Acetabular dysplasia is among the most frequent causes of secondary osteoarthritis (OA) of the hip. While hip arthrolasty is a valid option in elderly patients, young and active patients are likely to outlive their implants and therefore may require a different approach. During the last 20 years, the emphasis of these osteotomies shifted from the femoral to the acetabular side, with the Bernese...

The modified binary search, or MOBS, technique is an adaptive, non-parametric procedure for estimating thresholds [Tyrrell, R. A, & Owens, D. A. (1988). A rapid technique to assess the resting states of eyes and other threshold phenomena: the modified binary search (MOBS). Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, and Computers, 20, 137-141.], which has recently been incorporated into a commercia...

The detection of genetically modified (GM) materials in food and feed products is a complex multi-step analytical process invoking screening, identification, and often quantification of the genetically modified organisms (GMO) present in a sample. "Combinatory qPCR SYBRGreen screening" (CoSYPS) is a matrix-based approach for determining the presence of GM plant materials in products. The CoSYPS...

This paper reports on the development of a planning system for an important industrial planning problem. This planner, which is one of the modules in an integrated design-and-planning system called EDAPS, provides an integrated approach to process planning in both the electronic and mechanical domains, specifically in the manufaeture of microwave transmit-receive O/R) modules. Our planner is ba...

Open-flavor strong decays are mediated by qq̄ pair production, which is known to occur dominantly with P0 quantum numbers. The relation of the phenomenological P0 model of these decays to “microscopic” QCD decay mechanisms has never been clearly established. In this paper we investigate qq̄ meson decay amplitudes assuming pair production from the scalar confining interaction (sKs) and from one gl...

This paper gives an integrated view of developing a model for an assessment systems and monitoring tasks of critical patients. This model was designed according to the Temporal Abstraction dimensions and state interpretation levels, particularly the monitored physiological state. Monitoring arrhythmias was used as reference case for models development. A model based on the algorithm Smith-Water...

Progressive or liberal constitutional scholars who focus on religious freedom have not been pleased with the Rehnquist Court.' For more than a decade, it seems, the Court has been handing down decisions that have twisted the Free Exercise and Establishment Clauses in an unduly conservative direction. Most notably, Employment Division v. Smith radically transformed free exercise doctrine, while ...