abstract   background: the pathophysiology of carpal tunnel syndrome is associated with increased intracarpal canal pressure. recently, palmaris longus has been introduced as an independent risk factor for the development of carpal tunnel syndrome. the purpose of this study was to assess the association of carpal tunnel syndrome with the presence of palmaris longus tendon and functional superfi...

We review approaches to the chunking and UpWriting of local descriptors.

BACKGROUND Wrist anthropometrics and posture have been implicated in the development of carpal tunnel syndrome, yet it remains unclear how external measurements relate to carpal tunnel parameters in neutral and non-neutral postures. The purposes of this study were (i) to evaluate the effect of slice orientation on several indices of carpal tunnel size and shape and (ii) to examine the relations...

Abstract We report on the fabrication and electro-optical performance of ridge waveguide (RW) lasers emitting near 905 nm based a vertical layer structure consisting three single quantum wells (SQWs) as active regions separated by two tunnel junctions (TJs). The core is designed in such way that third mode lasing. width varied between 3 µ m 200 m. Deep- shallow-etched ridges were fabricated. sh...

This study aims to identify optimal intensity measures (IMs) for use in probabilistic seismic demand models (PSDMs) circular tunnels soft soil deposits. To this end, we performed an extended numerical parametric involving two-dimensional time history analyses of selected soil-tunnel configurations evaluate the response under transverse shaking. A series 18 IMs were and tested, corresponding fre...

geophysical techniques remain the only ways to remotely and non-destructively sense the earth’s near subsurface and as such have the most promising prospect for rapid and accurate detection of underground tunnels. today, electrical resistivity and seismic refraction geophysical methods have been greatly developed to identify structures and underground cavities. in this study, the ability of the...