Abstract Bone graft procedures‚ in particular maxillofacial repair‚ account for half of the orthopedic procedures done in the US each year. Infection is a major issue in surgery‚ and should be of primary concern when engineering biomaterials. Silver is of renewed importance today‚ as it has the ability to potentiate antibiotics against resistant bacterial strains. In order to reduce long term infection risks‚ it is necessary for the scaffold to maintain a silver ion release for the length of the
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Robotic Surgery: the impacts of costs‚ access‚ and quality As technology improves‚ surgical robots are rapidly gaining support among both doctors and patients across America. Today more than 900 hospitals have the da Vinci robot which is double the number in 2007. (Freyer‚ 2010) Da Vinci robots were first approved by the FDA in 2000 for prostate removal‚ but now da Vinci robots are used for a variety of other surgical procedures (Freyer‚ 2010). Robot assisted surgery offers advantages such as
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Many tales have been told of Narcissus‚ the son of a god who fell to his peril due to his own vanity and love for himself. The story is told according to The Mythology Guide‚ and this is how it goes: Narcissus was cruel not in the case of Echo alone. He shunned all the rest of the nymphs as he had done poor Echo. One day a maiden‚ who had in vain endeavored to attract him‚ uttered a prayer that he might some time or other feel what it was to love and meet no return of affection. The avenging goddess
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The size‚ shape and proportion of a woman’s breasts can affect her self-perception‚ her femininity as well as her sense of physical balance. Dr. Nina S. Naidu is a plastic surgeon in New York City (NYC) who is dedicated to providing women with breast augmentation results that closely resemble the look and the feel of her natural breasts. Many Women Have a Breast Augmentation Following Pregnancy A breast augmentation procedure accomplishes much more than just enlarging the breasts. Ultimately‚ if
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Chapter I INTRODUCTION Plastics found everywhere. Bottles‚ utensils‚ food packagings are some examples of plastics that we use and see in our daily lifestyle. We can easily have plastics for our convience because it was sold in our market directly thus spending a little of our money. Behind these things our typical perception about plastic is just a bit of what plastics really are. For those people who are concious about our environment ‚ they say that plastics cause a wide environmental problem
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Biodegradable Plastic” Group 3 Dean Harvey Turno Maria Concepcion M. Liong Princess May Dayao Angelo Joshua Culanculan This Research paper is in Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements in Research I DMC COLLEGE FOUNDATION Science High School Department De La Salle Supervised Sta. Filomena‚ Dipolog City 1 Introduction Plastic bottles‚ plastic spoons‚ plastic packaging‚ plastic
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Background of the study Due to the overwhelming demand of plastic bag production and its effects on our environment‚ our landfills are crammed with these non-biodegradable materials. Substances used in the manufacturing brought forth various harmful chemicals which worsen over time. As the destructive compounds such as Chlorofluorocarbons were introduced‚ the complete deprivation of the Ozone Layer starts. However‚ scientists and nature preservers alike managed to overthrow this hazard‚ but not
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The Rise of Male Vanity By Erica Anne B. Santiago Men are from Mars‚ Women Are from Venus. This is the title of the 1990’s Best Selling book which tells that Men and Women are different in their own natural ways. But nowadays‚ most of the people think that sometimes this is not applicable to both genders. Dual Personality is very common and frequently seen in these days. In fact‚ Male Vanity is widely experience by most of the men. They are typically described as ’vain’ in the way they
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I took a deep breath exiting the skyscraper height white and mocha building. Dr.Meneses had just told my mother and I about a surgery that could practically change my whole life. He had said that if I didn’t go through with with this surgery that in the future I could end up being paralyzed. Of course my mom pushed me to do this surgery‚ as all parents do. My eleven year old mind went everywhere thinking of every scenario I could think of. As soon as I got home I did what I usually did read than
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about a young woman who has undergone multiple plastic surgeries and her reasons for doing this. Heidi grew up in a small town in Colorado and upon moving to Los Angeles‚ she saw women walking around with bodies straight out of magazines. She saw women with the “biggest boobs‚” and this made Heidi “flat and insecure.” She became even more insecure after landing a role on the MTV show‚ The Hills. She dove into the shallow end of the plastic surgery pool with a nose job and a breast augmentation‚
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