The septal crossbar graft is a surgical technique used to correct crooked nose and solve the associated functional and aesthetic problems. Described for the first time in 2003, it combines staggered septal incisions with a spreader graft in the dorsal septum on the concave side of the deviation. The method has proved particularly useful in straightening the septum and ensuring postoperative res...

The wireless network is one of the most significant purposes behind the accomplishment of long range wireless communication. Frequent link failures are occurred in the sensor organised network due to obstruction, snags, message drop because of node energy depletion; Time to Live (TTL) lapsed and so forth. The total communication gets collapsed if there any lessening in the nature of corresponde...

The Mulligan concept encompasses a number of mobilising treatment techniques that can be applied to the spine, these include 'NAGs' (natural apophyseal glides), 'SNAGs' (sustained natural apophyseal glides), and 'SMWLMs' (spinal mobilisations with limb movements). These techniques are described and the general principles of examination and treatment are outlined. Clinical examples are used to i...

Indian giant power system is facing the various problems. Due to these problems, the growth of electricity market is very slow. The present grid system in this country is incapable to handle these discrepancies. To handle these discrepancies and other typical snags in power system, there is a need to complete automation. Viewing these problems Smart Grid technologies is to be introduce/embedded...

—Fire is increasingly being used in oak forests to promote oak regeneration, improve wildlife habitat, and reduce hazardous fuel loads. Although recent research has begun to shed light on the relationships among fire, bats, and bat habitat, these interactions are not yet fully understood. Fire may affect bats directly through heat and smoke during the burning process or indirectly through modif...

Design and programme changes during refurbishment projects remain a considerable cause of concern for UK National Health Service (NHS) Estates managers, due to their potential to disrupt or delay projects and increase cost uncertainty. Similar concerns also impact on the engineering sector, especially in the production of complex, highly engineered products. The techniques developed to study an...

In this study, postfire coarse woody debris (CWD) dynamics in northern Quebec, Canada, were assessed using a 29-year chronosequence. Postfire woody-debris storage, decomposition rates, and variation of nitrogen and carbon contents of black spruce CWD (Picea mariana (Mill.) BSP) are estimated. The decomposition rate for postfire snags is exceptionally slow (k = 0.00), while the decomposition rat...

We used classification and regression tree analysis to determine the primary variables associated with the occurrence of cavity trees and the hierarchical structure among those variables. We applied that information to develop logistic models predicting cavity tree probability as a function of diameter, species group, and decay class. Inventories of cavity abundance in old-growth hardwood fores...