When a revision surgery related with removal of failed interbody cage is required, going through the previous passage can lead to a higher risk of neurological deficits or incidental dural injuries. Recently, the lateral approach has become a popular method instead of the conventional anterior or posterior approaches. The lateral approach is also useful method to remove failed interbody cage pr...

In this paper i, j, k, n denote natural numbers. Next we state several propositions: (1) For all subsets A, B of E T such that A is Bounded or B is Bounded holds A ∩ B is Bounded. (2) For all subsets A, B of E T such that A is not Bounded and B is Bounded holds A \ B is not Bounded. (3) For every compact connected non vertical non horizontal subset C of E2 T holds (W-min L̃(Cage(C, n))) " Cage(C...

An empirical study of the bivariate probability distribution characterizing a full set of two consecutive price increments x and y for a group of stocks at time scales ranging from one minute to thirty minutes reveals asymmetric structures with respect to the axes y = 0, y = x, x = 0 and y = −x. All four asymmetry patterns remarkably resemble a four-blade mill called market mill pattern. The fo...

A huge number of workers are employed in traditional rice mills where they are potentially exposed to dust. In this study a dust collection system was developed to capture the airborne dust in the rice mill. The feeding and sieving section of the mill was identified as major dust creating zone. The dust was captured by creating suitable air stream at feeding and sieving sections of the mill and...

Phasically active sensory systems commonly influence rhythmic motor activity via synaptic actions on the relevant circuit and/or motor neurons. Using the crab stomatogastric nervous system (STNS), we identified a distinct synaptic action by which an identified proprioceptor, the gastropyloric muscle stretch receptor (GPR) neuron, regulates the gastric mill (chewing) motor rhythm. Previous work ...

Reliable measurements of ball mill load parameters and reorganization of the operating statuses are the key factors for saving energy and optimization control. Empirical mode decomposition (EMD) and partial least squares (PLS) are used to analyze shell vibration signal and monitor mill load parameters of ball mill. The shell vibration signal is decomposed into several intrinsic mode functions (...

A customer who places a tentative order at a steel mill customarily receives a due-date quotation, namely the date by which the mill says that it will ship the order. The steel mill wants the due date to be early enough so that the customer won’t balk (withdraw the order), but late enough so that the probability of tardiness is low. This note obtains expressions for the tardiness probability at...

A variety of force field based simulations have been used to study the location and diffusion of benzene adsorbed in a model zeolite HY (Si/Al ) 2.43), namely: molecular docking; equilibrium and nonequilibrium molecular dynamics; and Monte Carlo umbrella sampling. Multiple adsorption sites are found, with benzene facially coordinated to one or two H(1) or H(2) protons in the supercage. Some sli...

the effects of rib cage compression on spo2 yosefnia darzi f , hasavari f* , khaleghdost t , kazemnezhad e , hoseini j received: 5 sep , 2013 accepted: 31 oct , 2013 abstract background & aims: accumulation of secretions in airways is a serious complication in intubated and mechanically ventilated patients. tracheal suctioning which is done with the aim of the secretion removal, can be used in ...