camptomelic dysplasia (cmd) is a rare autosomal dominant congenital dwarfism characterized by shortness and bowing of long bones (camptomelia) and other severe skeletal and extra skeletal malformations. cmd is generally considered to be lethal and the majority of cases die in the neonatal period due to respiratory insufficiency. we hereunder report a term male neonate with characteristic clinic...

We present models of localized plastic deformation inside Persistent Slip Band channels. First, we investigate the interaction between screw dislocations as they pass one another inside channel walls in copper. The model shows the mechanisms of dislocation bowing, dipole formation and binding, and finally dipole destruction as screw dislocations pass one another. The mechanism of (dipole passin...

PURPOSE The purpose of the study was to evaluate the respiratory variation of the extrahepatic bile duct in morphology including shape, length and duct diameter on the breath-hold magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) obtained during deep inspiration and deep expiration in patients with or without biliary diseases. MATERIALS AND METHODS This study included 102 patients with or wi...

A 76-year-old man developed a hemoperitoneum after ERCP for choledocholithiasis. He underwent a laparotomy and splenectomy for a capsular tear at the splenic hilum, a rare complication of ERCP. "Bowing" of the endoscope with torsion on the greater curvature of the stomach may lead to shear forces causing splenic injury.

We report on a performance study of a French-Canadian fiddler. The fiddling tradition forms an interesting contrast to classical violin performance in several ways. Distinguishing features include special elements in the bowing technique and the presence of an accompanying foot clogging pattern. These two characteristics are described, visualized and analyzed using video and motion capture reco...

This paper highlights the capability of materials informatics to recreate "property phase diagrams" from an elemental level using electronic and crystal structure properties. A judicious selection of existing data mining techniques, such as Principal Component Analysis, Partial Least Squares Regression, and Correlated Function Expansion, are linked synergistically to predict bandgap and lattice...

We present the in utero appearances and postmortem radiographic findings of two sib fetuses, a male and a female, with features suggestive of kyphomelic dysplasia. The fetuses had severe bowing of the long bones, short, flared ribs, platyspondyly, metaphyseal flaring, skin dimpling, with normal external genitalia and karyotypes and a normal pregnancy. They were born to a mother with features of...

Force-feedback devices can provide haptic feedback during interaction with physical models for sound synthesis. However, low-end devices may not always provide high-fidelity display of the acoustic characteristics of the model. This article describes an enhanced handle for the Phantom Omni containing a vibration actuator intended to display the highfrequency portion of the synthesized forces. M...

Increased soil pollution with heavy metals due to various human and natural activities has led to a growing need to address environmental contamination. Some remediation technologies have been developed to treat contaminated soil, but a biology-based technology, phytoremediation, is emerging. Phytoremediation includes phytovolatilization, phytostabilization, and phytoextraction using hyperaccum...