conclusions retrograde laparoscopic appendicectomy using single polymer clip makes easy access to operating in complicated and non-complicated appendicitis. results four patients (15.4%) were converted to open surgery; three patients in group i and one in group ii. four patients developed postoperative complications; three patients in group i and one in group ii. operative time was less in grou...

The aim of this report is to present a new two-piece thyroid-neck phantom produced by the concurrent use of epoxy resin and poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA: plexiglass) soft tissue equivalent materials. Accordingly, mass attenuation coefficients of the epoxy resin and the plexiglass compounds were obtained from simulation (NIST XCOM 3.1) and measurements (practical dosimetry) and compared to th...

An experiment is presented to induce a set of polysemous basic type alternations (such as ANIMAL-FOOD, or BUILDING-INSTITUTION) by deriving them from the sense alternations found in an existing lexical resource. The paper builds on previous work and applies those results to the Italian lexicon PAROLE SIMPLE CLIPS. The new results show how the set of frequent type alternations that can be induce...

Modern field fortification systems are very large and cause a logistical burden during setup, thus setting the requirement for their modification. A simulation study was conducted to correlation between compaction of sand energy absorbed by it when impacted solid steel projectile at 850 m/s. Furthermore, sandbag modified addition plates in system observe change penetration absorption behaviour ...

A synopsis of the types of vascular clips (malleable clips, screw clips, and spring clips) used by neurosurgeons during this century is presented. A review of the pertinent literature is included.

This paper presents the application of inheritance to the formal taxonomy (is-a) of a semantically rich Lexical Resource (LR) based on the Generative Lexicon theory, SIMPLE-CLIPS. The aim is to lighten the representation of its semantic layer by reducing the number of encoded relations. A prediction calculation on the impact of introducing inheritance as regards space occupancy is carried out, ...