SURGICAL OUTCOMES AND COMPLICATIONS OF CUSTOM-MADE PROSTHESES IN UPPER LIMB ONCOLOGICAL RECONSTRUCTION: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW

Surgical Outcomes and Complications of Custom-Made Prostheses in Upper Limb Oncological Reconstruction: A Systematic Review

Bone tumors of the upper limb are a common cause of bone pain and pathological fractures in both old and young populations.Surgical reconstruction and limb salvage have become valid options for these patients despite this kind of surgery being challenging due to the need for wide bone resection and the involvement of surrounding soft tissues.Comput

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Discrete Element Method Simulations of an Innovative Magnetic Stirred Device for the Top-down Production of Ferromagnetic Nanoparticles

Nanoparticles (NPs) are relevant in several industrial applications due to their peculiar properties with respect to their bulk precursor material.Hence, there is a growing need to develop novel technical solutions to synthetize such NPs by simple, eco-friendly, and cost-effective processes.In this regard, the authors have recently proposed a strat

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Identification and characterization of epicuticular proteins of nematodes sharing motifs with cuticular proteins of arthropods.

Specific collagens and insoluble proteins called cuticlins are major constituents of the nematode cuticles.The epicuticle, which forms the outermost electron-dense layer of the cuticle, is composed of another category of insoluble proteins called epicuticlins.It is distinct from the insoluble cuticlins localized in the cortical layer and the fibrou

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A spectrum of free software tools for processing the VCF variant call format: vcflib, bio-vcf, cyvcf2, hts-nim and slivar.

Since its introduction in 2011 the variant call format (VCF) has been widely adopted for processing DNA and RNA variants in practically all population studies-as well as in somatic and germline mutation studies.The VCF Bag format can represent single nucleotide variants, multi-nucleotide variants, insertions and deletions, and simple structural var

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A Preliminary Report on Prehistoric Investigation in the Middle Ong River Basin with Particular Reference to the Uttali and the Ghensali Stream, Southern Bargarh Upland, Odisha

The paper presents a preliminary report on the systematic surface exploration conducted in the Middle Ong basin with particular focus on the northern tributaries, viz.the Uttali, Ghensali and Mongragod stream in the southern Bargarh Upland of Western Odisha.The investigations have resulted in the discovery of 43 new prehistoric sites in the area wi

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