Total talar dislocation is a rare injury, which is usually open and with associated fractures. We report two cases of open anterolateral talar extrusions following high-energy traffic accidents. Both were treated with wound debridement, joint irrigation, closed reduction and external fixation. At 12 months follow-up, both patients had pain-free motion of the ankle without any signs of avascular...

Tremendous potential exists for the growth of metal finishing industry in this century through the development of processes that are either environmentally friendly or are applicable at the nano scale. In the CEE the theoretical and experimental studies are performed to achieve such coatings. Nanostructured alloys and innovative composite materials were developed through adaptation of existing ...

A computer framework feasible for developing parallel systems according to the Bulk Synchronous Parallel (BSP) computing model is described: Switched Interconnection of Parallel Processors (Swipp). Demanding applications can be described as directed graphs where the interdependent subtasks constitute the nodes. The tasks are predistributed by a system master, Computer Executive Engine (CEE), to...

The objective of this study was to evaluate the larvicidal potential of a crude ethanol extract (CEE) of soapberry Sapindus saponaria stem peel on the cattle tick Boophilus microplus. Tick larvae obtained by incubating engorged females, collected from naturally infested cattle, were placed in envelopes of filter paper impregnated with different concentrations of CEE in the test group, and disti...

In this paper, we consider the expansion processes of competence sets which have asymmetric cost functions, intermediate skills, and compound skills; among the skills, cyclic connections are possible. We introduce the concept of the stage expansion process (SEP) of the competence set, and provide mathematical programming methods to ®nd a minimal cost SEP and the ordering of expansion. Ó 2000 El...

Abstract I use recent observations of circumstellar matter (CSM) around type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) to estimate the fraction SNe that explode into a planetary nebula (PN) and suggest new delay time distribution from common envelope evolution (CEE) SN explosion for occur shortly after CEE. Under assumption CSM results CEE, crudely about 50% all are inside PNe (SNIPs), explosions most SNIPs withi...

Cyclic brush polymers represent an exciting new macromolecular topology. For the first time, this new topology has been combined with metallo-supramolecular interactions to construct novel cyclic brush polymers. Here, ring-expansion metathesis polymerization was used to synthesize a universal cyclic template with a polynorbornene backbone, which was further modified with the metal-chelating syn...

Abstract. The mechanical properties of extruded AlMgSi alloys are affected by the applied thermo-mechanical parameters employed during entire production process. In following, effect different extrusion speeds and homogenization conditions paired with either air or water quenching, is examined on four sets rectangular hollow AA6082-T4 profiles. These profiles were fabricated under industrial se...

Aim/purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyze regional trade integration 10 Central and Eastern Europe countries (CEE-10) during the 2004-2018 period, identify regional- country-level patterns attribute them potential causes indicated by literature. Design/methodology/approach employed literature-based indicators data on CEE-10 in goods conducted a review empirical studies investigating...

background: tibolone is frequently used as a hormone-like alternative to traditional hrt. therefore, it is valuable to compare the effects of tibolone and hrt on cardiovascular diseases risk factors.   methods: a total of 156 healthy non-surgical postmenopausal women were included in an open randomized study. they were assigned to receive daily 2.5 mg tibolone plus one cal+d (500 mg calcium and...