Tears, Idle Tears

Meniscal tears

The menisci are two semilunar-shaped fibrocartilagenous structures, which are interposed between the femoral condyles and tibial plateaux. They have an important role in knee function. Long-term follow-up studies showed that virtually all meniscectomized knees develop arthritic changes with time. The meniscus has functions in load bearing, load transmission, shock absorption, joint stability, j...

Surface tension in tears.

Bargaining Theory without Tears

Fermi Fields without Tears

This article is meant to be a pedagogical discussion of spinors and of Majorana and Dirac fields in the context of Weinberg’s formalism. Fermi Fields without Tears 2

Perineal tears and episiotomy

NURSING STANDARD PERINEAL WOUNDS commonly occur in women during labour (Albers et al 2005). A cross-sectional survey of 101 randomly selected NHS trusts in the UK in the mid-1990s revealed that 83% of low risk primigravidae experienced some form of perineal trauma (Williams et al 1998). Many women also experience labial tears, grazes or vulval varicosities which are painful (Steen 2007). Perine...