The surgical rehabilitation of mixed hearing losses can be performed by coupling the floating mass transducer of the Vibrant Soundbridge to the round window. The quality of coupling the floating mass transducer to the round window is crucial for the audiological outcome. It was the aim of this study to further observe the different patterns of floating mass transducer position at the round wind...

This paper examines the implementation of floating-point operations in the IA-64 architecture from the perspective of the IEEE Standard for Binary Floating-Point Arithmetic [1]. The floating-point data formats, operations, and special values are compared with the mandatory or recommended ones from the IEEE Standard, showing the potential gains in performance that result from specific choices. T...

purpose: to report a case of free floating pyogenic granuloma within the lacrimal sac. case report: a 13 month old infant with unresolving dacryocystitis and history of two times failed probing and once failed turbinate fracture was scheduled for dacryocystorhinostomy (dcr). a free floating red mass was removed from the sac. histopathologic examination confirmed a diagnosis of pyogenic granulom...

In order to meet the needs of surface floating objects fishing operations in small areas such as lakes and rivers, a device is developed that can be used for high-intensity highly adaptable environment. this paper, water land type bionic pelican object based on MeArm robotic arm combined with three-degree-of-freedom linkage using principles. function, overall structure was bionically designed b...

BMDs, HDDs, and K*BMDs provide compact representations for functions which map Boolean vectors into integer values, but not floating point values. In this paper, we propose a new data structure, called Multiplicative Power Binary Hybrid Diagrams (*PBHDs), to provide a compact representation for functions that map Boolean vectors into integer or floating point values. The size of the graph to re...

INTRODUCTION Absorption of drugs through the gastrointestinal tract poses a variety of limitations, making the in vivo performance of drug delivery systems uncertain. Following on from recent advances, in a time of increased consideration of floating drug delivery systems, it is as important as ever to continue the progress by studying different aspects of these systems. Moreover, it seems impe...

Free-floating plants, like most groups of aquatic primary producers, can become nuisance vegetation under certain conditions. On the other hand, there is substantial optimism for the applied uses of free-floating plants, such as wastewater treatment, biofuel production, and aquaculture. Therefore, understanding the species-specific responses of floating plants to abiotic conditions will inform ...