OBJECTIVE To review our favorable experience with maxillofacial disassembly for exposure and resection of tumors of the skull base. PATIENTS AND METHODS This is a retrospective review of 31 patients from 1997 to 2005 treated by maxillofacial disassembly and includes 22 patients with midface disassembly and 9 patients with mandible with or without midface disassembly. RESULTS Follow-up range...

Stage 14 Drosophila oocytes are arrested in first meiotic metaphase. A cell-free extract of these oocytes catalyzes apparent disassembly of purified Drosophila nuclei as well as of nuclear lamin polymers formed in vitro from isolated interphase lamins. Biochemically, the oocyte extract catalyzes lamin solubilization and phosphorylation as well as characteristic changes in one- and two-dimension...

The new idea presented in the paper is to reverse of an assembly line in order to allow complete disassembly. A generalised Synchronised Hybrid Petri Nets (SHPN) model based control of an assembly/disassembly mechatronics line (A/DML) served by a wheeled mobile robot (WMR) equipped with robotic manipulator (RM) is presented. The approach is a hybrid one, the assembly/disassembly line being the ...

Disassembly of nuclear pore complexes (NPCs) is a decisive event during mitotic entry in cells undergoing open mitosis, yet the molecular mechanisms underlying NPC disassembly are unknown. Using chemical inhibition and depletion experiments we show that NPC disassembly is a phosphorylation-driven process, dependent on CDK1 activity and supported by members of the NIMA-related kinase (Nek) famil...

Decision-making methodologies for evaluating a product’s end-of-life options have become a significant area of research. Extensive work has been carried out in the area of product recovery, e.g. module-based disassemblability, reverse logistics, remanufacturing, material recyclability, among others. Some of these methods use graphical representations in the form of disassembly trees and/or netw...