Tying secure knots is essential in arthroscopic surgery. A new slip knot for arthroscopic shoulder surgery is described. Locking of the knot is accomplished by pulling the post strand. Knot tying is simple and a low-profile, secure knot is produced.

This paper describes the new framework of context-dependent (CD) Initial/Final (IF) acoustic modeling using the decision tree based state tying for continuous Chinese speech recognition. The Extended Initial/Final (XIF) set is chosen as the basic speech recognition unit (SRU) set according to the Chinese language characteristics, which outperforms the standard IF set. An adaptive mixture increa...

In this paper, an approach of dynamic threshold setting via Bayesian Information Criterion (BIC) in HMM training is described. The BIC threshold setting is applied to two important applications. Firstly, it is used to set the thresholds for decision tree based state tying, in place of the conventional approach of using a heuristic constant threshold. Secondly, it is applied to choosing the numb...

This article examines the practice of " tying, " which occurs when an underwriter lends to an issuer around the time of a public securities offering in order to secure underwriting business. We examine the following questions: (i) Does the issuing firm benefit from tying practices? (ii) If so, what is the source of these benefits? Why do underwriters tie lending to underwriting? (iii) How has t...

The objective of the video is to demonstrate importance a post in laparoscopic extracorporeal knot tying. When tying knots with one strand under tension (for example during tying) it essential that tensioned (or strand) alternated order ensure secure are thrown (a concept described as switching). While there have been several papers and instructional videos about switching arthroscopic little w...

PURPOSE To compare the results of arthroscopic Bankart repair completed with knot-tying with results of the procedure performed with knotless suture anchors. METHODS We evaluated 82 patients who underwent arthroscopic Bankart repair. A total of 61 patients were treated with knot-tying suture anchors, and 21 patients were treated with knotless suture anchors during the same period. In all, 75 ...