The genetic technique for standard cell placement presented in [1] is a two-level, hierarchal random-search algorithm to find cell placements that have low routing cost. The lower level of the hierarchy consists of a genetic-based placement algorithm, taking a set of parameters and producing a locally optimal placement within the bounds of the parameters. The upper level is another genetic opti...

Successful implant placement at the time of extraction has been documented. Implant placement at the time of extraction was initially performed as a two-stage procedure often with barrier membranes and sophisticated second-stage surgical uncoverings. The authors describe the next generation of this technique, including atraumatic tooth removal with simultaneous root form, implant placement, and...

In the search for binary systems inspiral signal in interferometric gravitational waves detectors, one needs the generation and placement of a grid of templates. We present an original technique for the placement in the associated parameter space, that makes use of the variation of size of the isomatch ellipses in order to reduce the number of templates necessary to cover the parameter space. A...

Placement of implants immediately following extraction has become an increasingly common strategy to preserve bone and reduce treatment time. This technique not only shortens treatment time but also improve esthetics by preserving the soft tissue envelope.Immediate implant placement is technically challenging and should only be undertaken by clinicians with considerable experience in implant de...

In this paper, we propose a technique which determines the placement of agents, taking both the computation load of agents and the interaction among agents in distributed multi-agent systems into account. We formulate the agent placement problem as the problem that the load of agents is distributed among multiple agent servers and the interaction cost arising among agent servers is minimized. T...

Placement of percutaneous jejunostomy tubes using fluoroscopy may be technically challenging because of the peristaltic motion of small bowel loops within the peritoneum. Furthermore, fluoroscopic jejunostomy placement has an inherent risk of complications, including peritonitis and death. A transnasal snare technique to facilitate direct jejunostomy in patients with a surgically altered gastri...

OBJECTIVE We wanted to evaluate the efficacy of stent placement using the coaxial technique with a stiff, long introducer sheath in patients with technical failure using an angiographic catheter for the obstructions proximal to the descending colon. MATERIALS AND METHODS Self-expandable metallic stent placement was attempted under fluoroscopy-guidance in 77 consecutive patients who had malign...

BACKGROUND The placement of iliac screws is a biomechanically sound method for the stabilization of long multi-segment lumbar constructs. Traditional techniques for the placement of iliac screws often involve either substantial iliac muscle dissection for visualization of screw trajectory based on bony landmarks, or alternatively the use of intra-operative imaging to visualize these landmarks a...