Enormous amounts of data are generated and analyzed in the latest semiconductor industry. Established yield prediction studies have dealt with one type or a dataset from procedure. However, device fabrication comprises hundreds processes, various factors affect yields. This challenge is addressed this study by using an expandable input data-based framework to include divergent adapting explaina...

simple. dependable. proven. Abstract: The treatment of adjacent level disease subsequent to lumbar fusion often involves a particularly complex and invasive surgical procedure. This case report demonstrates that the stand-alone VariLift-L Expandable Interbody Fusion Device can provide a straight-forward and clinically successful solution for these patients. Treatment of Adjacent Level Disease w...

A 47-year-old woman with stage IV chronic kidney disease developed a fistula between common carotid artery (CCA) and internal jugular vein (IJV) during central catheterization of the right IJV. The patient was treated with a self-expandable graft stent, which achieved successful closure of the carotid-jugular fistula. As demonstrated in our case, self-expandable graft stents could be a feasible...

We experimentally produced an easily debondable orthodontic adhesive (EDA) containing heat-expandable microcapsules. The purpose of this in vitro study was to evaluate the best debondable condition when EDA was used for ceramic brackets. Shear bond strengths were measured before and after heating and were compared statistically. Temperatures of the bracket base and pulp wall were also examined ...

background the transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic stent-shunt (tipss) builds a shortcut between the portal vein and a liver vein, and represents a sophisticated alternative to open surgery in the management of portal hypertension or its complications. objectives to describe clinical experiences with a low-profile nitinol stent system in tipss creation, and to assess primary and long-term s...

Abstract This study deals with improving the properties of lightweight aggregate by addition Ca-bentonite mineral to expandable clays. The bentonite can result in advanced materials which meet international standards. Besides material, twelve different clays (from Egyptian and Hungarian mines) were studied X-ray fluorescence (XRF), powder diffraction (XRD, Rietveld method), a heating microscope...

Intramedullary nailing with expandable nails is one of the techniques available for the treatment of fractures of long bones. Concerns regarding bony union have been reported in medical literature, but no case of femoral nail breakage secondary to delayed union has been reported to date. We present a case of a broken expandable femoral nail secondary to delayed union, and we describe the techni...

We describe a case of native coarctation of aorta managed with three self-expandable nitinol stents. After balloon pre-dilation, the first and second stents were dislodged. The coarcted area was successfully treated with the third stent overlapped with the previous stents. During follow up (30 months), the patient was free of complications. It seems that implantation of multiple overlapping sel...

The non-overlapping sets of pictures are sets such that no two pictures in the set (properly) overlap. They are the generalization to two dimensions of the cross-bifix-free sets of strings. Non-overlapping sets of pictures are non-expandable when no other picture can be added without violating the property. We present a construction of non-expandable non-overlapping (NENO) sets of pictures and ...

Esophageal perforation has a high rate of mortality. Many strategies have been advocated for its management. Therapeutic options are surgical repair or resection, endoscopic placement of self-expandable metallic stents or, in selected cases, conservative management.We describe a case of a 75-year-old man admitted to our hospital for forceful vomiting since 24 hours. The patient was treated with...