BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Cranial abnormalities, including CND, are common in children with ANSD. The purpose of this study was to assess whether CND is associated with brain or inner ear abnormalities in a cohort of children with ANSD. MATERIALS AND METHODS Two neuroradiologists retrospectively reviewed cranial MR imaging examinations in 103 children with ANSD. Brain, cochlear nerve, and tempor...

OBJECTIVES It remains unclear as to whether routine central neck dissection (CND) is necessary when performing surgery to treat patients with papillary thyroid microcarcinoma (PTMC). To determine the necessity for routine CND in PTMC patients, we reviewed the clinicopathologic and laboratory data of the patients of PTMC. METHODS Between September 2001 and July 2005, 101 patients with PTMC and...

The evolution of dispersed short-fatigue-cracks is analysed based on the equilibrium of crack-number-density (CND). By separating the mean value and the stochastic ̄uctuation of local CND, the equilibrium equation of overall CND is derived. Comparing with the mean-®eld equilibrium equation, the equilibrium equation of overall CND has di€erent forms in the expression of crack-nucleation-rate or ...

Biological molecules conjugating with nanoparticles are valuable for applications including bio-imaging, bio-detection, and bio-sensing. Nanometer-sized diamond particles have excellent electronic and chemical properties for bio-conjugation. In this study, we manipulated the carboxyl group produced on the surface of nanodiamond (carboxylated nanodiamond, cND) for conjugating with alpha-bungarot...

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS To investigate the role of elective central compartment neck dissection (CND) in patients with recurrent papillary thyroid carcinoma in the jugular chain lymph nodes. STUDY DESIGN Retrospective medical record review and analysis of survival outcomes. METHODS The study was conducted at Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University. Fi...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Little is known about chronic neuromotor disability (CND) including cerebral palsy and motor impairments after acquired brain injury in children surviving early complex cardiac surgery (CCS). We sought to determine the frequency and presentation of CND in this population while exploring potentially modifiable acute care predictors. METHODS This prospective follow-up ...

We address the question of the dynamics in the inner 50 pc of the Galactic Centre. In a first step we investigate the cloud–cloud collision rate in the Circum-nuclear Disk (CND) with the help of a three dimensional N–body code using gas particles that can have inelastic collisions. The CND might be a longer lived structure than previously assumed. The whole disk–like structure of the CND can th...

We study the correspondence between normalization of two well-known constructive classical logic, namely CND (Parigot 92) and LKT (Danos-Joinet-Schellinx 93). For this, we develop term calculi. We then show translation from CND to LKT and show the simulation theorem; the normalization of CND can be simulated by cut-elimination of LKT. Furthermore, we argue that the translation can be considered...

BACKGROUND Prophylactic central neck dissection (CND) for papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) remains controversial. The aim of this study was to examine whether prophylactic CND for PTC affected long-term survival and locoregional control. METHODS This was a retrospective cohort study of patients who underwent total thyroidectomy (TT) with bilateral prophylactic CND. They were compared with patie...

This paper introduces a new concept of stochastic dependence among many random variables which we call conditional neighborhood dependence (CND). Suppose that there are a set of random variables and a set of sigma algebras where both sets are indexed by the same set endowed with a neighborhood system. When the set of random variables satisfies CND, any two non-adjacent sets of random variables ...