A 45-year-old female presented with symptoms of hyperthyroidism and hot nodules in the right lobe, which was diagnosed as nodular goiter by fine-needle aspiration. An anomalous thyroidectomy and difficult dissection with multiple rotations were performed around the trachea. As a remark, the pathology confirmed the presence of goiter with modular nodules (Figure 1). A macroscopic photograph show...

We begin with some general remarks. Let X be a smooth projective variety of dimension n over a field k. For any positive integer p < n, it is of interest to understand, modulo a natural equivalence, the algebraic cycles Y = ∑ j mjYj lying on X, with each Yj closed and irreducible of codimension p, together with codimension p + 1 algebraic cycles Zj = ∑ i rijZij lying on Yj , for all j. There is...

purpose: to report the outcomes of conjunctival-limbal autograft (clau) in patients with unilateral total limbal stem cell deficiency (lscd) emphasizing surgical problems, complications, and their management. methods: in this prospective interventional case series, clau combined with amniotic membrane transplantation as a graft was performed on 26 patients with unilateral total lscd due to chem...

‎In this paper‎, ‎we use the concept of $C$-class functions introduced‎ ‎by Ansari [4] to prove the existence and uniqueness of‎ ‎common fixed point for self-mappings in modular spaces of integral‎ ‎inequality‎. ‎Our results extended and generalized previous known‎ ‎results in this direction‎.

BACKGROUND Modular neck adapters for hip arthroplasty stems allow the surgeon to modify CCD angle, offset and femoral anteversion intraoperatively. Fretting or crevice corrosion may lead to failure of such a modular device due to high loads or surface contamination inside the modular coupling. Unfortunately we have experienced such a failure of implants and now report our clinical experience wi...

PURPOSE To report mid-term results of total hip arthroplasty (THA) using the Opti-Fix Plus Hip System (Opti-Fix Hip), and to assess the correlations between peri-implant bone changes and the distal medullary occupancy rate. METHODS 11 men (13 hips) and 53 women (58 hips) aged 24 to 87 (mean, 61) years underwent THA using the Opti-Fix Hip, with a modular stem and a distal sleeve, and were foll...

The next generation of gene-based crop models offers the potential of predicting crop vegetative and reproductive development based on genotype and weather data as inputs. Here, we illustrate an approach for developing a dynamic modular gene-based model to simulate changes in main stem node numbers, time to first anthesis, and final node number on the main stem of common bean (Phaseolus vulgari...