OBJECTIVE Clinical trials involving patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy are hindered by the lack of suitable objective end points. The purpose of this study was to examine whether muscle lipid infiltration measured with the three-point Dixon MRI technique has value as a marker of disease severity. SUBJECTS AND METHODS Disease severity in nine boys (mean age, 8.6 +/- 2.7 years) with Duch...

Energy consumption is an important factor to be considered in designing algorithms for ad hoc wireless networks, where wireless nodes are assumed in general to be battery powered. The Hitch-hiking model introduced recently in [1] takes advantage of the physical layer design that facilitates combining of partial signals containing the same information in order to decode the complete message. Aga...

Robotic-assisted ureteral reimplantations were performed on 3 patients at a single institution, 2 with Boari flap and psoas hitch and 1 with psoas hitch alone. These were for urothelial carcinoma of the distal ureter, ureteral obstruction caused by distal ureteral endometriosis, and ureteral transaction during gynecologic surgery. We used intraoperative ureteroscopy to confirm tumor margins as ...

The weight-transfer effect, consisting of the change in dynamic load distribution between front and rear tractor axles, is one most impairing phenomena for performance, comfort, safety agricultural operations. Excessive weight transfer from to axle can occur during operation or manoeuvring implements connected through three-point hitch (TPH). In this respect, an optimal design TPH ensure better...

For midureteral and distal-ureteral tumors not amenable to endoscopic resection, distal ureterectomy with ureteral reimplantation is a treatment option. When ureteral length is insufficient for direct reimplantation, additional length can be gained with either a psoas hitch or a Boari flap. We describe our technique for robot-assisted laparoscopic distal ureterectomy and ureteral reimplantation...