OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS To evaluate the correlation between growth differences of the face and nasal septal deviation, and to evaluate whether developmental differences of the face have an effect on nontraumatic nasal septal deviation (DNS). STUDY DESIGN Retrospective study. METHODS Twenty-five patients with DNS who underwent facial aesthetic surgery and had an ostiomeatal unit-computed tomog...

IN RECENT years, a number of review articles devoted entirely or partly to electrical changes and arrhythmias during ischemia and infarction have appeared (Wit and Bigger, 1975; Coraboeuf et al., 1976; Arnsdorf, 1977; Elharrar and Zipes, 1977; Bigger et al., 1977; Wit and Cranefield, 1978; Lazzara et al., 1978; Carmeliet, 1978; Cranefield and Wit, 1979). Most of what is known about cellular ele...

AIM We evaluate whether the preoperative R.E.N.A.L Nephrometry Score (RNS) can predict the postoperative outcomes in patients undergoing either an open or laparoscopic partial nephrectomy. PATIENTS AND METHODS We retrospectively calculated the RNS of 128 patients who underwent either an open partial nephrectomy (OPN) (n = 38) or laparoscopic partial nephrectomy (LPN) (n = 90) between 2003 and...

The undersigned certify that they have read, and recommend to the Faculty of Graduate Studies for acceptance, a thesis entitled " In-Container Testing for Web Portal Applications " submitted by Wenliang Xiong in partial fulfilment of the requirements of the degree of Master of Science. Abstract In order to test interactions between container and components, a mechanism is required to intercept ...

There is extensive evidence pointing to an early, automatic segmentation of written words into their constituent units (farm-er, wit-ness); however, less is known about the potential role of contextual information in modulating this analysis. We adapted the standard masked priming paradigm to include an overt semantic prime in order to examine whether semantic context influences morpho-orthogra...

BACKGROUND The complexity of laparoscopic partial nephrectomy (LPN) has prompted many laparoscopic surgeons to adopt robotic partial nephrectomy (RPN) for the treatment of small renal masses. We assessed the learning curve for an experienced laparoscopic surgeon during the transition from LPN to RPN. METHODS We compared perioperative outcomes of the first 20 patients who underwent RPN to the...

OBJECTIVE To comparatively evaluate the traditional interrupted knot-tying and running suture renorrhaphy with Monocryl® in laparoscopic partial nephrectomy (LPN). MATERIALS AND METHODS A retrospective analysis of 62 consecutive patients undergoing LPN using traditional interrupted knot-tying suture renorrhaphy (Group 1; n=31) or running suture technique renorrhaphy with 2-0 monofilament poly...

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We prove the Lorentz symmetry of supermembrane theory in the light cone gauge to complete the program initiated by de Wit, Marquard and Nicolai. We give some comments on extending the formulation to the M(atrix) theory.