Archives of Plastic Surgery, 2015 Background The purpose of this study was to compare postoperative morbidities and functional outcomes of pectoralis major myocutaneous (PMMC) flap and cutaneous free flap reconstruction approaches in hypopharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma patients.
Taeyul Lee +3 more
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Wake and aeroelasticity of a flexible pitching foil [PDF]
Bioinspir. Biomim. 17 045002 (2022), 2022 A flexible foil undergoing pitching oscillations is studied experimentally in a wind tunnel with different imposed free stream velocities. The chord-based Reynolds number is in the range 1600--4000, such that the dynamics of the system is governed by inertial forces and the wake behind the foil exhibits the reverse B\'enard-von K\'arm\'an vortex street
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The axillary approach to raising the latissimus dorsi free flap for facial re-animation: a descriptive surgical technique [PDF]
, 2015 The latissimus dorsi flap is popular due to the versatile nature of its applications. When used as a pedicled flap it provides a robust solution when soft tissue coverage is required following breast, thoracic and head and neck surgery.
Butler, D, Grobbelaar, A, Leckenby, J
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Free as a Bird: Event-based Dynamic Sense-and-Avoid for Ornithopter Robot Flight [PDF]
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters Volume: 7, Issue: 2, 2022, 2023 Autonomous flight of flapping-wing robots is a major challenge for robot perception. Most of the previous sense-and-avoid works have studied the problem of obstacle avoidance for flapping-wing robots considering only static obstacles. This paper presents a fully onboard dynamic sense-and-avoid scheme for large-scale ornithopters using event cameras ...
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Dynamic removal of replication protein A by Dna2 facilitates primer cleavage during Okazaki fragment processing in Saccharomyces cerevisiae [PDF]
, 2008 Eukaryotic Okazaki fragments are initiated by an RNA/DNA primer, which is removed before the fragments are joined. Polymerase d displaces the primer into a flap for processing.
Bambara, Robert A. +3 more
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Strategies Following Free Flap Failure in Lower Extremity Trauma: A Systematic Review
JPRAS Open, 2023 : Background: Free flap reconstructions are an important reconstructive option for soft tissue defects in mangled lower extremities. Microsurgery facilitates soft tissue coverage of defects that otherwise would result in amputation. However, the success
Isabelle T.S. Koster +5 more
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Modified incision design for submental flap: an excellent design method for the reconstruction of a defect after head and neck tumor resection. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 BACKGROUND: The usage of submental flap is a good method for head and neck reconstruction, but it has some risk also, such as anatomical variations and surgical errors.
Fa-yu Liu +10 more
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Rather than resonance, flapping wing flyers may play on aerodynamics to improve performance [PDF]
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA), 108 (15):
5964-5969 (2011), 2010 Saving energy and enhancing performance are secular preoccupations shared by both nature and human beings. In animal locomotion, flapping flyers or swimmers rely on the flexibility of their wings or body to passively increase their efficiency using an appropriate cycle of storing and releasing elastic energy.
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Significance of the dissociation of Dna2 by flap endonuclease 1 to Okazaki fragment processing in Saccharomyces cerevisiae [PDF]
, 2009 Okazaki fragments are initiated by short RNA/DNA primers, which are displaced into flap intermediates for processing. Flap endonuclease 1 (FEN1) and Dna2 are responsible for flap cleavage.
Ayyagari +42 more
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Development of a Reflectance Photoplethysmographic Sensor used for the Assessment of Perfusion of Free Jejunum Flaps: a case report [PDF]
, 2012 Free jejunum flaps have been widely used as a reconstruction option after total laryngopharyngectomy. Monitoring of flap perfusion assists in early detection of flap failure, increasing the possibility of flap salvage.
Belhaj, A. +4 more
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