Hardware prominence after plate fixation for clavicle fracture is a common complication. The aim of the study was to perform a 3D analysis of the prominence of different types of superior clavicle plates. An automated fitting of 3 straight and 10 precontoured plates was performed on 52 3D-CT-scan reconstructed cadaver clavicles. The mean and maximum bone-plate distance and maximum prominence wa...

32 Retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) spike randomly in dark, and carry information about visual 33 stimuli to the brain via specific spike patterns. However, following photoreceptor loss both 34 ON and OFF type of RGCs exhibit spontaneous oscillatory spike activity, which reduces the 35 quality of information they can carry. Furthermore, it is not clear how the oscillatory activity 36 would interac...

one of the causes of perturbation at vertical intakes is the happening of vortices with an air core. the vortices with an air core occur whenever the submergence of the intake is less than a critical value. anti-vortex devices and specially plates are used to avoid the negative effects of the air-core vortices. if plates are used, then the geometry of them should be studied experimentally. acco...

In this paper, a three dimensional analysis of arbitrary straight-sided quadrilateral nanocomposite plates are investigated. The governing equations are based on three-dimensional elasticity theory which can be used for both thin and thick nanocomposite plates. Although the equations can support all the arbitrary straight-sided quadrilateral plates but as a special case, the numerical results f...

We evaluated a novel primary three-dimensional culture system for human hepatocytes using micro-space plates. The functional activity of human hepatocytes in primary culture was determined by measuring albumin secretion from hepatocytes to medium and measuring expression levels of albumin, CYP1A2 and CYP3A4 mRNA. Albumin secretion was higher in micro-space plates compared with traditional plate...

Tibial plateau–leveling osteotomy (TPLO) is an increasingly popular method for treating anterior cruciate ligament ruptures in dogs. In recent years, there have been anecdotal reports of neoplasia near plate implantation sites. In this study, metallurgic analysis was performed on 3 new Slocum TPLO plates, 8 retrieved TPLO plates, and 1 new Synthes dynamic compression plate. The 3 new Slocum pla...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study is to evaluate the prevalence of elongated styloid process in digital panoramic radiographs in a North Italian population in relation to age, gender and side. MATERIAL AND METHODS This study was performed as a retrospective analysis on digital panoramic radiographs of 600 (271 males and 329 females) Italian patients between 6 and 87 years old. The styloid proc...

OBJECTIVE An experimental in vitro study was carried out to evaluate the influence of cortical bone thickness on ultrasound propagation velocity. METHODS Sixty bone plates were used, made from bovine femurs, with thickness ranging from 1 to 6 mm (10 of each). The ultrasound velocity measurements were performed using a device specially designed for this purpose, in an underwater acoustic tank ...