BACKGROUND Limited data exist examining the use of fecal diversion in combatants from modern armed conflicts. Characterization of factors leading to colostomy creation is an initial step toward optimizing and individualizing combat casualty care. METHODS A retrospective review of the US Department of Defense Trauma Registry database was performed for all US and coalition troops with colorecta...

Recent results have demonstrated the feasibility of quasi-real-time, active as well as harmless microwave imaging for biomedical purposes. Such a pkreess allows tomographic reconstructions based on differences in the complex permittivity of tissues, the temperature dependence of which can be used for remote thermaf sensing. A basic experiment conducted in water at 3-GH2 yielded information on s...

Correspondence to: Célia Marisa Rizzatti-Barbosa Department of Prosthesis and Periodontology Piracicaba Dental School, State University of Campinas (UNICAMP) Avenida Limeira, 901. Areião CEP: 13414-018 Piracicaba São Paulo Brazil. Phone: 00 55 19 3412 5373 Fax: 00 55 19 3412 5218 E-mail: [email protected] Abstract The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of polymerization metho...

Purpose: To review the occurrence of macular retinal folds following retinal detachment surgery. Method: Review of the literature. Results: Macular folds have been reported in up to 3% of cases postoperatively. Risk factors are tamponading gas bubble, large exoplants, detachments with bullous configuration or running through the fovea, and incomplete drainage of subretinal fluid. Preventive mea...

New sampling theorems are developed for isotropic randomfields and their associated Fourier coefficient processes. A wavenumber-limited isotropic random field z ( ? ) is considered whose spectral densityfunction is zero outside a disk of radius B centered at the origin of the Manuscript received September 3, 1986; revised February 19, 1988. Thiswork was supported in part by the ...

We apply a complexity theoretic notion of feasible learnability called "polynomial learnability" to the evaluation of grammatical formalisms for linguistic description. We show that a novel, nontrivial constraint on the degree of "locality" of grammars allows not only context free languages but also a rich class of mildly context sensitive languages to be polynomially learnable. We discuss poss...

We report on the design, fabrication, testing, and modeling of single-heterojunction AI,,.?, Ga,,73As/GaAs p-i-n photodiodes for Manuscript received July 3, 1990; revised February I , 1991. The review of this brief was arranged by Associate Editor G. Craford. C. Johnsen, S . Sloan, D. Braun, M. Zurakowski. M. Lightner, F. Kell e r t . and G. Patterson are with the Microwave Technology Division,...

BACKGROUND Coronary artery disease (CAD) may coexist with extracranial carotid artery stenosis (ECAS), but the influence of CAD on procedure-related complications after carotid artery stenting (CAS) has not been well investigated. The study aimed to determine the impact of CAD on the occurrence of peri-CAS cerebral ischemic lesions on diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) scanning. METHODS Coronar...

Managing English teaching activities for Grade 10 in high schools is one of the most important tasks and because it plays a decisive role success improvement quality schools. This activity shows not only results students’ study but also education management managers teachers Ninh Kieu District, Can Tho City, Vietnam. The was conducted at 4 namely Phan Ngoc Hien High School, Chau Van Liem An Kha...