Meniscal root tears are defined as radial tears located within 1 cm from the meniscal attachment or a bony rootavulsion. This injury is biomechanically comparable to a total meniscectomy, leading to compromised hoop stressesresulting in decreased tibiofemoral contact area and increased contact pressures in the involved compartment.These changes are detrimental to the articular cartilage and ult...

conclusions surgical treatment for patellar dislocation is indicated primarily in case of relevant concomitant injuries such as osteochondral fractures, and secondarily for recurrent dislocations. evidence acquisition authors searched the medline library for studies on both surgical and conservative treatment for patellar dislocation and patellofemoral instability. additionally, the reference l...

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An innovative Volumetric Current Meter (VCM) was designed in order to allow quick velocity measurements in open channels. At first, the coefficient of velocity (Cv) of the device was determined through calibration under different water velocities in the laboratory. The measurement performance was verified by measurements performed in similar flows in irrigation channels using an ordinary curren...

In order to minimize the influence of electrode polarization and noise in impedance measurements, especially in the low frequency region, current injection shows several advantages compared to voltage application. Although the existence of a great variety of current sources, they meet our requirements only partially. We developed a voltage controlled current source for active front ends for a w...

The p-i-n carbon nanotube (CNT) devices suffer from low ON/OFF current ratio and small saturation current. In this paper by band bending engineering, we improved the device performance of p-i-n CNT field effect transistors (CNTFET). A triple gate all around structure is proposed to manage the carrier transport along the channel. We called this structure multi-segment gate (MSG) CNTFET. Band to ...

The process of magnetron sputtering of dielectric zinc oxide (ZnO) films at a constant current source, was studied. It is demonstrated that this method of dielectric films deposition makes it possible to obtain high-quality coatings and layers that meet the requirements for creating multilayer diffractive optical elements.

A distributed balanced photodetector with high saturation photocurrent and excellent linearity has been experimentally demonstrated. The maximum linear direct current (dc) photocurrent of 33 mA per branch is equivalent to 66mA in single-ended photodetectors. A setup for investigating the alternating current (ac) linearity of the receiver is proposed and experimentally demonstrated. The receiver...

hemorrhoids is one of the most common diseases of mankind. there are different methods of treatment, but many problems and complications are associated with the use these modalities. dc electrotherapy of hemorrhoids is an alternative method which offsets many of these conditions. two hundred and ten patients with 426 hemorrhoidal tags of different grades underwent dc electrotherapy by a dc gene...