0141-0296/$ see front matter 2012 Elsevier Ltd. A http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.engstruct.2012.03.013 ⇑ Corresponding author. Tel.: +351 22 508 1901; fa E-mail addresses: [email protected] (D. Ribeiro), r [email protected] (R. Delgado), [email protected] uni-weimar.de (V. Zabel). This article describes the calibration of the numerical model of a bowstring-arch railway bridge based on modal param...

Background: The liver hanging maneuver is a useful technique to transect the liver parenchyma in an open approach while lifting it with a tape passed between the anterior surface of the inferior vena cava and the liver parenchyma. The hanging maneuver during laparoscopic liver resection is not routinely utilized. Materials and Methods: We describe the technique and results of a modified hanging...

BACKGROUND Malignant tumors of the salivary glands comprise about 3% to 5% of all head and neck carcinomas. The purpose of our study was to find possible predictive and/or prognostic markers for parotid cancer. METHODS A total of 46 tissue samples of carcinomas of the parotid gland were immunohistochemically stained for ß-catenin, cyclin D1, and PIN1. The factors were analyzed regarding their...

Background: The liver hanging maneuver is a useful technique to transect the liver parenchyma in an open approach while lifting it with a tape passed between the anterior surface of the inferior vena cava and the liver parenchyma. The hanging maneuver during laparoscopic liver resection is not routinely utilized. Materials and Methods: We describe the technique and results of a modified hanging...

Background: The liver hanging maneuver is a useful technique to transect the liver parenchyma in an open approach while lifting it with a tape passed between the anterior surface of the inferior vena cava and the liver parenchyma. The hanging maneuver during laparoscopic liver resection is not routinely utilized. Materials and Methods: We describe the technique and results of a modified hanging...

Background/Aims: To determine the roughness of the surface of human skin at highly sun-exposed anatomical sites in a wide age range in order to derive consequences for sunscreen application. Methods: The forehead, cheek, nose, shoulder, and dorsal hand of 4 age groups (0–9, 20–39, 40– 59, and >60 years) were investigated by replica formation, and areal topography was determined by confocal chro...

We present a critical review of descriptive complexity approaches to inductive inference. Inductive inference is denned as any process by which a model of the world is formed from observations. The descriptive complexity approach is a formalization of Occam's razor: choose the simplest model consistent with the data. Descriptive complexity as defined by Kolmogorov, Chaitin and Solomonoff is pre...

Abstract Introduction Idiopathic hypersomnia is a debilitating central disorder of hypersomnolence. The Real World Hypersomnia Outcomes Study (ARISE) assessed the symptoms and impact idiopathic hypersomnia. Methods US-based adults with or without long sleep time (LST; ≥11 hours in 24-hour period [self-reported]) completed an online survey assessing symptom severity (Epworth Sleepiness Scale [ES...