A 15-year-old pitcher on a boys' Little League baseball team suffered spontaneous rupture of the extensor pollicis brevis (EPB) tendon. Since the EPB tendon was, at surgery, found hypoplastic and non-functional, transfer of the extensor indicis proprius (EIP) tendon was carried out. After a 6-month period of rehabilitation and follow-up, the patient was able to resume playing baseball. Although...

Localization of expression and secretion of a heterologous barley cysteine endopeptidase (EPB) and the homologous main cellobiohydrolase I (CBHI) in a Trichoderma reesei transformant expressing both proteins were studied. The transformant was grown on solid medium with Avicel cellulose and lactose to induce the cbh1 promoter for the synthesis of the native CBHI and the recombinant barley protei...

Preterm birth is a major global health problem that results in a large number of infant deaths, many of which are attributable to the complications of an immature epidermal permeability barrier (EPB), for which there is currently no effective therapeutic option. The mammalian EPB is formed during development and is essential for survival as it maintains thermoregulation and hydration, and provi...

During the excavation process of shield tunneling, it is inevitable that surrounding soil mass disturbed, which will affect adjacent structures. This paper proposes a general framework for impact tunneling construction on existing tunnels. First, partition regarding tunnels and buildings established by three-dimensional numerical analysis method. Then, displacement predicted using fuzzy gray th...

Tunnel excavation is prone to segment cracks, which may lead serious safety accidents. This work aims investigate the type, location and occurrence time of cracks in a large-diameter underwater shield tunnel also ascertain causes cracks. The correlations between crack characteristics tunneling parameters were analyzed. effect jack deflection poor assembly on investigated using refined finite el...

Nowadays, the need for subway tunnels has increased considerably with urbanization and population growth in order to facilitate movements. In urban areas, are excavated shallow depths under densely populated areas soft ground. Its associated hazards include poor ground conditions surface settlement induced by tunneling. Various sophisticated variables influence of caused The shield machine's op...

The shield tunnel of the Kunming subway crosses beneath the Kun-Shi Railway. Due to the high requirements of railway track for settlement control, this article proposes the following technical measures for controlling the settlement based on the analysis of risks arising from the shield crossing railway: (1) Reinforcing the stratum of the region crossed by the shield in advance to achieve high ...