OBJECTIVE Box-shape cervical expansive laminoplasty is a procedure that utilizes a Miniplate® or Maxpacer® to achieve maximal canal expansion. This method is expected to show much larger canal expansion and good clinical outcome. So we investigated the clinical and radiological outcome of Box-shape cervical expansive laminoplasty. METHODS Between June 2008 and July 2013, we performed cervical...

In a recent paper we have shown that most non-expansive Lipschitz functions (in the sense of Baire’s category) have a maximal Clarke subdifferential. In the present paper, we show that in a separable Banach space the set of non-expansive Lipschitz functions with a maximal Clarke subdifferential is not only of generic, but also staunch. 1991 Mathematics Subject Classification: Primary 49J52.

After preparing this note, the paper [IT] was discovered which covers the more general situation of “expansive foliations”, and in codimension one their result includes Theorem1.2. We note that the proof given here is more self–contained and goes into more detail about the construction of the “ping-pong table” in the topological case, which the reader might still find of interest. Ralf Spatzier...

We study the presence of low intensity high velocity components, which we have termed wing features in the integrated Hα emission line profiles of the H  region populations of the spiral barred galaxies NGC 1530, NGC 3359 and NGC 6951. We find that more than a third of the H  region line profiles in each galaxy show these components. The highest fraction is obtained in the galaxy whose line...

AIM To present a case of expansive focal cemento-osseous dysplasia and emphasize the importance of differential diagnosis. BACKGROUND Cemento-osseous dysplasia is categorized into three subtypes on the basis of the clinical and radiographic features: Periapical, focal and florid. The focal type exhibits a single site of involvement in any tooth-bearing or edentulous area of the jaws. These le...

The Ruelle operator theorem has been studied extensively both in dynamical systems and iterated function systems. In this paper we study the Ruelle operator theorem for non-expansive systems. Our theorems give some sufficient conditions for the Ruelle operator theorem to be held for a non-expansive system.

Background: CaBP7 is an EF-hand-containing transmembrane protein that inhibits PI4KIII activity. Results: PI4KIII interacts with CaBP7 NTD, which exhibits an expansive hydrophobic pocket. Conclusion: The structure of CaBP7 NTD is similar to that of CaM NTD but has a more expansive hydrophobic pocket containing fewer methionine residues. Significance: Regulation of PI4P synthesis is essential fo...