background with the growing interest in long bone distraction several types of distractors have been introduced; all have the same principle of an outer structure which acts like a scaffold and the distracting mechanism is a separate device which is mounted on this outer structure. objectives we have used a simple and very light weight external fixator we designed and discuss the results of dis...

the entanglement at zero-temperature is studied in a two-qubit xz spin-1/2 chain model in anexternal magnetic field which is applied in the z direction. we have obtained an analytical relation forthe effect of the external magnetic field on the concurrence. it is shown that the ground state of thesystem depends on the strength of exchange coupling. we have shown that the analytical relation oft...

the study compared economic efficiency among smallholder farmers who practiced low external input technology [leit] and high external input technology [heit] agriculture in a harsh macroeconomic environment typified by inadequate fertilizer subsidy in imo state, nigeria. cross sectional data generated from 160 smallholder farmers randomly selected from 2 out of the 3 agricultural zones in imo s...

the teratogenicity of cadmium exposure was studied in virgin nimri rats aged 10-13 weeks. pregnant animals were fed cadmium sulfate equivalent to doses of 1,4 and 7 mg/kg/day of cadmium by oral gavage on the day 7 of gestation. on the day 18 of gestation, fetuses were delivered and examined for external and skeletal malformations. total percent of malformed fetuses in rats treated by different ...

patients and methods sixty elderly patients with intertrochanteric fractures were randomized for treatment with either skeletal traction (group a) or an external fixation (group b). in this study patients at least 60 years of age, with ao/ota a1 or a2 type fracture and intertrochanteric fracture as a result of minor trauma, were enrolled. results acceptable reduction was achieved in eight and 2...

New radio continuum data for a sample of 74 spiral galaxies supports the calorimeter model of Völk (1989) only for steep-spectrum, thin-disk, non-interacting objects which comprise ' 30% of the sample. As the spectral indices correlate neither with far infrared surface brightness nor with average (equipartition)magneticfield strength, the data disagreewith the model for non-calorimeter galaxies...

Hybrid nanocomposite materials made out of integrated inorganic nanoparticles within an organic polymeric matrix canbe foundasgels, thermoplastics, thermosets or elastomers. This class of materials can exhibit the combined advantages of both the integrated nanoparticles, in terms of optical and electrical properties, and the processability of the polymeric matrix. As a result, bulk modification...

Anomalous reversals of the zonal equatorial electric field component have sometimes been observed when the interplanetary magnetic field turns northward from a steady southerly direction. We suggest that this reversal is associated with a sudden change in the convection electric field in the magnetosphere and present measurements to support this explanation. Although slower variations in the co...