In a cool neutron star (T . 10 K) endowed with a rather high magnetic field (B & 10 G), a phase transition may occur in the outermost layers. As a consequence the neutron star becomes “bare”, i.e. no gaseous atmosphere sits on the top of the crust. The surface of a cooling, bare neutron star does not necessarily emit a blackbody spectrum because the emissivity is strongly suppressed at energies...

A 33-year-old male with definite Behçet's disease had rheumatoid-like nodules at his elbows. This finding, we believe, represents another manifestation of vasculitis in Behçet's disease.

Correspondence to: Professor M G Hanna, MRC Centre for Neuromuscular Diseases, Institute of Neurology and National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London WC1N 3BG, UK; [email protected] Muscle diseases impair mobility and frequently have cardiorespiratory complications. Their age of onset is extremely wide; patients may die young, or there may be lifelong motor disabil...

In this study, the interaction of fluid-structure with Ansys Fluent and Structural was analysed on a double-wall LNG piping system in marine ship. terms simulations, inner tube double-walled TSR-18008 ship designed by SU Ar-Ge Dizayn ve Mühendislik A.?. is considered. Two different simulations were made; first analysis computational fluid dynamics results obtained from imported into finite elem...

We treated post-traumatic contracture of the elbow in 13 consecutive patients (14 elbows) by operative release. Through a single medial approach, the posterior oblique bundle of the medial collateral ligament was resected, followed by posterior and anterior capsulectomies. An additional lateral release through a separate incision was required in only four elbows. The results were assessed at a ...

From 1984 to 1995, 68 ankylosed elbows and 11 which were unstable after trauma were replaced in India by Baksi sloppy hinge prostheses. The mean age of the patients was 28.6 years (17 to 70) and the mean follow-up 9.6 years (2 to 13.5). Of the 68 ankylosed elbows, 59 (87%) regained a mean arc of painless movement of 88.5 degrees (27 to 115). The mean improvement of supination was 24 degrees and...

OBJECTIVE To review functional outcomes of arthroscopic elbow synovectomy in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. METHODS Between May 1999 and December 2005, 15 patients were submitted to elbow synovectomy using an arthroscopic approach. Three cases were bilateral, totaling 18 elbows. There were two male and 13 female patients. The mean age was 44 years and five months. The mean time of previo...

Spreading of aqueous surfactant solution droplets over hydrophobic substrates proceeds in one slow stage at concentration of surfactants below some critical value and in two stages if the surfactant concentration is above the critical value: the fast and relatively short first stage is followed by a slower second stage. It is shown that the kinetics of a slow spreading at concentrations below t...