Background/Aim. Radial artery perforator flap (RAPF) as a type of fasciocutaneous or adipofascial reverse pedicle flap, proved to be versatile for reconstruction small and moderate size soft tissue defects the forearm, wrist, hand. It provides suitable skin coverage with elastic subcutaneous protect exposed damaged functional structures. The aim this study is summarize analyse results treatment...

INTRODUCTION Leprosy is an infectious disease whose etiologic agent is Mycobacterium leprae, manifested by dermatological and neurological signs and symptoms. OBJECTIVE To investigate neural changes and the degree of physical disability in the eyes, hands and feet before and after treatment, as well as sociodemographic and clinical profile of patients affected by leprosy. METHOD A longitudi...

The role of major gene and multifactorial inheritance in the aetiology of club foot in the New Zealand Polynesian population was studied using 287 New Zealand Maori and Pacific club foot families. The club foot family data were analysed by complex segregation analysis under the mixed model using the computer program POINTER. This analysis shows that the best genetic model for club foot in this ...

Introduction: Arterial spin labeling (ASL) sequences which utilize tagging schemes to images the flow of blood have emerged as effective techniques for the non-contrast angiography; however, these techniques typically suffer from long acquisition times, sensitivity to tag delay parameters, and uncertain performance in cases of complex flow [1-3]. To mitigate these errors, we have previously dem...

In networks the rich nodes are the subset of nodes with large numbers of links, or high degrees. The rich nodes and the connectivity between themselves (rich–club connectivity) tend to dominate the organisation of network structure. Recently there has been a considerable effort to characterise and model the rich–club connectivity in a variety of complex networks. In this paper we firstly clarif...

UNLABELLED Historically, the dorsal arterial system of the hand received less attention than the palmar system. The studies concerning dorsal arterial anatomy present some controversies regarding the origin and presence of the dorsal metacarpal artery branches. Knowledge of the anatomy of dorsal metacarpal arteries is especially applied in the surgical planning for flaps taken from the dorsum o...

Many acquisitions by private equity (PE) firms are conducted by “clubs,” where a number of PE firms join together to submit a single bid. We present a novel analysis of the economics of club bidding by private equity firms based on the notion that club formation may create value at the target firm by allowing the different dimensions of value creation of each individual PE firm to be aggregated...

In networks the rich nodes are the subset of nodes with large numbers of links, or high degrees. The rich nodes and the connectivity between themselves (rich–club connectivity) tend to dominate the organisation of network structure. Recently there has been a considerable effort to characterise and model the rich–club connectivity in a variety of complex networks. In this paper we firstly clarif...

In this paper it is attempted to investigate the behavior of an inviscid flow in the meridional plane of an axial flow compressor. For this purpose the 3-D unsteady Euler equations in cylindrical coordinate are averaged in tangential direction. Therefore, the equations are reduced to a 2-D system. By averaging the tangential component of momentum equation, a blade force will result. Axial and r...