We evaluated the clinical and occupational outcomes of arthroscopic treatment with electrothermal shrinkage for triangular fibrocartilage complex (TFCC) tears. We retrospectively reviewed 162 patients. All patients had ulnar-sided wrist pain that limited their occupational and sporting activities. The surgical technique consisted of electrothermal collagen shrinkage of the TFCC. Pain relief, ra...

We demonstrate the existence of a new approximate ambiguity in structure from motion which occurs as generically as the bas{relief ambiguity but applies more strongly to scenes with larger depth variation. It occurs for moderate translations and eld of view (as for the bas{relief ambiguity) and applies to multi{frame, nite{motion sequences where the camera moves roughly along a line, as well as...

Pressure relief valve is one of the most important devices used on the security of pipelines, since it is responsible to guarantee the integrity of the installations. Generally, the response and behavior of a relief valve during its transient is unknown by users, who employ simplified and static analysis to design the pipeline, further, the information provided by manufactures is limited. In th...

In his remarkable 1986 article, An Economic Analysis of Legal Transitions, Louis Kaplow built upon earlier and pathbreaking work by Michael Graetz and overturned the then-conventional wisdom about legal transitions. Where the rule change itself is desirable, Kaplow argued, transition relief would generally be undesirable and indeed the fully retroactive application of the rule might be warrante...

We tested possible intrapersonal effects of a sigh as a psychological "resetter/rebooter." Fifty-eight undergraduates were randomly assigned to a sigh or a normal exhalation (control) group. We asked participants on each task to model the experimenter demonstrating how to exhale air into a small plastic bag for breathing manipulation under the pretext that we were interested in the exhaled gas ...

Relief wells are used extensively to relieve excess hydrostatic pressure in pervious foundation strata overlain by impervious top strata, conditions which often exist landward of levees and downstream of dams and hydraulic structures. Placing well outlets in below-surface trenches or collector pipes helps dry up seepage areas downstream of levees and dams. Relief wells are often used in combina...

With the continuous increase of processing power, the graphic hardware – also called Graphic Processor Unit (GPU) – is naturally assuming most part of the rendering pipeline, leaving the Central Processor Unit (CPU) with more idle time. In order to take advantage of this when rendering relief textures, the present work proposes two approaches for the mapping of relief textures. Both methods are...

Depending on the state of the stand-by equipment, can be distinguished loaded, non-loaded and partially loaded relief. In the case of loaded relief, the stand-by unit is in the same state as the operating unit and for this reason has the same intensity of breakdowns. In the partially loaded case, the stand-by device is loaded, but not so fully as the main equipment and for this reason has a dif...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Cervical radiculopathy is a common entity that can become unremitting, seriously disrupting the patient's work and social activities. The purpose of our study was to evaluate the feasibility, tolerance, and efficacy of transforaminal periganglionic steroid infiltration under CT control. METHODS Thirty patients with cervical radiculopathy, despite at least 1 month of app...