... radiation they emit in the last stages of their formation.• The use of gravitational waves to probe the universe of complex astro-nomical phenomena by the decoding ofthe details ofthe gravitational ... toexplore the extraordinary properties ofthegeometryofspace in the vicinity of black holes that are predicted by general relativity.• The measurement ofthe dragging of inertial frames due to the ... ofthe foundations of general relativity. It is one ofthe mostaccurately tested predictions in all of physics. The equality of accelerations of different bodies in the curved spacetime of the...
... at the wide pointed doors, depositing them in the midst of the crowd. The jagged lightning flash was there over the doors ofthe build-ing, and the words:here, by grace ofthe Lhari, is the ... passengers, then veering away. The gap in the starship's side was closing, and still Bart had not seen the tall, slim,flame-haired figure of his father. The port on the other side ofthe ship,he ... hiseyes from the fascinating spectacle, and followed Tommy, stepping ontoone ofthe sidewalks. It bore them down a long, sloping ramp toward the floor ofthe spaceport, then sped toward the glass...
... stripped of their electrons and the nuclei squeezed together,weighing in the neighborhood of a couple of tons per square inch. Thatcould account for the beginning, but once the thing got started, the wrecked ... that was the first time they had touched since they had left the asteroid. Then they rested for a few moments and drank some of the achingly cold water from the tank and got up and went to the viewport.They ... miniature."Spaceships," Diane said. "Spaceships, Ralph. Hundreds of them."They gleamed like silver motes in the sun or were black as the space around them. They tumbled slowly, in incredible...
... right off the map -to somewhere else! First there is the new thin coldness ofthe air, the blazing corona and dullness ofthe sun, the visibility of the stars in high daylight. Then comes the ... through space with the ship into the dead-area." The score of members ofthe crew, bronzed space- sailors out of everyport in the solar system, had listened mutely. Now, one of them, a talltube-man, ... SFstory ofthe year (this was the first SF prize awarded by the votes of fans,a precursor ofthe later Hugo Awards). In the later 1930s, in response to the economic strictures ofthe Great...
... laboratory space, and offices for the observatory staff. One of the 4-kilometer arms disappears out ofthe right-hand side ofthe photo. The other is seenstretching to the upper left. At the 2-kilometer ... radiation they emit in the last stages of their formation.• The use of gravitational waves to probe the universe of complex astro-nomical phenomena by the decoding ofthe details ofthe gravitational ... toexplore the extraordinary properties ofthegeometryofspace in the vicinity of black holes that are predicted by general relativity.• The measurement ofthe dragging of inertial frames due to the...
... into the cement and therefore, the total dose of antibiotics should not exceed 10% ofthe weight ofthe cement in order to avoid fracture ofthe cement spacer [27]. The implantation of an ... static spacers [37]. Duncan and Beauchamp [38] first described the successful use of PROSTALAC for the 2-stage revision of infected THA. The cement of the femoral head articulated with the ... accumulating in the potential joint space and decreasing the risk of soft-tissue contractures [18]. Recent studies [19] suggest that the ALC may remove the need for systemic antibiotics in the interval...
... which ofthe above mentioned techniques is the most superior one in the prevention of spacers’ dislocations regarding the femoral part. In the literature, the dislocation rates after hip spacer ... depending on the art ofthe spacer’s production as well as the fixa-tion method. Leunig et al. [18] reported dislocations of the hip in 5 of 12 patients after use of hand-formed spacers, whereas ... whereas in 7 cases the spacer remained in situ because either the patient was not willing to undergo further surgery or because the comorbidities of the patient did not allow the prosthesis reimplan-tation....
... and insertion of a cement-coated modular prosthesis with a spacer head. The cement mantle ofthe prosthesis is also antibiotic-loaded according to the sensitivity profile ofthe causative ... • the patient is not compliant, • partial weight bearing ofthe operated extremity cannot be tolerated, • the spacer is insufficiently fixated onto the proximal femur, • the size ofthe spacer ... hip spacer in situ, the spacer stem is inserted into the femur according to a “press-fit” method. Figure 2: Articulating hip spacer in situ, the partial cemen-tation ofthe spacer onto the...
... further condition on the occurrence of S, then we should also contract the edges in K1and delete the edges in K2.Therefore, conditionally on ΥRand the occurrence of S, the path γRhas the distribution ... particular, that the free and the wired USFon G are the same, by Theorem 7.3 of BLPS [2] (so it is clear what we meanby the USF on G). By Theorem 10.1 of BLPS [2] a.s. each component of the USF on ... 4−d,(4.5)where the implicit constant may depend only on d and the cardinality of W.Since we will not need this lower bound, we omit the proof.Theorem 4.5 (Tail triviality ofthe USF relation). The relation...