Surgical Repair of an Atraumatic Avulsion of Patellar Tendon at the Tibial Tuberosity in an Adult Patient by Lorenzo Maria Di Giacomo, M. Shahid Khan, Michele Bisaccia, R. Rende, G. Rinonapoli, A. Caraffa

“…Here we are sharing the successful management and follow-up of a similar case with a different suture material for repair of the tendon, the FiberWire. We believe that the management we are discussing allows for early return to activity with good functional outcome.…”
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IFDR: An Efficient Iterative Optimization Algorithm for Standard Cell Placement by Feng Cheng, Junfa Mao

“…Experiments on the Microelectronics Center of North Carolina (MCNC) standard cell benchmarks [http://www.cbl.ncsu.edu/pub/Benchmark_ dirs/Layout Synth92/] have been done, and the results show that total wire length is reduced up to 25% and by an average of 16% in comparison with that from the placement algorithm of TimberWolf7.0.…”
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Reflectometric System for Continuous and Automated Monitoring of Irrigation in Agriculture by Egidio De Benedetto, Giuseppe Cannazza, Antonio Masciullo, Christian Demitri, Andrea Cataldo

“…In practical application, each wire-like SE is buried along the cultivation row to be monitored, and through a single TDR measurement it is possible to retrieve the water content profile of the cultivation along the length of the SE. …”
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Analysis of Nanodipoles in Optical Nanocircuits Fed by Gaussian Beam by Karlo Costa, Victor Dmitriev, Janilson Souza, Gustavo Silvano

“…We analyze impedance matching and excitation properties of a plasmonic optical nanocircuit composed by a receiving and an emitting dipole connected by a two-wire optical transmission line. The circuit is fed by a circular Gaussian beam focused on the receiving dipole. …”
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Essential Attributes of Clear Aligner Therapy in terms of Appliance Configuration, Hygiene, and Pain Levels during the Pandemic: A Brief Review by Anand Marya, Adith Venugopal, Nikhilesh Vaid, Mohammad Khursheed Alam, Mohmed Isaqali Karobari

“…The undesired tooth movements that may occur with arch wire-guided mechanics in addition to problems with cut wires or removed brackets may be minimized with the use of aligners. …”
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Prison efforts to protect escaped prisoners (study at prison class II B Kuantan Singingi, Riau Province) by Kasmanto Rinaldi

“…In addition, in terms of facilities and building conditions, building and security improvements are also carried out to minimize residents from escaping or running away from prisons such as the addition of barbed wire so that fences are not easy to climb. The conclusion of this study is effort.…”
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Converting a Microwave Oven into a Plasma Reactor: A Review by Victor J. Law, Denis P. Dowling

“…A particular focus of this review is the passive and active nature of wire aerial electrodes, igniters, and thermal/chemical plasma catalyst in the generation of atmospheric plasma. …”
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Metallic Stents for Proximal Tracheal Stenosis: Is It Worth the Risk? by Sandeep Bansal, Shruti Dhingra, Babita Ghai, Ashok K. Gupta

“…He had history of corrosive poisoning for which he was tracheotomised. A stainless steel wire mesh stent was placed in the trachea, from the subglottis, to just above the carina. …”
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The Effect of using a Semi-Automatic Foam Cutting Machine on The Characteristics of Foam Patterns in The Lost Foam Casting by Sadegh Mirzamohammadi, Abbas Abbasian, Seyed Jalal Hashemi

“…<p>In this research, a modern method for making foam patterns, which is one of the most important steps of casting with a lost foam pattern, has been used. A semi-automatic hot wire machine was built to cut and create foam patterns. …”
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Enlarged current injection model for the power flow solution of unbalanced distribution networks by Rubén Carmona-Pardo, Álvaro Rodríguez del Nozal, Esther Romero-Ramos, Antonio Gómez-Expósito

“…This paper presents an approach for the power flow solution of three-phase, four-wire unbalanced distribution networks. The proposed formulation uses rectangular coordinates and, unlike most earlier approaches, both bus voltages and injected currents are retained as variables. …”
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The first experience of the usage of leadless pacemaker in Ukraine by O.M. Grytsay, Ya.V. Skybchyk, E.V. Zhytynskyi, V.O. Kuts, O.J. Zharinov

“…The article presents literature review about pacemakers of different generations. It is indicated that wire-type of pacemakers are accompanied by frequent local complications which are related to the system of electrodes, i.e. electrode fracture, electrode dislocation, subclavian vein thrombosis, right ventricle perforation resulting in hemopericardium, pneumothorax and infectious complications. …”
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Experimental Investigation of the Flow Field in a Multistage Axial Flow Compressor by B. Lakshminarayana, N. Suryavamshi, J. Prato, R. Moritz

“…The measurements include area traverse of a miniature five hole probe (1.07 mm dia) downstream of stator 2, radial traverses of a miniature five hole probe at the inlet, downstream of stator 3 and at the exit of the compressor at various circumferential locations, area traverse of a low response thermocouple probe downstream of stator 2, radial traverses of a single sensor hot-wire probe at the inlet, and casing static pressure measurements at various circumferential and axial locations across the compressor at the peak efficiency operating point. …”
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Irreducible Dislocation of the Great Toe Interphalangeal Joint Secondary to an Incarcerated Sesamoid by Hamid Rahmatullah Bin Abd Razak, Zi-Yang Chia, Hwee-Chye Andrew Tan

“…The patient was treated with open surgical exploration, resection of the interposed sesamoid, and Kirschner-wire fixation of the IP joint followed by occupational therapy for mobilization exercises. …”
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Impact of Dual Placement and Routing on WDDL Netlist Security in FPGA by Emna Amouri, Habib Mehrez, Zied Marrakchi

“…It achieves perfectly balanced routed signals in terms of wire length and switch number.…”
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Enhanced Light Trapping in Thin Film Solar Cells Using a Plasmonic Fishnet Structure by Sayan Seal, Vinay Budhraja, Liming Ji, Vasundara V. Varadan

“…Unlike other previously suggested discrete plasmonic particles, the fishnet is an electrically connected wire mesh that does not result in light field localization, which leads to high absorption losses. …”
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Diagnosis of Elevator Faults with LS-SVM Based on Optimization by K-CV by Zhou Wan, Shilin Yi, Kun Li, Ran Tao, Min Gou, Xinshi Li, Shu Guo

“…After diagnosing deviated elevator guide rail, deviated shape of guide shoe, abnormal running of tractor, erroneous rope groove of traction sheave, deviated guide wheel, and tension of wire rope, the results suggested that the LS-SVM based on K-CV optimization was one of effective methods for diagnosing elevator malfunctions.…”
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Modal Resonant Frequencies and Radiation Quality Factors of Microstrip Antennas by Jan Eichler, Pavel Hazdra, Miloslav Capek, Milos Mazanek

“…Similarly, as predicted from the simple wire model, the radiation Q exhibits a minimum too. …”
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Optimization of Mechanical Crimping in the Terminal Crimping Process Using a Response Surface Methodology by Kaona Jongwuttanaruk, Chalermsak Thavornwat

“…Using samples built to this compaction range provides the best opportunity to pass such tests whilst also addressing the problem of loose wire strands for a pull force of more than 8 Kgf. …”
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Comparison of Photonic to Plasmonic Mode Converters for Plasmonic Multiple-Input Devices by Samantha Lubaba Noor, Francky Catthoor, Dennis Lin, Pol Van Dorpe, Azad Naeemi

“…Our design includes both directional and end coupling schemes of plasmonic waveguide and Si photonic waveguides of wire and slot configurations. We optimize the performance of the converters considering the pitch mismatch between the photonic and plasmonic waveguides, the total footprint, and mode conversion efficiency.…”
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Rectification properties of gold–alkanedithiol–graphene hybrid junctions: Enhancing performance through molecular engineering by Mohammad Norouzi, Ehsan Rahimi

“…In this study, we investigate the rectification properties of hybrid molecular junctions featuring gold and graphene nanoribbon (GNR) electrodes, with an alkanedithiol molecular wire covalently bonded to the gold electrode and the edges of the GNR electrode, aligned coplanarly with the GNR surface. …”
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