There was a time when breast reconstruction patients were content with simply having a breast mound or looking good in clothes; that time has passed. Many of today’s patients expect to look just as good or better than they did pre-mastectomy. They want breasts with a well defined IMF, curvilinear lower pole contour and a near-even distribution of implant volume i.e. upper and lower pole fullnes...

exergy analysis of an integrated molten carbonate fuel cell-turbo expander-steam turbine hybrid cycle has been presented in this study. the proposed cycle has been used as a sustainable energy approach to provide a micro hybrid power plant with high exergy efficiency. to generate electricity by the mentioned system, an externally reformed molten carbonate fuel cell located upstream of the combi...

this study mainly focuses on enhancing the overall efficiency of gas transmission networks. the authors developed a model with detailed characteristics of compressor and pressure reduction stations. following this, they suggested three different systems with gas turbine including: organic rankine cycle (orc), air bottoming cycle (abc), and abc along with steam injection (si-abc). in addition, u...

We present fully-distributed algorithms that construct and maintain deterministic expander networks (i.e., the expansion properties are deterministically guaranteed) in the presence of an adaptive adversary. To the best of our knowledge, these algorithms are the first distributed implementations of deterministic expanders that work even under an all-powerful adaptive adversary (that has unlimit...

The goal of this manuscript is to establish a novel computational model for skin to characterize its constitutive behavior when stretched within and beyond its physiological limits. Within the physiological regime, skin displays a reversible, highly nonlinear, stretch locking, and anisotropic behavior. We model these characteristics using a transversely isotropic chain network model composed of...

Graph expansion has proved to be a powerful general tool for analyzing the behavior of routing algorithms and the inter{connection networks on which they run. We develop new routing algorithms and structural results for bounded{degree expander graphs. Our results are uniied by the fact that they are all based upon, and extend, a body of work asserting that expanders are rich in short, disjoint ...

BACKGROUND Scientific evidence showed that rapid maxillary expansion (RME) affects naso-maxillary complex, increasing nasal width and volume. This study aimed to evaluate nasal changes induced by rapid maxillary expansion with different anchorage and appliance design by using low dose and cone beam computed tomography. METHODS A total of 44 patients (20 males, mean age 8y 8 m ± 1y 2 m; 24 fem...

BACKGROUND Breast projection is a critical element of breast reconstruction aesthetics, but little has been published regarding breast projection as the firm expander is changed to a softer implant. Quantitative data representing this loss in projection may enhance patient education and improve our management of patient expectations. METHODS Female patients who were undergoing immediate tissu...

MATERIALS AND METHODS The technique uses a breast expander following mastectomy, which is then filled regularly until the desired expansion is reached (Fig. 1); the expander is then deflated by approximately 100–150 cc of saline to allow the same or slightly greater amount of purified adipose tissue to be transferred to the mammary region; with an approximately 6-month interval in between sessi...

Exergy analysis of an integrated molten carbonate fuel cell-turbo expander-steam turbine hybrid cycle has been presented in this study. The proposed cycle has been used as a sustainable energy approach to provide a micro hybrid power plant with high exergy efficiency. To generate electricity by the mentioned system, an externally reformed molten carbonate fuel cell located upstream of the combi...