Real-time three-dimensional ultrasound has been demonstrated as a viable tool for guiding surgical procedures [1]. This visualization technique may enable a range of new minimally invasive techniques in cardiac and fetal surgery. It is becoming increasingly clear, however, that instruments such as endoscopic graspers when immersed in liquids display artifacts and irregularities that make it dif...

background: for improving the quality of endodontic performance of practitioners in clinical practice, their basic, preclinical performance and knowledge must be taken into consideration. this study aimed to radiographically evaluate the technical quality of preclinical molar root canal treatments (rcts) performed by undergraduate dental students at a dental school in iran. further, the effect ...

introduction: recently, due to the special characteristics of 166ho and chitosan, 166ho-chitosan complex was developed for treatment of tumors such as hepatocellular carcinoma. this complex has been lately prepared with high radiochemical purity in our lab. the preclinical studies of the complex however should be performed to evaluate the tracer concentration in target and normal tissues before...

  Objective (s): Scar formation in injured peripheral nerve bed causes several consequences which impede the process of nerve regeneration. Several animal models are used for scar induction in preclinical studies which target prevention and/or suppression of perineural scar. This study evaluates the translational capacity of four of physical injury models to induce scar formation aro...

No official public use micro-sample of the 1990 Chinese census has yet been released. There are, however, two extant micro-samples of the census that have circulated within China and abroad. The first, in order of creation, is a one percent sample of administrative villages. The second is a one percent sample of households. We refer to the former, the subject of this article, as the “one percen...

This study explores the role of social media technology, especially micro blogging technology in the introduction of a new agricultural business model in China. As the rapid urbanization process brings challenges such as loss of agricultural land and food safety problems, some people try to address the challenges through transforming farming with a new business model, i.e. Community Supported A...

—— In this work a robust, non-invasive and wearable micro-fluidic system was developed and employed to analyse pH of sweat in real time during exercise. The device is incorporated in an optical detection platform designed to provide real-time information on sweat composition. The device has been tested by monitoring the pH of sweat during 55 minutes of cycling activity. During these trials, the...

In recent years, micro-blog, a kind of social network service (SNS), has been adopted as a popular way for people to interact with their significant others. Nowadays, people can exchange short messages via various digital devices through micro-blog. Witnessing this trend, practitioners strive hard to seek opportunities in utilizing micro-blog for better customer reach. Numerous studies have als...

In Electrophysiology catheter ablation is an established treatment for cardiac arrhythmias. Nevertheless, complicated ablation procedures such as Pulmonary vein isolation for atrial fibrillation treatment are difficult to learn. This can be improved by a better integration of the image modalities available today and in the future Electrophysiology lab. In this paper, we present a method to regi...