BACKGROUND Banded-gastric bypass is a highly effective bariatric procedure, yet the possibility of band erosion remains a significant drawback. Surgical removal of eroded bands may be associated with significant morbidity. In this study, we assess the efficacy and safety of a solely peroral endoscopic approach for the management of eroded bands in patients with a banded-gastric bypass. MATERI...

Quantifying crop residue cover on the soil surface is important for improving estimates of surface energy balance, net primary productivity, nutrient cycling, and carbon sequestration. Quantifying crop residue cover is also an important factor in controlling soil erosion and evaluating the effectiveness of conservation tillage practices. By reducing the movement of eroded soil into streams and ...

Risk assessment is concerned with discovering threat paths between potential attackers and critical assets, and is generally carried out during a system’s design and then at fixed intervals during its operational life. However, the currency of such analysis is rapidly eroded by system changes; in dynamic systems these include the need to support ad-hoc collaboration, and dynamic connectivity be...

Hyaline cartilage was obtained from patients undergoing synovectomy of the knee joint for rheumatoid arthritis. Eroded cartilage from beneath the invading pannus and relatively normal cartilage from the same joint were maintained in organ culture for three days. During the first 48 hours in culture the explants were exposed to 35SO4 in the medium. The equivalent layers of normal and eroded cart...

The research aims to study and analyze the physical-mechanical technological properties of eroded soils in Uzbekistan. data on susceptibility water erosion sloping lands is presented. average monthly indicators precipitation over last ten years Uzbekistan are analyzed. results determining moisture, density, hardness soil slopes It has been established that with traditional technology tillage ot...