A herniated intervertebral disc is the most common type of soft tissue mass lesion within the lumbar spinal canal. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a useful tool for the assessment of patients with lower back pain and radiating pain, especially intervertebral disc herniation. MRI findings of intervertebral disc herniation are typical. However, from time to time, despite an apparently classic...

Battery technology is the key bottleneck in many cyberphysical systems (CPS). For green-energy CPS transportation applications, such as hybrid electrical vehicles (HEVs) and plug-in HEVs (PHEVs), the battery system design is mostly based on lithium-ion rechargeable electrochemical battery technology, which is bulky, expensive, unreliable, and is the primary roadblock for PHEV adoption and marke...

The present investigation was based on study of stool sample collected from 15 children suffering from diarrhea, Cholera, Gastroenteritis. It includes biochemical & microbiological examination of bacteria which is considered to be etiological agent of enteric disease. After biochemical, microbiological morphology study and Gram staining technique and using PIB WIN soft ware mainly five types of...

In this paper, a digital battery capacity meter with an integrated charger is developed and built. Also, the software used to control monitor microcontroller of device from PC has been developed, so that data obtained measurement can be processed compared further using one available spreadsheet packages. Due widespread use electrochemical energy sources, whether primary ones or type, it extreme...

Cervical disc replacement is an emerging motion-preserving technology in the surgical treatment of the cervical degenerative disc disorders used as an alternative to the classic interbody fusion. We present a case report of a patient diagnosed with C6-7 right disc herniation who underwent anterior discectomy and received a total disc replacement using ProDisc C artificial disc prosthesis.

PURPOSE To compare the rates of detection of optic disc hemorrhages by clinical examination and by review of optic disc photographs at the Optic Disc Reading Center (ODRC), to assess the incidence of and the predictive factors for disc hemorrhages in the annual disc photographs of the Ocular Hypertension Treatment Study (OHTS), and to determine whether optic disc hemorrhages predict the develop...

BACKGROUND Cervical Deuk Laser Disc Repair(®) is a novel full-endoscopic, anterior cervical, trans-discal, motion preserving, laser assisted, nonfusion, outpatient surgical procedure to safely treat symptomatic cervical disc diseases including herniation, spondylosis, stenosis, and annular tears. Here we describe a new endoscopic approach to cervical disc disease that allows direct visualizatio...

Brief strong depolarization of cerebellar Purkinje cells produces a slow inward cation current [depolarization-induced slow current (DISC)]. Previous work has shown that DISC is triggered by voltage-sensitive Ca influx in the Purkinje cell and is attenuated by blockers of vesicular loading and fusion. Here, we have sought to characterize the ion channel(s) underlying the DISC conductance. While...

The atmospheric re-entry domain is considered as a cornerstone of a wide range of space applications encompassing the planetary exploration, the sample return, the future launchers, the space planes, the crew and the cargo transportation. The IXV (Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle), as shown by Fig. 1 is an “intermediate” element of a European roadmap for in-flight technology verification; the ...