remaining three ulnar digits appeared normal. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed characteristics of macrodystrophia lipomatosa such as enlargement and marked proliferation of the adipose tissues of the left hand, especially the radial aspect. MRI also demonstrated excessive fibrofatty tissue around the affected digits. This tissue has the same signal characteristics as fat on MRI, that i...

Background Generalised excessive or prolonged foot pronation has been implemented in numerous functional changes to the lower limb resulting in overuse injuries affecting the lower back hip, knee, lower leg, ankle and foot. Motion control components incorporated in midsole of shoes have been based on biomechanical reasoning which assumes excessive motion can be controlled via mechanisms of rest...

Using a survey-interview method on 50 randomly selected farmers, the study intends to report effects of excessive vegetable production in barangay farmers’ economic conditions, traditional practices, interactions, and environment. The respondents were composed 52% middle-aged 28% young 20% elderly farmers; 76% male 24% female. Economically, cultivation has increased financial capability, provid...

drying foodstuffs can have negative effects on quantitative and qualitative characteristics of the products, including porosity and bulk density. therefore, novel technologies can be used to improve these characteristics. in this study, apparent density changes during drying grapes pretreated with ultrasound for 10, 20 and 30 minutes, and carboxymethyl cellulose (cmc) at three concentrations of...