Volar Barton's fractures are uncommon and extremely unstable. Various surgical techniques have been reported in the literature, but open reduction and internal fixation using a volar plate system is currently advocated for the treatment of volar Barton's fractures. The purpose of this study was to compare the therapeutic effects of volar anatomical plates and volar locking plates in the treatme...

[1] The consequences of the hypothesis that Milankovitch forcing affects the phase (e.g., termination times) of the 100 kyr glacial cycles via a mechanism known as ‘‘nonlinear phase locking’’ are examined. Phase locking provides a mechanism by which Milankovitch forcing can act as the ‘‘pacemaker’’ of the glacial cycles. Nonlinear phase locking can determine the timing of the major deglaciation...

Human perception, cognition, and action are supported by a complex network of interconnected brain regions. There is an increasing interest in measuring and characterizing these networks as a function of time and frequency, and inter-areal phase locking is often used to reveal these networks. This measure assesses the consistency of phase angles between the electrophysiological activity in two ...

Pulses as short as 260fs have been generated in an Er:Yb:glass laser by saturable absorber mode-locking using graphene as the only mode-locking mechanism. These novel saturable absorbers present a low-cost, ultra-broadband alternative to traditional SESAMs.

The blood ducts must be occluded to avoid loss of blood from vessels in laparoscopic surgeries. This paper presents a locking mechanism to be used in a ligation laparoscopic procedure (LigLAP I), as an alternative solution for a stapling procedure. Currently, stapling devices are being used to occlude vessels. Using these devices may result in some problems, including injury of bile duct, takin...

BACKGROUND In chronic schizophrenia and chronic bipolar disorder, gamma band (30-100 Hz) auditory steady-state electroencephalogram responses (ASSRs) are reduced in power and phase locking, likely reflecting neural circuit dysfunction. Here we examined whether gamma ASSR deficits are also present at first hospitalization for psychosis. METHODS Subjects were 16 first episode schizophrenia pati...

AIMS To test if the disappearance of clicking associated with anterior disc displacement with reduction (ADDR) is related to a gradual loss of reducing capacity of the disc in the temporomandibular joint. MATERIALS Twenty-five ADDR subjects without and 30 ADDR subjects with intermittent locking participated in this 2-year follow-up study. Clinical examinations and mandibular movement recordin...

Deformity correction and internal fixation during surgical treatment of Charcot Arthropathy (CA) requires strong implants capable of ensuring long-term stability and function of the foot. The purpose of this study was to determine the construct shear strength of the newly developed VLP Locking Osteopenia Screw (Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, TN, USA), as compared to the VLP Locking Cortical Scr...

Locking the exit doors of psychiatric wards is believed to reduce the risk of patients absconding. The aims of the study were to investigate both the prevalence of door locking and other exit security measures on UK admission wards, as well as whether door locking appears to be effective in keeping inpatients in. A cross-sectional survey on 136 acute psychiatric wards in the UK was conducted, i...