Objectives  Surgeons are now utilizing small incisions when performing thyroidectomy. This study evaluated the association between patient weight, nodule size, and maximum thyroid diameter and the length of an open thyroidectomy incision. Study Design  Retrospective analysis of 32 consecutive patients. Subjects and Methods  Patient demographics, clinical exam, ultrasound findings, operative fin...

We prove that for the mean curvature flow of closed embedded hypersurfaces, intrinsic diameter stays uniformly bounded as approaches first singular time, provided all singularities are neck or conical type. In particular, assuming Ilmanen’s multiplicity one conjecture and no cylinder conjecture, we conclude in two-dimensional case always bounded. also obtain sharp $$L^{n-1}$$ bound curvature. T...

An experiment was conducted to describe the characteristics of Angora rabbit fiber using optical fiber diameter analyzer (OFDA). A total of 349 fleece samples were collected from 60 French Angora rabbits. Recorded measurements of OFDA were as follows: mean fiber diameter, CV of fiber diameter, comfort factor, spinning fineness, mean fiber curvature, SD of fiber curvature, mean opacity of fibers...

Abstract Coarse‐textured soils are typically not highly aggregated due to low surface reactivity of sand‐sized grains. However, soil erosion and sealing can still be a concern from frequently tilled in relatively flat landscapes the Coastal Plain Flatwoods southeastern United States. Soil at 0‐to‐10‐cm depth was sampled 120 randomly chosen cotton ( Gossypium hirsutum L.) fields North Carolina, ...

seventeen iranian shallot genotypes from ashtian, arak, boroujerd, dashtearjan, doshmanziari, divandareh, khomein, khansar, sepidan, siakhdarengoon, sahne, kangavar, koohrang, koohmaresorkhi, nahavand, harsin and yasouj areas were evaluated for their morphological traits. corms were collected from the mentioned regions and planted based on a complete block design. quantitative and qualitative t...

PURPOSE To determine the horizontal corneal diameter, central corneal thickness, and axial length in premature infants. METHODS Infants with a birth weight of less than 2,500 g or with a gestation period of less than 36 weeks were included in the study. Infants with retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) were allocated to Group 1 (n=138), while those without ROP were allocated to Group 2 (n=236). A...