Two cultural treatr7zents were applied in an overstocked loblolly pirze (Pinus taeda L.) plantation (2,900 trees/ha after eight growing seasorzs): precom~nercial tlzinning (Yes or No) to 747 tt-ees/lza after the eighth growing season and broadcast fertilizatiorz (Yes or No) with diamrrzonium phosphate (150 kg/ha of P and 135 kg/ha of N) early in the ninth growing season. Total height and diamet...

A set of design criteria for sensing the shape of an above-knee (AK) stump is presented and used as the basis for evaluating various shape sensing technologies. A mechanical probe type shape sensing system is described and its use in quantifying the external shape of the AK stump is discussed as it relates to generating a grid for finite element analysis in CAD/CAM studies and comparing the seg...

Neonatal forelimb amputation in rats produces sprouting of sciatic nerve afferent fibers into the cuneate nucleus (CN) and results in 40% of individual CN neurons expressing both forelimb-stump and hindlimb receptive fields. The forelimb-stump region of primary somatosensory cortex (S-I) of these rats contains neurons in layer IV that express both stump and hindlimb receptive fields. However, t...

Neonatal forelimb amputation in rats produces sprouting of sciatic nerve afferent fibers into the cuneate nucleus (CN) and results in 40% of individual CN neurons expressing both forelimb-stump and hindlimb receptive fields. The forelimb-stump region of primary somatosensory cortex (S-I) of these rats contains neurons in layer IV that express both stump and hindlimb receptive fields. However, t...

Rats that sustain forelimb removal on postnatal day (P) 0 exhibit numerous multi-unit recording sites in the forelimb-stump representation of primary somatosensory cortex (SI) that also respond to hindlimb stimulation when cortical GABAA+B receptors are blocked. Most of these hindlimb inputs originate in the medial SI hindlimb representation. Although many forelimb-stump sites in these animals ...

Background: Invagination of appendicular stump during appendicectomy has traditionally been practiced by many surgeons despite lack of evidence to justify its benefit. This prospective randomized clinical study was conducted to evaluate, in our setting, the necessity of appendicular stump invagination during appendicectomy. Methods: A prospective randomized clinical study was conducted at Bugan...

The objective of this study was to ascertain how the orientation of regenerating :fibers of the proximal stump of severed peripheral nerves is determined at time of growth. In other words, a gap was intentionally created between the both stumps of severed peripheral nerves to determine whether regenerating fibers are guided in the direction of the distal stump or if they grow randomly. The foll...

The results of 25 cases underwent a pedicled pericardial flap coverage for the bronchial stump after lobectomy or pneumonectomy were compared with those of 25 patients who received no coverage for the bronchial stump. Operative and perioperative complications were recorded, and patients were followed up for a mean of 30 ± 15 days. The analysis revealed that the routine coverage of the bronchial...