The tissue-suture interface is the most vulnerable and challenging part of adequate restoration and fixation in rotator cuff repair. We describe a simple stitch technique for arthroscopic rotator cuff repair using knotless suture anchors based on the cow hitch. The simple cow hitch stitch technique is easy to perform, especially under difficult conditions, and provides excellent initial fixatio...

The problem of genetic hitch-hiking in a geographically subdivided population is analysed under the assumption that migration rates among populations are relatively small compared with the selection coefficient for a newly arising advantageous allele. The approximate method used in the paper is valid when the number of emigrants per generation (Nm) is less than one. The approximate analysis sho...

RENEWED interest in ophthalmodynamometry during recent years has revealed difficulties in the actual technique which may be attributable, at least in part, to the dynamometer in common use, designed by Bailliart (1917). Many of these troubles have their origin in the lack of control over the instrument that is so frequently experienced. This is especially common when the operator is in the earl...

In this research we present a Kalman filtering-based motion state estimation method for an autonomous vehicle-trailer system by fusing multiple sensor data, which can be applied directly to autonomous navigation and motion control. The autonomous vehicle-trailer system consists of an autonomous vehicle and a passive trailer which are coupled by a trailer hitch. Our vehicle-trailer system is equ...

introduction: according to the importance of the back extensor muscle strength in postmenopausal women, this study aimed to determine the relationship between strength and changes in the thickness of back extensor muscles during isometric contraction in healthy and osteoporotic postmenopausal women. material and methods: 42 volunteer postmenopausal women according to their bone mineral density ...

Dangerous goods vehicles, in particular those carrying fluid loads, have been identified as needing to meet stringent performance requirements within the Performance Based Standards (PBS) developed by the National Roads and Transport Commission in Australia. The opportunity to control the lateral dynamics of these multiply-articulated vehicles with active steering systems deployed on the traile...