In response to increased pest and disease problems, potato farmers use pesticides, which could raise environmental and health concerns. This study sought to promote proper and safe pesticide-handling practices by providing data needed to guide pesticide regulation policy and training for extension staff and farmers. A household survey was conducted in three major potato-growing agroecological z...

Molecular Dynamics simulations (MD) of a double walled carbon nanotube (DWNT) motor, consisting of two coaxial carbon nanotubes are performed, where the inner tube behaves as a ”shaft” and the outer one as a ”sleeve” [1]. Brenner potential [2] is used for the intratube interactions along with Nordlunds long range interaction term [3] to account for the intertube interactions. Unit positive and ...

Molecular Dynamics simulations (MD) of a double walled carbon nanotube (DWNT) motor, consisting of two coaxial carbon nanotubes are performed, where the inner tube behaves as a ”shaft” and the outer one as a ”sleeve” [1]. Brenner potential [2] is used for the intratube interactions along with Nordlunds long range interaction term [3] to account for the intertube interactions. Unit positive and ...

Patella sleeve fracture is a rare fracture that only occurs in children. Diagnosis is difficult both clinically and radiologically. A high-riding patella and hemarthrosis are important signs when diagnosing this fracture. We report a case of an 11-year-old boy who suffered from patella sleeve fracture without visible bony fragments on a lateral radiograph. Open reduction with transosseous tunne...

INTRODUCTION Portal vein thrombosis has been documented after laparoscopic general surgery and has been uncommonly observed after laparoscopic bariatric surgery. Among bariatric operations, the sleeve gastrectomy is being performed with ever-increasing frequency. Here we report the case of a man who presented with portal vein thrombosis after laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy. CASE DESCRIPTION ...

Copyright is held by the author/owner(s). TEI 2013, February 10-13, 2013, Barcelona, Spain ACM Abstract In this paper we present the concept and initial design stages of the TaSST (Tactile Sleeve for Social Touch). The TaSST consists of a soft pressure-sensitive input layer, and an output layer containing vibration motors. A touch to ones own sleeve is felt as a vibration on the sleeve of anoth...

Mobile devices will increasingly assume a central role in the user interaction with smart environments. Currently there is an intense research interest on how to use mobile devices to make this interaction intuitive for non-expert users. For this reason, a number of new hardware enhancements are proposed. However, prototyping new hardware technologies and interfacing mobile devices can be a ted...

BACKGROUND This study aimed to assess the endoscopic burden of bariatric surgical procedures at our trust. This is an enhanced parallel study to "The Hidden Endoscopic burden of Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass" published in Frontline Gastroenterology in 2013 incorporating the data for sleeve gastrectomy and comparison with Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB). METHODS This is a retrospective study that i...

Methods Surgically resected specimen (men n = 59; women n = 72, age 48 ± 15) from 111 TC (84.7%) and 20 AtC (15.3%) patients were studied. The histological type, T-status, N-status (TC 94 N0, 17 N1/2; AtC 16 N0, 4 N1), pTNM stage (TC-I n = 81, II n = 17, III+IV = 13; AtC-I n = 12, II-IV n = 8), surgery (55 simple lobectomies, 16 bilobectomies, 24 pneumonectomies (4 extended), 15 segmentectomies...