BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Although plating is considered to be the treatment of choice in distal tibia fractures, controversies abound regarding the type of plating for optimal fixation. We conducted a systematic review to evaluate and compare the outcomes of locked plating and non-locked plating in treatment of distal tibia fractures. PATIENTS AND METHODS A systematic review was conducted using...

Abstract Historically in architecture, the inclination of a flying buttress arch is determined as amplitude angle that spans between horizontal straight line and connecting two ends arch’s lower edge. Nonetheless, this does not represent entire flyer, but at most only its Therefore, using techniques based on geometrical mechanical criteria, applied to twenty flyer arches belonging twelve buttre...

Patients suffering from generalised convulsions may dislocate their shoulders either anteriorly or posteriorly. Those with anterior dislocation are likely to have recurrent episodes because of secondary bony damage to the anterior rim of the glenoid and head of the humerus. In such patients there is high rate of failure of the standard soft-tissue stabilisation procedures. We have therefore dev...

Many laboratories are experiencing growing shortages of trained microbiology technologists and technicians. Consequently, there is considerable interest in new automation that could potentially lessen labor demands for specimen processing. In this study, we present the first published evaluation of a new microbiology instrument, the Walk Away Specimen Processor (WASP), manufactured by Copan, In...

BACKGROUND To compare risk of carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) in distal radius fracture (DRF) patients after 7 treatments using bridging external fixation (BrEF), non-bridging external fixation (non-BrEF), plaster fixation, K-wire fixation, dorsal plating fixation, volar plating fixation, and dorsal and volar plating by performing a network meta-analysis. MATERIAL AND METHODS An exhaustive search ...

The systems and software development industry is characterized by a paradigm of project failure. There are various factors that can lead to project failure .One such factor is gold plating. Gold plating can cause various problems in the projects like increase in project complexity, use of more resources, and increase in time and budget of the project and many more. If effects of gold plating ar...

background: the well documented source for adult multipotent stem cells is spermatogonial stem cells (sscs). they are the foundation of spermatogenesis in the testis throughout adult life by balancing self-renewal and differentiation. the aim of this study was to assess the effect of percoll density gradient and differential plating on enrichment of undifferentiated type a spermatogonia in diss...

Abstract One of the major concerns in seismic retrofitting masonry walls is that increasing ultimate load for out-of-plane forces. In multi-story buildings, these forces may originate from hammering actions floors, when earthquake direction orthogonal to wall. A possibility counteracting displacements retaining wall by building some buttresses, is, beams lean against and disposed vertically. An...

A new method of quantifying Candida spp. and Torulopsis glabrata suspensions, the spiral inoculation system, was studied to compare its accuracy, efficiency, and cost with the standard pour plating and spread plating methods. Concentrations of yeast suspensions ranging from 10(2) to 10(5) CFU were quantified simultaneously by the three methods. Linear regression analysis was used to determine t...

Capillary zone electrophoresis was used in the analysis of anions and cations in electroless plating bath samples. Examples described in this application note include the analysis of inorganic and organic anions in nickel-plating baths, cations in nickel-iron-cobalt-plating baths and metal-EDTA complexes in plating bath waste. Sample preparation was minimal, consisting merely of diluting the sa...