In this section we numerically extend the analytical insights regarding heterogeneous unreliable Tier 2 suppliers derived in the main text to a more general case in which Tier 2 suppliers may di↵er in both procurement cost and disruption risk, which we denote cj and j , j = 1, 2. As in the main text, we assume that 1  2, but the cost parameters may be ordered in any way. Our chief goal is to c...

2 patients with endometrial cancer stage II and 2 patients with cervical cancer stage Ib1 underwent totally laparoscopic radical hysterectomy (TLRH) in 2004. The patients were placed in the lithotomic position. Laparoscopy was performed through the umbilicus and three ancillary ports were placed in the diamond shaped usual position. Only bipolar coagulation was used to control bleeding. No uter...

Invisibility cloaks for flexural waves have mostly been examined in a continuous-wave regime, while invisibility is likely to deteriorate short pulses. Here, we propose the practical realization of unidirectional cloak based on an area-preserving coordinate transformation. Time-resolved experiments reveal how deviates pulsed plane wave from its initial trajectory and wavefront perfectly recombi...

2 patients with endometrial cancer stage II and 2 patients with cervical cancer stage Ib1 underwent totally laparoscopic radical hysterectomy (TLRH) in 2004. The patients were placed in the lithotomic position. Laparoscopy was performed through the umbilicus and three ancillary ports were placed in the diamond shaped usual position. Only bipolar coagulation was used to control bleeding. No uter...

2 patients with endometrial cancer stage II and 2 patients with cervical cancer stage Ib1 underwent totally laparoscopic radical hysterectomy (TLRH) in 2004. The patients were placed in the lithotomic position. Laparoscopy was performed through the umbilicus and three ancillary ports were placed in the diamond shaped usual position. Only bipolar coagulation was used to control bleeding. No uter...