OBJECTIVE The anterolateral thigh flap is a versatile flap that can be used in a free or pedicled fashion. Because of the large amount of potential soft tissue, low donor site morbidity, and long pedicle lengths, many researchers consider it to be the perfect free flap. However, dissection of this and other perforator flaps can become an arduous experience with learning curves to overcome. Near...

Using linear (first-order) wave generation theory in laboratory experiments, leads to significant contamination of the field by free non-linear (second-order) error waves, increasingly so at shallower depths. Second-order has previously been established, and correct bound set-down, made up from second-order waves sub-harmonic part spectrum, for bichromatic irregular fields shallow intermediate ...

Modal Kombat Plays Pong is the latest edition from the NYC Modal Kombat squad, providers of guitar-controlled video game entertainment since 2004. Building on technology that allows Real guitars to control characters in video games, this latest work pits two guitarists against each other as their fretwork maps seamlessly to the positions of paddle-avatars in the classic video game PONG. The res...

The integration of dispersed knowledge available in an organization is often referred to as corporate knowledge. The corporate knowledge of an organization can be built up, shared and maintained most efficiently if modern Internet technologies are applied by knowledge workers. As different knowledge workers have different perspectives on corporate knowledge, customization concepts are needed to...

OBJECTIVE To examine our outcomes with skin paddle survival using pectoralis myocutaneous flaps in reconstruction of the head and neck. The pectoralis major myocutaneous flap has been associated with a notable incidence of distal skin necrosis and flap loss. Our experience has been favorable compared with that reported in the literature. METHODS Retrospective medical record review of 81 cases...

INTRODUCTION Spinal cord stimulation (SCS) provides significant relief for lumbosacral radiculopathy refractory to both medical and surgical treatment, but historically only offers limited relief for axial low back pain (LBP). We aim to evaluate the response of chronic axial LBP treated with SCS using a surgically implanted epidural paddle lead. MATERIALS AND METHODS This is a retrospective r...

A fundamental problem in interprocedural program analyses is the need to represent and manipulate collections of large sets. Binary Decision Diagrams (BDDs) are a data structure widely used in model checking to compactly encode large state sets. In this dissertation, we develop new techniques and frameworks for applying BDDs to program analysis, and use our BDD-based analyses to gain new insigh...