This paper describes clinical experiences with the use of shape memory nickel-titanium (NiTi) clips in gastrointestinal surgery in dogs. Side-to-side small bowel anastomosis was performed in eight dogs where intestinal continuity had to be restored after bowel resection. Billroth’s operation I was performed in one case. Compression anastomosis clips with two-way shape memory were used in all su...

Hem-o-Lok clips (Weck Surgical Instruments, Teleflex Medical, Durham, NC, USA) are widely used in robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy because of their easy application and secure clamping. To date, there have been some reports of intravesical migration of these clips causing urethral erosion, bladder neck contractures, and subsequent calculus formation. We report the first case of...

This paper introduces an expert system which demonstrates a new method for accurate estimation of building house cost. This system is simple and decreases the time, the effort, and the money of its beneficiaries. In addition, design and implementation of the proposed expert system are introduced. CLIPS 6.0 and C# are used in implementation phase. Also, this expert system is programmed to be in ...

Resumo. A transparência de software é um requisito não funcional que os engenheiros de software precisarão demonstrar à medida que a sociedade exigir transparência nas relações com seus representantes, pois essas relações são automatizadas por software. Nesse sentido a verificação da presença de transparência em modelos de requisitos de software é a abordagem utilizada nesse trabalho. Esses mod...

The data extraction system submitted by Paramax for evaluation in MUC-4 is a new implementatio n written in CLIPS, a forward-chaining system developed and maintained by NAS A 's Johnson Space Center [1] . Using CLIPS as a forward-chaining engine is desirable because it runs on a wide range of machine s (including Sun Sparc stations, Apple Mac IIs, and PCs), it is available at little or no cost ...