BACKGROUND Despite marked improvements in pancreatic surgery, the high incidence and morbidity of pancreatic leak after resection has remained unchanged. The current study investigated the safety and efficacy of bovine pericardium wrapping stump after distal pancreatectomy in a porcine model. METHODS Thirty-two swine were randomly assigned to control and experiment groups to undergo conventio...

Temporalis muscle reconstruction is a necessary step during frontotemporal cranioplasty ensuing decompressive craniectomy (DC). During this procedure, scarring between the temporalis muscle and the dural layer may lead to complicated muscle dissection, which carries an increased risk of dura and muscle damage. At time of DC, temporalis muscle wrapping by an autologous vascularized dural flap ca...

The importance of hydrophobic interactions in determining polymer adsorption and wrapping of carbon nanotubes is still under debate. In this work, we concentrate on the effect of short-ranged weakly attractive hydrophobic interactions between polymers and nanotubes (modeled as an infinitely long and smooth cylindrical surface), neglecting all other interactions apart for chain flexibility. Usin...

In order to allow on-line data analysis, calibration and monitoring of the ALICE Transition Radiation Detector (TRD) a number of TRD-specific High Level Trigger (HLT) processing components have been designed and implemented. The TRD processing chain for HLT follows the analysis defined by the off-line algorithms developed within the ALICE analysis framework Aliroot [1]. In order to run the very...

BACKGROUND Accidental hypothermia increases mortality and morbidity in trauma patients. Various methods for insulating and wrapping hypothermic patients are used worldwide. The aim of this study was to compare the thermal insulating effects and comfort of bubble wrap, ambulance blankets / quilts, and Hibler's method, a low-cost method combining a plastic outer layer with an insulating layer. ...

The award of the Nobel prize in equal shares to Prof. Yoichiro Nambu of the University of Chicago, Profs. Makato Kobayashi of the KEK laboratory in Tsukuba and Toshihide Maskawa of Kyoto University, nearly completes the series of Nobel Prizes recognizing the development of the Standard Model of Particle Physics. This model is a simple and coherent picture of fundamental particles and forces bas...