Background: Scaling laws for cylindrical column buckling are reviewed, applicable to the cardio-vascular system arteries or veins of various thicknesses to diameter ratios. Methods: Critical buckling load scales as (hr/L^2) for axial loads, (h/r)^3 for compressive circumferential loads, and ( h/r)^0.5 for pulse wave velocity. Results: Arteries and veins are most susceptible to buckling failure ...

BACKGROUND Many international volunteer groups provide free reconstructive plastic surgery for the poor and underserved in developing countries. An essential issue in providing this care is that it meets consistent guidelines for both quality and safety-a topic that has been addressed previously. An equally important consideration is how to provide that care in an ethical manner. No literature ...

INTRODUCTION: During the 2015–2016 academic year, plastic surgery residents accounted for nearly 4.2% of surgical residents and 0.8% of residents overall. While the number of residency programs and allotted residency positions in plastic surgery have been steadily increasing in recent years, little information exists regarding residents who are accepted for plastic surgery residency but never m...

INTRODUCTION The WHO Safer Surgery checklist has become an important component of perioperative safety. Our objective, was to determine the compliance of completing the checklist for paediatric emergency plastic surgery patients at our unit. METHODS An initial baseline was performed with 70 patients over two months at our unit. Following this, we raised awareness at an audit meeting and close...

The Korean Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons (KSPRS) celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2016, and has established itself as a distinguished academic society for plastic surgery. In the 1950s, when the Korean War had a devastating impact on South Korea (hereafter, Korea), doctors pioneered the field of plastic surgery in Korea and treated injured patients with war wounds and childre...

1 Editorial Current day Hallyu (Korean wave) culture is rapidly spreading throughout Asia and the world, moving from the periphery of global culture towards the center. 'Plastic Surgery Hallyu' has joined K-pop, TV dramas, dancing, and food as one of the pillars of the Hallyu craze, and the Korean Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons (KSPRS) is showing the world its outstanding result...

The BICEP/Keck series of experiments target the Cosmic Microwave Background at degree-scale resolution from South Pole. Over next few years, "Stage-3" BICEP Array (BA) telescope will improve program's frequency coverage and sensitivity to primordial B-mode polarization by an order magnitude. first receiver in array, BA1, began observing 30/40 GHz early 2020. two receivers, BA2 BA3, are currentl...