The multiligament knee—not so complex to treat if the appropriate principles are respected

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If so many are “few,” how few are “many”?

The scope of reference of a word's meaning can be highly variable. We present a novel paradigm to investigate the flexible interpretation of word meaning. We focus on quantifiers such as "many" or "few," a class of words that depends on number knowledge but can be interpreted in a flexible manner. Healthy young adults performed a truth value judgment task on pictorial arrays of varying amounts ...

the use of appropriate madm model for ranking the vendors of mci equipments using fuzzy approach

abstract nowadays, the science of decision making has been paid to more attention due to the complexity of the problems of suppliers selection. as known, one of the efficient tools in economic and human resources development is the extension of communication networks in developing countries. so, the proper selection of suppliers of tc equipments is of concern very much. in this study, a ...

Are the grammars so far developed appropriate to recognize the real structure of a sentence?

Some shortcomings of the present grammar formalisms are discussed, and the importance of checking wider scope of word arrangement in a sentence is stressed. The paper explains three research results of the author from this standpoint. One is the tree-to-tree transformation mechanism in machine translation process. Another is the detection of two similar word sequences in a sentence which can be...

How to Treat the Complex Unstable Intertrochanteric Fractures in Elderly Patients? DHS or Arthroplasty

Background:  Due to difficulty in obtaining anatomical reduction, management of the unstable intertrochanteric fractures in elderly osteoporotic patients is challenging. The purpose of this study is to compare the results of hip arthroplasty (total, hemi, or bipolar) with DHS in the elderly patients with unstable intertrochanteric fractures.   Methods:  We prospectively studied and followed-up ...