We have developed a straightforward method that uses paraffin-embedded bone for undemineralized thin sectioning, which is amenable to subsequent dynamic bone formation measurements. Bone has stiffer material properties than paraffin, and therefore has hereforto usually been embedded in plastic blocks, cured and sectioned with a tungsten carbide knife to obtain mineralized bone sections for dyna...

Congenital foot abnormalities such as syndactyly, polydactyly, and brachymetatarsia are commonly seen by plastic surgeons. There have been reports of cases of congenital synostosis of the foot, with the majority of cases involving the rear foot and midfoot Fig. 2. (A) Cross-section of the giant cutaneous horns (GCH) showing hollowing of conical component with surrounding parakeratosis, calcific...

In modern offshore installations, thin walled columns are used for energy absorption in accident situation. When this advanced offshore shock absorber is subjected to axial compressive load, plastic hinges are developed on the sides of column and the column crushes with repeatable patterns. It can absorb considerable impact energy due to large and continuous plastic deformation. This paper deve...

The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) published the 2012/2013 edition of the book entitled "Best Practices for Hospital & Health-System Pharmacy: Position and Guidance Documents of ASHP" with Bruce Hawkins as the editor. (ISSN: 15558975). Pages 582-667 of this book contain the section: "Therapeutic Guidelines on Antimicrobial Prophylaxis in Surgery". This section includes cur...

50 Studies Every Plastic Surgeon Should Know, edited by C. Scott Hultman, is a concise book that aims to identify the most influential contributors of our discipline. It is divided into 10 sections, each containing 5 articles. For example, “Foundations,” starts off with a seminal article published in 1929 by Blair and Brown detailing the use and uses of large split skin grafts of intermediate t...

With the development of plastic surgery techniques, computer aided approach has become a significant method in medical plastic surgery. In order to solve effects on surgical results made by the surface of a wound in craniofacial cosmetic surgery, accurate preoperative preparation is usually required for the surgery. This paper summarizes the application of computer aided technology in craniofac...

In a previous companion paper (Part I: A Plastic Hinge Approach), adaptive elasto-plastic analysis of space frames was discussed in the context of a plastic hinge approach. The present paper extends the concept of automatic mesh refinement to deal with accurate elasto-plastic large displacement analysis accounting for the spread of yield within structural members. This is achieved through the u...

It has been possible to modify the sampler module of the AutoAnalyzer to enable laboratoriespossessingadditional recorder and colorimeter units to analyse two sets of specimens simultaneously. Basically the device consists of a circular plastic channel of rectangular cross-section which fits on top of the normal sample plate and carries a second ring of cups (Fig. 1). The external diameter is 1...