In a controlled, randomized trial in 45 cataract operations a new synthetic absorbable suture (8-0 monofilament Vicryl, made by Ethicon), was compared with monofilament nylon or virgin silk normally used. There was a higher incidence of early complications-hyphaema, shallow anterior chamber, and choroidal detachment (15-4 per cent v. 0 per cent)-with the absorbable suture. But these differences...

Motion Segmentation and Recognition for Imitation Learning and Influence of Bias for Learning Walking Motion of Humanoid Robot Based on Human Demonstrated Motion Yasutake Takahashi∗, Hiroki Hatano∗, Yosuke Maida∗∗, Kazuyuki Usui∗∗, and Yoichiro Maeda∗∗∗ ∗Department of Human and Artificial Intelligent Systems, Graduate School of Engineering, University of Fukui 3-9-1 Bunkyo, Fukui, Fukui 910-850...

We read with interest the paper by Ikeda et al. [1] regarding the treatment of catamenial pneumothoraces. We agree with the authors that the pathology of true catamenial pneumothorax is not clear. However, in most cases, diaphragmatic fenestrations play a role. On the left, the fenestrations are frequently plugged by the omentum. On the right, however, the liver prevents such plugging, which ac...

Developed a true-false scale to measure Social Fear, which Meehl argues is a sign of schizotypy, using procedures to maximize reliability and minimize response set bias (N = 910). Interviews with selected Ss (N = 44) confirm that the scale measures social fear, and the scale was found to correlate with previously developed schizotypy scales (N = 252).

the effects of steel wire patenting process parameters on very fine interlamellar spacing in the pearlitic steel wire were investigated and the optimized condition of the process was achieved. in this work, the initial nanopearlitic structure was obtained in a 0.72 wt% carbon steel wire before the wire drawing process. the results were the minimum interlamellar spacing of 35 nm and maximum ulti...

We have obtained compositional data by INAA for several poorly characterized lunar-meteorite stones from hot deserts. Most are FLMs (feldspathic lunar meteorites). Our goal is to use compositional data to address whether any of the stones are paired with others that are better characterized. Dar al Gani 996. DaG 996 is a 12-g FLM stone. We analyzed 9 subsamples totaling 234 mg. Our sample had v...