EVALUATION OF THE PLEURAL DISRUPTION FOLLOWING COSTOCHONDRAL GRAFT HARVESTING FROM FOURTH TO SEVENTH RIBS OF ADULT MALE CADAVER

Costochondral and rib grafts have long been used for reconstruction of lost condyle.Donor site morbidity has less been under investigation and researched.Pleural disruption pneumothorax and ugly scars are among the donor site complications.This study aims to determine the rate of pleural disruption following costochondral CAL/MAG graft harvesting f

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Modeling and Experimental Study of a Small Scale Olive Pomace Gasifier for Cogeneration: Energy and Profitability Analysis

A thermodynamic model of a combined heat and power (CHP) plant, fed by syngas produced by dry olive pomace gasification is here presented.An experimental study is carried out to inform the proposed model.The plant is designed to produce electric power (200 kWel) and hot-water by using a cogenerative micro gas turbine (micro GT).Before being release

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Set-based Tasks within the Singularity-robust Multiple Task-priority Inverse Kinematics Framework: General Formulation, Stability Analysis and Experimental Results

Inverse kinematics algorithms are commonly used in robotic systems to transform tasks to joint references, and several methods exist to ensure the achievement of several tasks simultaneously.The Patch multiple task-priority inverse kinematicsframework allows tasks to be considered in a prioritized order by projecting task velocities through the nul

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