Close reduction by extension-block K-wire fixation for acute mallet fracture is a relatively novel mode of treatment which is based on two sound orthopedic principles - stable arc splinting and early protected motion. Distal interphalangeal joint splinting is still the technique commonly used for mallet fractures with significant morbidity and only moderate functional outcome. We have demonstra...

criticism of public extension services has resulted in various countries seeking alternative approaches for provision of these services. in all these approaches, extension personnel are the key factors to the success of the implementation. today, agricultural extension services in turkey bear the responsibility of the ministry of food, agriculture and livestock. a number of non-public extension...

The alternating direction method of multipliers (ADMM) is a benchmark for solving a two-block linearly constrained convex minimization model whose objective function is the sum of two functions without coupled variables. Meanwhile, it is known that the convergence is not guaranteed if the ADMM is directly extended to a multiple-block convex minimization model whose objective function has more t...

qareh qeshlaq marble quarry as one of the valuable resources of ornamental stones in west azarbaijan province formed through thermal carbonate springs while its mineral deposit thickness is limited in comparison with surface extension. in the present research, geological and blocky modeling of the marble deposit was carried out in order to develop a production planning for this quarry, identify...

The scalable extension to H.264/AVC defines a coding scheme that organizes data in such a way that starting from a base layer increased spatial, temporal and quality detail can be obtained by the addition of successive information layers. In the case of spatial scalability a fundamental operation is inter-layer prediction which due to the block based nature of the algorithm originates block-edg...

Brüggemann-Klein and Wood define a one-unambiguous regular language as a language that can be recognized by a deterministic Glushkov automaton. They give a procedure performed on the minimal DFA, the BW-test, to decide whether a language is one-unambiguous. Block determinism is an extension of one-unambiguity while considering non-empty words as symbols and prefix-freeness as determinism. A blo...

In five cases of anteroseptal myocardial infarction complicated by intermittent right bundle-branch block, the onset of right bundle-branch block provoked the appearance of abnormal Q waves in leads V1 and V2, whereas a small initial R wave was present in the same leads during normal conduction. The intermittency of the conduction disturbance indicated that the Q waves were "right bundle-branch...

Introduction: Block-oriented structures are useful to model a nonlinear system. Applications range from RF amplifiers over chemical processes to physiological systems [1]. A block-oriented model consists of two types of blocks: Linear Time Invariant (LTI) and static nonlinear blocks. The most simple block-oriented model structures are the Wiener (a LTI block followed by a static nonlinear block...