Any driver behavior that draws the driver’s attention away from the roadway may increase the chance of a crash. This study developed a procedure to simulate safety impacts associated with driver distraction due to various secondary tasks. The simulation models a rear end hazard scenario where a lead vehicle suddenly decelerates while a driver is engaged in a secondary task. The simulation was t...

CLINICS IN PLASTIC SURGERY www.plasticsurgery.theclinics.com July 2021 • Volume 48 Number 3

Three-dimensional finite element (FE) analyses were performed to characterize the local mechanical environment created within the tissue regenerate during mandibular distraction osteogenesis (DO) in a rat model. Finite element models were created from three-dimensional computed tomography image data of rat hemi-mandibles at four different time points during an optimal distraction osteogenesis p...

Experimental studies have shown that large corrections of mandibular defects can be done by distraction osteogenesis. Annino et al1 investigated the feasibility of trifocal distraction for the reconstruction of symphyseal defects and they obtained 4.5to 5.5-cm lengthening in canine mandibles by using a rate of 1 mm/day.1 Labbe et al2 used distraction osteogenesis in 5 patients who had gunshot w...

The ability to resist distraction is an important requirement for air traffic controllers. The present study examined the relationship between performance on the Stroop color-word interference test (a suggested measure of distraction suscept-iblliity) and impairment under auditory distraction on a task requiring the subject to generate random sequences of letters. Fifty male college students se...

Distraction osteogenesis (DO) is one of the most dramatic in vivo applications of mechanical stimulation as a means of inducing bone regeneration. A simple and reproducible murine model of tibia distraction osteogenesis was developed using a monolateral fixator. Bone formation was assessed histologically over a 35-day time course. The steady state expression of a broad family of angiogenesis-as...

Two experiments were conducted to test competing accounts of the distractionpersuasion relationship, thought disruption and effort justification, and also to show that the relationship is not limited to counterattitudinal communication. Experiment 1 varied distraction and employed two discrepant messages differing in how easy they were to counterargue. In accord with the thought disruption acco...

Background: Pain is described as the fifth vital sign, and inadequate pain management is linked to numerous immediate and long-term negative outcomes. Venipuncture is one of the most painful medical procedures in children. Distraction is one of the most effective ways to relieve pain. Reducing patients’ pain is important for all nurses for many reasons. Unnecessary pain can damage the nurse-...

PURPOSE: Although numerous publications have described distraction osteogenesis (DO) for craniosynostosis, methods of reporting quantitative results have been inconsistent. Therefore, the efficacy of anterior DO and posterior DO in regards to volume change is not well established. We report a metric that relates volume change to distraction length and our analysis of ICV change by distraction o...

Maxillary distraction osteogenesis is an alternative treatment of cleft patients with severe maxillary hypoplasia. The aim of this paper is to present the combined surgical/orthodontic treatment of a cleft lip and palate patient and to evaluate the maxillary distraction procedure and the distraction vector in high Le Fort I osteotomy.