Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) is currently considered the definitive surgical treatment for symptomatic single-level degenerative disc disease (DDD) of the cervical spine. The goals of ACDF are to relieve pressure on the spinal nerves (decompression) and to restore spinal column alignment and stability. Resolution of pain and neurological symptoms may be expected in more than 8...

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The major purpose of our research is to study cooperative planning for multi-agent system in time-critical environment. The RoboCup simulator league is the most interesting target for our research. Each agent of the team 11monkeys is realized as an autonomous agent that has two sets of rules, namely state dependent rules and position specified rules. We call the former dynamic role and the latt...

Contributing Authors: Douglas Arent (USA), Greg Arrowsmith (Belguim/United Kingdom), Morgan Bazilian (Austria/USA), Lori Bird (USA), Thomas Boermans (Germany), Alex Bowen (United Kingdom), Sylvia Breukers (The Netherlands), Thomas Bruckner (Germany), Sebastian Busch (Austria/Germany), Elisabeth Clemens (Norway), Peter Connor (United Kingdom), Felix Creutzig (Germany), Peter Droege (Liechtenstei...

Three alternatively spliced variants have been described in the literature: including isoform 1, isoform 2, and isoform 3. Isoform 1 is preferentially expressed in the brain and it encodes a protein of 250 amino acids. Isoform 2 and isoform 3 are mainly expressed in the prostate. Compared to isoform 1, isoform 2 has additional 32 amino acids at the N-terminus and isoform 3 contains extra 25 ami...