to the single-peak steady-state distribution. Even for very low noise levels, the switching time undergoes remarkable fluctuations. On average it is shorter than predicted ... |
The effect of herpes simplex virus (HSV) infection of mRNA metabolism was examined in a system where the fate of specific RNA sequence can be assayed. Adenovirus type 5-transformed rat embryo cell line 107 synthesizes adenovirus-specific RNA (ad-RNA), which functions in the cytoplasm as mRNA. We have utilized ad-RNA as... |
As AC/DC systems become further integrated, multiple-infeed converter (MIC) systems can be expected to become more common. Different categories of MIC systems are defined, and: (1) the impact of the AC system strength; and (2) the coordination of the reactive power demand of the converters on the dynamic performance of... |
Directory assistance systems are amongst the most challenging applications of speech recognition. Today, complete automation of the service fails because of the lacking accuracy of current speech recognizers, which are simply not able to differentiate between hundreds of thousands or even millions of different names oc... |
The author provides a brief history of the psychology laboratory from 1879 to 1900, discusses its crucial role in the founding of scientific psychology, and describes how it enabled psychology's separation from philosophy. The laboratory model is described as a research and graduate training enterprise that operated wi... |
This project used a stakeholder-driven process to understand the factors that drive the selection of study designs for comparative effectiveness research (CER). The project assembled a diverse stakeholder committee to explore the basis of a translation framework and gathered input through surveys, interviews and an in-... |
AIMS |
The aim of this study was to compare the mid-term patient-reported outcome, bone remodelling, and migration of a short stem (Collum Femoris Preserving; CFP) with a conventional uncemented stem (Corail). |
METHODS |
Of 81 patients who were initially enrolled, 71 were available at five years' follow-up. The outcomes at two years have previously been reported. The primary outcome measure was the clinical result assessed using the Oxford Hip Score (OHS). Secondary outcomes were the migration of the stem, measured using radiostereomet... |
RESULTS |
There were no statistically significant differences between the groups regarding PROMs (median OHS (CFP 45 (interquartile range (IQR) 35 to 48); Corail 45 (IQR 40 to 48); p = 0.568). RSA showed stable stems in both groups, with little or no further subsidence between two and five years. Resorption of the femoral neck w... |
CONCLUSION |
The CFP stem has a similar clinical outcome and subsidence pattern when compared with the Corail stem. More pronounced proximal stress-shielding was seen with the CFP stem, suggesting diaphyseal fixation, and questioning its femoral neck-sparing properties in the long term. Cite this article: Bone Joint J 2022;104-B(5)... |
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