... enhance the development ofbone grafts x List of Tables Table 1.1: Compositionofboneshowingthevariouscomponentsanditspercentagebyvolume [3] Table 2.1: Summary ofthe advantages ... portion of long bones andthe outer shell found around the spongy bone at the end of joints It is denser than cancellous boneand is characterized by few gaps and spaces, with porosity of to 30 % ... components They are thebone cells, organic and inorganic matrix Table 1.1 below shows thepercentagebyvolume that each of these components occupy as well as its constituents Table 1.1: Composition of...
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... density, degree of porosity and organisation Cortical bones are found mainly in the shafts of long bones, in majority of flat bones and in the ends of long bones They are densely packed and contain ... Pain and Spine Pathologies 2.5 .3 Spinal Fusion Technique: Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion (ALIF) 16 16 16 17 22 23 25 25 28 33 34 38 57 62 72 78 78 79 93 93 94 95 vi CHAPTER 3. 1 3. 2 3.3 CHAPTER ... Literature Review defined as the continuous resorption ofboneby osteoclasts followed bythe deposition of new boneby osteoblasts These events not occur randomly; bone resorption and formation are strictly...
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... temperature through the evaporation of sweat from the skin, the use of cooling towers or evaporative condensers, the cooling of pools bythe evaporation ofthe water, etc Furthermore, it was the most widespread ... Group ofthe University of Valladolid History of evaporative cooling Many examples ofthe application ofthe phenomenon of evaporative cooling can be found, such as the metabolic regulation ofthe ... the point ofthe inlet air conditions, and follows the line of constant enthalpy towards the upleft ofthe diagram (Figure 3) If air reaches saturation (point B), the maximum cooling ofthe air...
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... when the current profile changes drastically and also, the turn-on and turn-off characteristics ofthe power devices are not identical This is one ofthe most critical problems in control of BLDCM ... equation ofthe electromechanical torque, which is a result ofthe interaction between the motor currents andthe back-EMF produced in the motor bythe permanent magnets (PM) It also explains the ... signal showingthe communication instants The torque ripple is therefore inevitable If we can incorporate other information ofthe drive into calculation ofthe reference currents ia*, ib*, ic*, the...
... The project would have been impossible without the efforts of AEI’s Sam Thernstrom, who supported it despite intense demands of other work andthe task of welcoming home a new member ofthe Thernstrom ... benefits, would have been the main source ofthe rest ofthe world’s net gains The protocol confers a large stock of bogus emission rights upon the countries ofthe former Soviet Union (FSU) These ... interpretation, the expression of naïveté that may seem difficult of understanding To the enforcement of peace the Kellogg-Briand Pact contributed nothing but it is a perfect expression and symbol of the...
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... obtained by Benfield et al [ 232 , 233 ] and Schusser et al [ 234 ] indicated that neither the 631 Asn nor the 631 Ser genotypes of chicken Mx1 was able to confer protection against several LPAIV and HPAIV ... harvest and is very expensive on the market [ 135 ] Methods ofthe extraction and preparation ofthe crude extracts andits Viruses 2012, purity greatly influence the inhibition activity of some ... 82, 7 533 –7 539 233 Benfield, C.T.; Lyall, J.W.; Tiley, L.S The cytoplasmic location of chicken mx is not the determining factor for its lack of antiviral activity PLoS One 2010, 5, e12151 234 Schusser,...
... funded research and development center sponsored bythe Office ofthe Secretary of Defense, the Joint Staff, the Unified Combatant Commands, the Department ofthe Navy, the Marine Corps, the defense ... funded research and development center sponsored bythe OSD, the Joint Staff, the Unified Combatant Commands, the Department ofthe Navy, the Marine Corps, the defense agencies, andthe defense Intelligence ... Design in the Absence of Competition 29 3. 1 Shipbuilding Model Architecture 33 3. 2 Modeling Shipyard Labor Costs 33 3.3 Direct Labor Demand for a Fictitious Shipyard 35 3. 4 Labor...
... funded research and development center sponsored bythe Office ofthe Secretary of Defense, the Joint Staff, the Unified Combatant Commands, the Department ofthe Navy, the Marine Corps, the defense ... number of good candidate options The Options node of Figure 2.2, then, is just a table (the simplest kind of mathematical array) listing all ofthe possible options, perhaps thousands of them, and ... funded research and development center sponsored bythe OSD, the Joint Staff, the Unified Combatant Commands, the Department ofthe Navy, the Marine Corps, the defense agencies, andthe defense Intelligence...
... Health—Aged WB 890 C 736 67 2006] R 733 .C65284 2006 6 13' .0 438 —dc22 2005 031 316 Printed in the United States of America by Bang Printing Contents Contributors Preface by Elizabeth R Mackenzie and Birgit Rakel ... Ayurveda: Mother of Traditional Medicine Mari Clements 215 Chapter 13 Meditation and Healthy Aging Elaine J Yuen and Michael J Baime 233 Chapter 14 The Concept of Spiritual Well-Being andthe Care of ... State andthe founding president ofthe Washington chapter ofthe American Academy of Medical Acupuncture Dr Rotchford is a fellow ofthe American Academy of Medical Acupuncture, a fellow of the...
... review ofthe literature on the use of CAM bythe public, Harris and Rees (2000) identified the difficulty of getting an accurate picture ofthe phenomenon because ofthe diversity ofthe therapies, ... observation ofthe tongue is part ofthe diagnostic process, the tongue being seen to represent the internal organs; the appearance ofthe tongue, its colour andthe location of striations are noted and ... reflected in the corresponding area ofthe foot The other key theory is that the link between the soles ofthe feet andthe organs is via the six main Chinese meridians (discussed under TCM) The six...
... Cancer as the theme of our third volume is therefore appropriate There is no intention of guiding the reader on the choice of therapy, nor is there any suggestion of preferences ofthe available ... regulated bythe relative contributions ofthe sympathetic and parasympathetic componentsofthe autonomic nervous system This corresponds to the traditional Chinese concept of a balance between yin and ... Leung Institute of Chinese Medicine The Chinese University of Hong Kong (03a)atcm3_preface to series.p65 18 9/17/2007, 5 :31 PM Preface to VolumeThe third volumeofthe Annals of Traditional Chinese...
... nor truly independent; they represent instead the results of policy choices bythe actors involved, and several of them are under the control ofthe Chinese The results therefore should be read ... examine the impact of seven key variables: • The size andcompositionofthe air forces committed to the attack bythe PRC • Each side’s possession of beyond-visual-range (BVR), “fire-andforget” ... wealth and uncertain international status And across the narrow barrier ofthe Taiwan Strait, these two powers the People’s Republic of China (PRC) andthe Republic of China (ROC)—stare at each other.1...
... casualties and where they occur, on the basis of media reports Introduction the war and January 19, 2007.2 Other estimates are even higher The dozens of bombings, assassinations, and other attacks ... home in 20 03and 2005, this trend has now reversed, as thousands of Iraqis flee the country daily.7 This has immediate and long-lasting effects on the economy andthe operations ofthe government ... unified Iraq by seeking to ensure the security of their own ethnic and religious groups The persistent efforts of all parties to buttress their own positions contribute to the violence and to the likelihood...