the available shear correction factors have mainly been developed for homogeneous isotropic plates and/or assuming that no shear tractions are imposed on the top and bottom surfaces of the plate. in the present research, a more general case of a circular functionally graded plate subjected to non-uniform normal and shear tractions at the top and bottom surfaces is considered. these non-uniform ...

 Abstract Background: Patient satisfaction with the cosmetic result of spinal fusion surgery was studied in 40 cases of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. Neutral or dissatisfied patients were compared with satisfied patients in several physical and psychological characteristics. The aim of the study was to determine whether adolescents generally report satisfaction with the postoperative appeara...

OBJECTIVE To examine the frequency, severity, risk factors and mortality of hypokalemia, and efficacy of therapy used for its correction. DESIGN Descriptive, retrospective analysis. SAMPLE 290 patient records admitted consecutively to a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) over a period of one year. RESULTS Forty three (14.8%) patients had 54 episodes of hypokalemia. Predisposing factors ...

Automatic detection and correction of errors in the residue number system involves the conversion of residue representations to integers and base extension. The residue number system is generally restricted to moduli that are pairwise relatively prime. In this paper we consider error detection and correction using a moduli set with common factors. A method to construct a moduli set that leads t...

OBJECTIVE To validate previously computed correction factors for free β-human chorionic gonadotrophin (fβ-hCG) and pregnancy-associated plasma protein-A (PAPP-A) in in vitro fertilization (IVF) and intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) pregnancies with hormone treatment and to determine the effect on false-positive rate (FPR). METHODS Retrospective study on 249 IVF and 250 ICSI cases and 20...

abstract background: in vivo measurements of applied dose during radiotherapy treatment, is important to ensure accurate dose delivery to patients. uncertainty in dose delivery should fall within ±5% of the prescribed dose as recommended by icru. assessment of dose for radiotherapy applications performed with various types of detectors. in this study, semiconductor diodes were used which have s...

Definition of Deformity Evaluation of Lower Limb Deformities Indications for Correction of Lower Limb Deformities Preoperative Planning Planning the Level of Osteotomy Other Factors in Determining the Level of the Osteotomy Determining the True Plane of the Deformity Translation Deformities . Angulation/Translation Deformities Multi-Apical Angular Deformities Joint Laxity Deformities of the Kne...

Energy-corrected finite element methods provide an attractive technique to deal with elliptic problems in domains with re-entrant corners. Optimal convergence rates in weighted L2-norms can be fully recovered by a local modification of the stiffness matrix at the re-entrant corner, and no pollution effect occurs. Although the existence of optimal correction factors is established, it remains op...