BACKGROUND Proximal major limb amputations due to malignant tumors have become rare but are still a valuable treatment option in palliation and in some cases can even cure. The aim of this retrospective study was to analyse outcome in those patients, including the postoperative course, survival, pain, quality of life, and prosthesis usage. METHODS Data of 45 consecutive patients was acquired ...

A common thread in the circular economy literature is linear–circular contrast. This study shows that has always been a mix of and linear applications but varying proportions. Furthermore, scrutiny emblematic examples both reveals misconceptions enriches extant knowledge frameworks their relationship. also explains which aspects encourage an to lean towards either or (i.e., profit, scarcity, ci...

This article examines the disconnection between promises of labour rights made at international level and their in accessibility to workers local level. Going beyond concept a global ‘governance gap’, it draws on political economy perspective focuses intersecting competing roles different forms capital state, curtailing workers’ paths remedy apparel (garment) value chain. A longitudinal case st...

UNLABELLED • PREMISE OF THE STUDY Variation in how seeds are dispersed in grasses is ecologically important, and selection for dispersal mechanisms has produced a great variety of dispersal structures (diaspores). Abscission ("shattering") is necessary in wild grasses, but its elimination by selection on nonshattering mutants was a key component of the domestication syndrome in cereal grasses...

The subjective responses and gait patterns of unilateral knee disarticulation amputees wearing prostheses fitted first with the Multiflex foot and then with the Quantum foot were studied. Nine amputees were included in the trial. A questionnaire asked the amputees about their preference for one of the feet. Gait analysis was performed measuring temporal parameters and goniometry of hips, knees ...