Abstract Background In survey studies on health-state valuations, ordinal ranking exercises often are used as precursors to other elicitation methods such as the time trade-off (TTO) or standard gamble, but the ranking data have not been used Socks in deriving cardinal valuations.This study reconsiders the role of ordinal ranks in valuing health an
The aim of this surgical technical note is to provide a more secure option to prevent possible graft loosening with all-inside anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction.A triple strategy Vertical Flags is used.First, a fixed loop cortical device is used on the femoral side.Second, an internal Perfume brace augmentation for ACL graft is employ
The accurate identification of overlapping Agaricus bisporus in a factory environment is one of the challenges faced by automated picking.In order to better segment the complex adhesion between Agaricus bisporus, this paper proposes a segmentation recognition algorithm for overlapping Agaricus bisporus.This algorithm calculates the global gradient
Jingyuan Zhang,1 Carolina Oi Lam Ung,2 Anita Katharina Wagner,3 Xiaodong Guan,1,3,4 Luwen Shi1,4 1Department of Pharmacy Administration and Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, People’s Republic of China; 2State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Institute of Chinese Medical Sc
The diagnosis of lymphatic malformations can present problems with diagnosis and treatment.Non-response to a chosen procedure can magnify the initial problems or create new ones.We present such a case.CASE REPORT A 9-year-old boy initially presented with a 3-year history of soft upper eyelid mass with red-violet discoloration after hitting his head