BACKGROUND McKeown-type esophagectomy combined with retrosternal reconstruction is a common surgical treatment for esophageal cancer. Various enteral feeding options are available post-esophagectomy, but no definitive preference exists. METHOD "Retrosternal Route Gastrostomy Feeding (RGF)" was developed as an alternative enteral feeding approach that requires few additional surgical intervent...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The cisternal segments of the lower cranial nerves (CNs) adjacent to the jugular foramen (JF) are difficult to identify reliably by routine MR imaging. We performed a 3D balanced fast-field echo imaging technique (3D-bFFE) to obtain detailed anatomy of the cisternal segments of CNs IX, X, and XI. MATERIALS AND METHODS 3D-bFFE was used to image the cisternal segments of ...

Let N0 be the set of all non-negative integers and P(N0) be its the power set. An integer additive set-indexer (IASI) of a graph G is an injective function f : V (G) ! P(N0) such that the induced function f+ : E(G) ! P(N0) defined by f+(uv) = f(u) + f(v) is also injective, where f(u) + f(v) is the sum set of f(u) and f(v). An integer additive set-indexer f is said to be a weak integer additive ...

In this work we characterize the zero sets of holomorphic functions f in the bidisc such that log jf j Lp D p Moreover we give a su cient condition on a analytic variety to be de ned by a function in A D Introduction In this paper we study some geometrical conditions on analytic varieties in the bidisc D fz C jz j jz j g to be de ned by an holomorphic func tion with some restriction on its grow...

A gradient Ricci soliton is a triple (M, g, f) satisfying Rij +∇i∇jf = λgij for some real number λ. In this paper, we will show that the completeness of the metric g implies that of the vector field ∇f .

A polynomial map F = (P,Q) ∈ Z[x, y]2 with Jacobian JF := PxQy −PyQx ≡ 1 has polynomial inverse of integer coefficients if the complex plane curve P = 0 has infinitely many integer points. 2000 Mathematical Subject Classification: 14R15.

OBJECTIVE Root mobility due to reciprocating movement of the tooth (jiggling) may exacerbate orthodontic root resorption (ORR). "Jiggling" describes mesiodistal or buccolingual movement of the roots of the teeth during orthodontic treatment. In the present study, buccolingual movement is described as "jiggling." We aimed to investigate the relationship between ORR and jiggling and to test for p...