INTRODUCTION The aim of this study was to validate the potential association between cigarette smoking and cubital tunnel syndrome (CubTS). METHODS One hundred patients with CubTS were compared with 100 controls with ulnar abutment syndrome matched for age, gender, and body mass index. The smoking status was compared between patients and controls using the sign test and the Wilcoxon signed ra...

We present a new approach to fabricate an integrated power pack by hybridizing energy harvest and storage processes. This power pack incorporates a series-wound dyesensitized solar cell (DSSC) and a lithium ion battery (LIB) on the same Ti foil that has double-sided TiO2 nanotube (NTs) arrays. The solar cell part is made of two different cosensitized tandem solar cells based on TiO2 nanorod arr...

We describe a trust-based data management framework enabling mobile devices to access the distributed computation, storage, and sensory resources available in pervasive computing environments. Available resources include those in the fixed surrounding infrastructure as well as services offered by other nearby mobile devices. We take a holistic approach that considers data trust, security, and p...

PURPOSE To report a case of infectious keratitis after small incision lenticule extraction (SMILE) treated with collagen cross-linking with photoactivated riboflavin (PACK-CXL). METHODS Case report and literature review. RESULTS A patient presented with culture-proven bacterial keratitis 5 days after SMILE was treated with fortified topical antibiotics and PACK-CXL. Irrigation of the cornea...

The increasing search for computational solutions to support the decisionmaking led to the development of new technologies that aim to transform the large volume of data in information and knowledge useful. The data warehousing technology emerged with the aim of structuring the data in the best way possible to facilitate its access, making the process more efficient and effective. Along with it...

This paper describes two signi cant natural language processing methods that are used in the automated QA-Pack generation system: the summary-extraction method and the hierarchical text classi cation method. QA-Pack is the questions-answers package that is generated from the USENET articles; we designed QA-Pack as a substitution of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) of the USENET. FAQ is the e e...

A graph consists of a set of vertices (nodes) and a set of edges (line connecting vertices). Two graphs pack when they have the same number of vertices and we can put them in the same vertex set without overlapping edges. Studies such as Sauer and Spencer [7], Bollobás and Eldridge [1], Kostochka and Yu [6], have shown sufficient conditions, specifically relations between number of edges in the...

The Gyárfás tree packing conjecture states that any set of n−1 trees T1, T2, . . . , Tn−1 such that Ti has n− i+ 1 vertices pack into Kn (for n large enough). We show that t = 1 10n 1/4 trees T1, T2, . . . , Tt such that Ti has n− i+ 1 vertices pack into Kn+1 (for n large enough). We also prove that any set of t = 1 10 n1/4 trees T1, T2, . . . , Tt such that no tree is a star and Ti has n− i+ 1...

Components for on-chip storage and delivery of liquid reagent are necessary for many commercial applications of lab-on-a-chip technology. One such system uses a 'blister pack' that is pushed by an actuator. Over the course of product development, Daktari Diagnostics had completed nominal design of a blister pack for their flow rate requirements. This work involved performing a thorough variatio...

In jurisdictions where most forms of marketing tobacco are prohibited by law, such as the United Kingdom (UK), the tobacco industry is increasingly turning to innovative packaging to promote their products. Using focus group research we explored perceptions of packaging innovation (including cigarette packs with novel shapes and method of opening), and also plain packaging (all branding removed...