... explaining this occurrence indicates that the air flow in and out of wells is a result ofthe difference in pressure between the formation at the screened zoneofthe well and the atmosphere at the ... (assuming other factors are independent of depth) Effectiveness is improved by the presence of a confining layer, such as a bed of fine-grained sediment, above the well screen The ROI ofthe well increases, ... consequences during conductive heating inthe subsurface Boiling of water inthe vicinity ofthe heater can markedly dry the formation and decrease the thermal conductivity, steepening the temperature...
... part ofthe lost wave energy is transformed into turbulence energy. At the beginning ofthe wave breaking process, the turbulence is confined into a small portion ofthe breaking ... within first five meshes from the lateral boundaries, and then increases linearly with the distances from the boundaries towards the ends ofthe wave absorbing zones. Finally, at the ends of ... wetted function is 1. For other cases, value ofthe cell side wetted function equals to the ratio ofthe length ofthe wetted portion over the total length ofthe cell side. After getting all the wetted points on four sides ofthe cell, ...
... cembra L and Pinus uncinata Mill ex Mirb.) growing inthe French Alps near the upper treeline since 1750 Innes [13] related the worldwide increase in radial growth of subalpine trees to the macroclimate ... transect inthe subalpine zoneofthe Austrian Alps (in the summer of 1997), to answer: (1) Whether increasing elevation similarly affects tree growth in height, diameter and biomass; (2) Whether ... inthe valley at 700 m but only cm inthezone above the timberline at 1900 m [12] The annual height growth of spruce seedlings at 1900 m was found to reach only 20% ofthe maximum value at the...
... covers the main themes ofthe congress The starting point for thetreatmentof hip disease depends on how we can preserve the natural hip joint and on steps leading to regeneration ofthe diseased, ... pinning inof 11 hips (54.5%), osteotomy inof hips (44.4%), and in situ pinning inof hips Additional operations using bone grafts were performed for avascular necrosis ofthe femoral head in ... demerits, resulting in a yearly decrease inthe number of cases receiving joint-preserving treatment This move away from traditional methods denies the surgeon the experience and knowledge ofthe benefits...
... normally the blade is inserted into the axis ofthe femur vertically normal with the convexity ofthe anterior margin ofthe femoral head running into a concavity, which was the anterior border ofthe ... angle (PTA) joint pain developed in patient in whom there was narrowing ofthe joint space There was a difference in leg length, ranging from 0.5 to 3.5 cm (mean, 0.7 cm), in 11 ofthe 22 unilaterally ... [8,20,22,28] The purpose of osteotomy for osteonecrosis ofthe femoral head is to move the necrotic lesions away from the weight-bearing portions ofthe hip joint The lesions ofthe weight-bearing portions...
... to the knee in 3, pain from the hip joint to the thigh in 1, femoral pain in 1, and lower limb pain inThe mechanism of injury was sports in patients, falling during running in 1, falling on the ... as the slipping angle The severity ofthe disease was evaluated mainly based on the posterior tilting angle Results The chief complaint was hip joint pain in 11 patients, pain from the hip joint ... osteoarthritis inthe hip joint With these points in mind, we chose Imhaeuser’s method and treated the patients according to his principles This chapter is the report ofthetreatmentof those patients...
... According to the preoperative planning, ARO with 20° varus position was expected to result in more than 34% ofthe ratio ofthe intact articular in both the joints The osteotomy was carried out in ... high level of activities in 2, degenerative change in 2, and challenging procedure in because ofthe young age ofthe patient Discussion Several kinds of procedures for joint preservation of femoral ... develops not often follow instructions to rest We perform in situ pinning in patients with a posterior tilting angle of
... environment, thereby preventing the destruction of cartilage and preventing the progression of OA Inthe case of advanced- and terminal-stage OA, when there is no longer cartilage inthe weight-bearing ... great challenge Inthe 1860s, improvement of function was attempted with the use of an interposing membrane as a means of preserving the joint For instance, the JK-membrane used by Dr Jinnaka was ... 14c) The tissue, therefore, most likely has originated inthe bone marrow If S-100 protein is used to stain the tissue, most cells stain positive, substantiating the finding that they are indeed...
... However, changes inthe initial surgical technique [31] resulted in a significant improvement inthe initial stability and durability ofthe prosthesis by eliminating the cases of early femoral ... osteoarthritis ofthe hip joint in Japan Clin Orthop 241:190–196 26 Hoaglund FT, Yau AC, Wong WL (1973) Osteoarthritis ofthe hip and other joints in southern Chinese in Hong Kong J Bone Joint Surg ... Hip replacement in Europe was mainly in uenced by the initial cemented hip design developments in England inthe 1960s by Charnley [1], the beginning of cementless hip replacement in France by Judet...
... proximal bone implant interfaces inthe Gruen zones and [26] Only 0.5% of radiolucent lines in these zones were found inthe Bicontact multicenter study of 553 implantations in four German institutions ... distally and the adjusting down ofthe femur was accomplished (Fig 17C) Inthe second stage ofthe procedure, enlargement ofthe femoral medullary canal and implanting ofthe stem prosthesis were ... were obtained routinely, with a long-standing view ofthe lower part ofthe body with anteroposterior and lateral radiographs ofthe pelvis and upper part ofthe femur The prostheses used in this...
... periprosthetic fractures ofthe femur in THA, and the use ofthe system in augmentation of other forms of fracture fixation, emphasizing its value inthetreatmentof fractures in soft bone Key words Dall–Miles, ... (B); SCP monitoring in second stage of operation (C) (continuation of Fig 19) 237 238 M Sofue and N Endo In such patients, implantation ofthe component at the level ofthe original acetabulum ... anesthesia, monitoring ofthe spinal cord potential (SCP) is recommended At each step ofthe operative procedure, the shape and the height ofthe SCP waves are checked If there is no change in the...
... and in 13 patients the increase in SNa was higher than 18 mmol/L/48 hr In two of these patients the intensivist lowered the SNa again by giving desmopressin (DDAVP) and water No cases of clinical ... http://ccforum.com/content/14/5/R184 The dose of urea was adjusted by the intensivists depending ofthe increase in SNa Mean duration oftreatment was six days (from to 42 days inthe ICU) Hyponatremia recurred in six patients ... urea during three days Table shows that in these patients the intake of urea was associated, as expected, with an increase in urine urea concentration (while urine osmolality remained high) In those...
... received the first MQTL-allele of its sire and therefore SQ2 = If there is a i one inthe first or second row ofthe first column of Qi the place of this allele in i is the number of that row containing ... generation ofthe index matrix N, the determination of matrix L, the calculation ofthe condensed gametic relationship matrix G∗ , and finally, the computation of its inverse It is independent ofthe ... transmitted These animals can easily be combined with the former group by maintaining the original transition probabilities inthe Qi matrices without rounding and then applying the condensing algorithm...
... optimal esthetics Connection of an immediate provisional crown achieves esthetic rehabilitation and inluences formation ofthe peri -implant mucosa, taking advantage ofthe ongoing wound healing dynamic ... J, Bornstein MM, et al Stability of contour augmentation and esthetic outcomes of implantsupported single crowns intheesthetic zone: 3-year results of a prospective study with early implant placement ... vertical beveled incision was made on the distal line angle ofthe canine A full-thickness lap was elevated for visualization ofthe crest to the most apical extent ofthe defect The CompuGuide...
... -80oC The extraction of DNA was performed with Fast DNA SPIN Kit for Soil (Qbuiogene, USA) according to the instruction by the manufacturer Inthe preliminary step to nawwor down the species of ... applied, and the condition was optimized In general, the higher concentration of primers can lead to the formation of primer dimers Also, the cost ofthe chemicals should be minimized if the same ... quantitative In order to more accurately determine the behavior of nitrifiers, a quantitqative PCR method (Quanching Primer-PCR) for the determination of Nitrobacter species was developed by using the...
... from: • the Expanded Review Panel in defining the scope ofthe guidelines and in reviewing the evidence retrieval report; • the Guidelines Development Group in reviewing and appraising the available ... formulating the recommendations, and defining the core principles on assessment, evaluation and treatmentof pain; • the Peer Review Group in providing feedback on the draft guidelines and finalizing ... administration, which minimizes the risk of errors End of dose pain: pain occurring when the blood level ofthe medicine falls below the minimal effective analgesic level towards the end of a...
... wear and sharing stresses The correlation ofthe gradual disappearance ofthe interwoven collagen network to the progressive increase ofthe roughness ofthe AC surface shows the interwoven collagen ... entrap the proteoglycans inthe AC than the unidirectional collagen fibres Peeling off the surface membrane corresponding to the lamina splendens is mainly attributed to the tensile strength ofthe ... near the articular surface may play an important role in prevention ofthe initial lesion of AC surface and increase ofthe durability ofthe AC This is consistent with the fact that loss of the...
... of garment firms inthe region In this section, there an analysis ofthe presence ofthe banking system and the credit institutions inthe region; policies of these institutions; changes in interest ... not investing inthe 5-scattered localities inthe region; not investing inthe dyeing industry in Danang and Quang Nam because ofthe risk of sea pollution; this industry can be invested in Thua ... competitiveness ofthe thesis With a Performance viewpoint, inheriting the spirit ofthe precede research on competitiveness, in this thesis, competitiveness is the ability of firms in dealing with...
... post initiation and continuing through the end ofthe year The mean cumulative days of hospitalization at the end of each ofthe 12 months post initiation indicated that the average number of hospitalization ... for the RIS-treated patients was 1.4 to 2.1 times that ofthe olanzapine treatment group By the end ofthe sixth month following initiation, the patients inthe RIS -treatment group had a mean of ... hospitalization following initiation on the index drug For inpatients at time of initiation on the drug, it was the first rehospitalization following discharge from the index hospitalization offset the higher...
... significant difference in lower leg growth between any ofthe treatments and placebo Owing to the short nature ofthe study and the large variability inherent in knemometry, these large treatment effects ... study in 558 children aged to 11 years.20 Intraocular pressure remained within the normal range (, 21 mm Hg) in $ 98% ofthe patients in any treatment group in both studies However, inthe 12-month ... only; the event rate in this group was similar to that inthe unexposed group Cataract risk did not increase with the number of prior prescriptions for INCs The authors concluded that the use of INCs...