‘Eagle’s’ syndrome is a rare condition in which an ossified stylohyoid ligament may endanger neural and vascular structures in the neck (Eagle, 1949, 1962; Rechtweg et al., 1998; Rodriguez-Vazquez et al., 2006; Chuang et al., 2007). Compression of one or other of these structures may give rise to symptoms including unilateral neck pain, dysphagia, otalgia and tinnitus (Kaufman et al., 1970; Omn...

•We observed that Low-Density ParityCheck (LDPC) codes based on partial geometries have superior performance to randomly constructed codes when decoded iteratively with the sum-product algorithm. •The reason for this good performance are redundant rows in the parity-check matrix. •We compared a parity-check matrix with redundant rows (Hredundant) with a matrix with full rank (Hfull) representin...

OBJECTIVE The application of cell-based therapies in regenerative medicine is hindered by the difficulty of acquiring adequate numbers of competent cells. For the knee meniscus in particular, this may be solved by harvesting tissue from neighboring tendons and ligaments. In this study, we have investigated the potential of cells from tendon and ligament, as compared to meniscus cells, to engine...

in order to compare yield and agronomic characteristics of 38 new winter rapessed (brassica napus l.) cultivars along with okapi as check, a field experiment was carried out based on randomized complete block design during 2009-10 cropping season with three. rapeseed cultivars showed significant differences for all traits at 1 percent probability level. in this research, es betty, nk karibik, n...

BACKGROUND During paravertebral block, the anterolateral limit of the paravertebral space, which consists of the pleura, should preferably not be perforated. Also it is possible that, during the block, the constant superior costotransverse ligament can be missed in the loss-of-resistance technique. We therefore aimed to develop a new technique for an ultrasound-guided puncture of the paraverteb...

The coracoclavicular ligaments vary widely in morphology and anatomic descriptions. Few authors have adequately described the coracoclavicular ligaments' anatomy, and a number of discrepancies exist in the anatomy literature. This study examines the complex anatomy of the coracoclavicular ligaments and their relationships to clinically important bony landmarks. The geometric dimensions of 24 co...

OBJECTIVES The objective of this study was to investigate the ligaments in the exit zone of lumbar foramen and describe their anatomic relationships with adjacent structures. Few studies have been reported on the ligaments of foramen and the anatomic relationships on the lumbar level. The ligament described in this study is novel since it has not been reported previously. METHODS Ten male and...

BACKGROUND Several trials have compared the clinical results between anatomic double-bundle and single-bundle anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction procedures. However, it remains controversial whether the anatomic double-bundle procedure is superior to the single-bundle procedure. HYPOTHESIS The anatomic double-bundle procedure will be better than the single-bundle procedure at resisting...

PURPOSE The purpose of this study is to provide better understanding as to how the "double" vascular arcades, in contrast to other intestinal marginal vessels, develop along the right margin of the pancreatic head. MATERIALS AND METHODS In human fetuses between 8-30 weeks, we described the topographical anatomy of the vessels, bile duct, duodenum as well as the ventral and dorsal primordia of...