This article provides an evidence-based review of open hernia repair. Technical considerations in general, including perioperative management of the patient, and the most currently used open repairs are addressed. Outcomes after repair are reviewed using the latest available literature. Current recommendations from this review include the routine use of mesh in primary repair of inguinal hernia...

There is continued debate as to the role of laparoscopy in ventral hernia repair, although laparoscopic repair become increasingly popular, its outcomes need further evaluation. For this reason we performed this study comparing open and laparoscopic ventral hernia repair. The main out come measures were operating time, hospital stay, perioperative complication and recurrence rate In this study ...

Speech synthesis systems still fail in producing acceptable prosodies. We are developing a research strategy designed to de-focus attention on the objective acoustic accuracy of synthetic speech in favour of enhancing the speech to optimize a listener’s ability to repair ‘damaged’ signals. To do this we need to know more about how listeners repair errors and how we might trigger the repair proc...

A critical element in the any repair or upgrading project is the need to assess the condition of the structure. This assessment is needed to establish the existing condition of the structure and to plan for its repair. Secondly, means to assess in real time the progress of the repair are required especially when techniques such as grouting are being used. Finally, an assessment of the modified ...

The need for repair actions was determined depending on the resource of technological machines and their parts. On example an excavator bucket, directions increasing capabilities are shown.

objective(s): coronary artery disease (cad) is the leading cause of death in both male and female worldwide. the main cause of cad is the atherosclerosis of coronary arteries, which is, mostly caused by genetic alteration. 50% of such cases occur in mitotic cells where single-strand breaks occur spontaneously or due to ionizing radiation. x-ray repair cross-complementing protein 1 (xrcc1) as a ...