APPROVED: ___________________________________________________________ Committee Chair, Maura McAuliffe, CRNA, PhD, USAF,NC Date ___________________________________________________________ Committee Co-Chair, Louis R. Cantilena,Jr., MD, PhD Date ___________________________________________________________ Member; Eugene Levine, B.B.A., M.P.A., PhD Date ____________________________________________...

The algorithms used for reduction of data obtained in a Fabry-Perot interferometer mode of the new focal reducer of the 6m telescope SCORPIO are described. The main attention is focused on the procedures of photometry correction of channels and night sky emission subtraction, which is especially important for observations with a CCD in comparison with a photon counter. The influence of various ...

INTRODUCTION: Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) has become a standard operative procedure to relieve pain and restore function in patients with osteoarthritis. Polyethylene (Pe) mobile bearing (MB) inserts have been developed to minimize implant wear, prolong prosthesis survival and evoke less anterior knee pain due to better self-alignment. The aim of this study was to compare the clinical, radiol...

Seventeen new species of Scolytodes Ferrari are described from Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and Argentina: Scolytodes cenchros, S. concavifrons, S. conpunctus, S. fraterniatratus, S. frontocarinatus, S. solarius and S. trigonus from Cecropia leafstalks; S. pascopomus from a fruit husk; S. obovatus, S. clusiaphilus, S. clusiapraelatus and S. uniseriatus from Clusia litter sifting; S. grosse...

Background and purpose - Severe backside wear, observed in older generations of total knee replacements (TKRs), led to redesign of locking mechanisms to reduce micromotions between tibial tray and inlay. Since little is known about whether this effectively reduces backside wear in modern designs, we examined backside damage in retrievals of various contemporary fixed-bearing TKRs. Patients and ...