CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE Anorectal malformations comprise a spectrum of anomalies that continue to be difficult to treat, even today. The aim was to evaluate the fecal continence of children who underwent posterior sagittal anorectoplasty due to anorectal malformations, via computerized anorectal manometry and profilometry. DESIGN AND SETTING Prospective study at Universidade Federal de São Paul...

In order to better understand the regional tectonic activities of continent-continent ongoing collision-compressed edge zone Eurasian-Arabic plates, 2D tomography maps Caucasus territory using Rayleigh waves were generated. The images this study, illustrate large variety in surface wave propagation velocity different complex geologic units Caucasus. To draw maps, we accomplished a 2D-linear inv...

Development of disaggregate models for estimating different property damage collision type frequencies in urban intersections has rarely been studied, particularly in Iran. It seems very little research work being implemented for studying the effect factors on collision type frequency at intersections. The main objective of this paper is to develop suitable statistical models to predict types o...

The concept of a continent stoma is an attractive one. This has been achieved with varying success for ileostomies made with a Koch pouch but not for colostomies. Permanent ileostomies, and to a proportionally lesser extent colostomies also, are becoming increasingly rare following increased expertise in sphincter saving operations, mucosal proctectomy and the success of the Jand W-ileoanal pou...

in recent research on modelling road collisions very little attention has been paid  to rear-end chain reaction collisions, which is characterized by more than two vehicles involved in a collision at the same time. the core aim of the present research is to develop a methodology to estimate such potential collision probabilities based on a proactive perspective, where deceleration rate to avoid...

The supercontinent cycle explains how landmasses amalgamate into supercontinents that dismember after a ~ 100 Myr tenure in quasi-periodic manner. Supercontinents are thought to be rigid superplates whose formation controls many of the Earth's secular variations, from long-term climate trends global mantle circulation. Pangea, latest continental superplate, formed ~330 Ma, began rift ~240 final...