Myocardial bridge is a benign congenital anomaly in which a segment of major epicardial coronary arteries descends into the myocardium for a variable distance. Myocardial bridge is most often single and located in the middle part of the left anterior descending artery. The presence of more than one myocardial bridge in coronary arteries is very rare. We present a patient with more than one myoc...

Lohrke and Burton (Lohrke & Burton, 1997), in their review of leading international business and strategic management journals, noted that studies of top management teams (TMTs) have been quite rare in the international strategic management literature. Following the upper echelons perspective (Hambrick & Mason, 1984), recent work has attempted to bridge this gap by studying TMTs in the context ...

In recent years, multi-vendor interaction and information integration was made possible by automatic discovery and secure communication features. An effective support for the surgeon also depends on machine-readable information about the actual surgical procedure. In the present work a concept for integration of modern OR bus systems and process management is described. Process management in th...

in this paper, evaluation of torsional stiffness in beam and slab bridge deck elements is presented. a beam and slab bridge decks structurally behave as a grillage. a grillage has an efficient transverse load distribution due to transverse asymmetric load. in the case of bridge deck without transverse beams in the span, transverse load distribution depends on the torsional stiffness of longitud...

Toxic factors released from the intestine have been implicated in the pathophysiology of severe acute illness, including acute pancreatitis, trauma and hemorrhagic shock, and burns. Toxic factors in mesenteric lymph may induce an inflammatory systemic response while bypassing the portal circulation and liver. This paper reviews current knowledge of the anatomy, physiology and pathophysiology of...

Recent experimental research has shown that ordinary unbounded steel reinforced elastomeric bearings (SREBs) can be considered as an attractive cost-effective option for the seismic isolation of highway bridges. To further investigate its benefits, the current study is focused on the seismic risk assessment of an optimally designed highway bridge isolated by SREB system. A typical three-span hi...