Snapping biceps femoris tendon (BFT) over the fibular head is an uncommon cause of lateral knee pain, with few case reports in the literature.1–12 Reported causes include anomalous tendon insertion, tears at the tendon insertion site, abnormality of the fibular head, and tendon subluxation despite normal anatomy. When nonoperative management fails, various surgical treatment techniques have bee...

This study aimed to develop and validate a method to measure bolus flow time (BFT) through the esophagogastric junction (EGJ) using a high-resolution impedance-manometry (HRIM) sleeve. Ten healthy subjects were studied with concurrent HRIM and videofluoroscopy; another 15 controls were studied with HRIM alone. HRIM studies were performed using a 4.2-mm-outer diameter assembly with 36 pressure s...

BACKGROUND/AIMS A large number of studies have shown that function constipation (FC) has an extremely high incidence of mental and psychological disorders. Cranial electrotherapy stimulation (CES) was applied to the treatment of psychological disorders such as anxiety and depression. We explored the effects of CES combined with biofeedback therapy (BFT) on the psychological state, clinical symp...

The two temperate forage legumes containing condensed tannins (CT) that promote ruminant production are birdsfoot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus L.; BFT) and sainfoin (Onobrychis viciifolia Scop.; SF). Both are well-adapted to the cool-temperate climate and alkaline soils of the Mountain West USA. Condensed tannins comprise a diverse family of bioactive chemicals with multiple beneficial functions...

Smart contracts allow application developers to automate business processes through a decentralized computation architecture. Contemporary blockchain platforms such as Ethereum and Hyperledger Fabric offer support for smart consensus mechanisms Proof-of-Work (PoW) or other types of transaction validation ordering services. This article exploits in the Byzantine Fault Tolerant (BFT) platforms. I...

Three dimensional triangle mesh is the dominant representation used in parallel rendering of 3D geometric models. However, explosive growth in the complexity of the mesh-based 3D models overwhelms the communication bandwidth of existing parallel rendering systems. An effective solution to this problem is to use a compressed mesh representation. In recent years, researchers have shown a great de...

Purpose This study explores the influence of following factors on consumer adoption blockchain food traceability (BFT): innovation-adoption characteristics, segmentation, expertise in traceability, technology, categorical preferences and perceived important features BFT. Design/methodology/approach The data was collected via an online questionnaire with 1,401 participants New Zealand. Explorato...

oxidative stress and protein glycation play pivotal roles in the pathophysiology of diabetes mellitus and its vascular complications. the present study aimed to investigate the anti-glycation properties of essential oils obtained from different parts of juniperus communis subsp. hemisphaerica . the branchlets of male tree (bmt) and branchlets of female (bft) tree, and fruits of j. communis subs...

The effect of live yeast Rhodoturula glutinis was evaluated on juvenile Oreochromis niloticus cultivated in a Biofloc system. Growth performance and the expression innate response relevant oxidative stress genes were after 12-week feeding trial. Three experimental treatments conventional tilapia culture (control), (BFT), with addition R. 1×106 CFU g-1 (BFT+Rg), four replicates per treatment. In...