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The patient with a prosthetic aortic valve who presents with infective endocarditis and an extensive annular abscess should undergo surgery before massive dehiscence occurs.
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Nothing has been seen like this in prosthetics before.
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But the little girl has amazed her family and doctors by bouncing back and learning how to walk on her prosthetic legs.
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The active site or prosthetic group of all the cytochromes is an iron containing porphyrin, or heme.
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Now they want him to have a new prosthetic hand with a 'spork'.
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Services charities say not enough is being spent on prosthetic legs and arms in some areas.
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There are sports bras, nursing bras, bras designed to take prosthetic breasts for women who have undergone mastectomies.
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A third promising avenue of research is the emerging field of bionics: In the last two years, 26 people in the U.S. and Europe have been outfitted with new prosthetic devices designed to restore their vision.
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He believes the technique could be developed within a decade to restore movement to a tetraplegic's hand or feeling to a prosthetic leg used by an amputee.
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Things such as seeing people with prosthetic legs wearing shorts.
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As an aside, it occurred to me that Tyrion could have fulfilled the prophecy if he'd killed Cersei with the same improvised garotte he used to take his revenge on Shae -- and that Jaime might find the Hand's chain of office "handy" himself for the purpose, given that his gold prosthetic isn't really suitable for tasks like strangling psychopathic sisters.
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He will get special kit to steer the plane, using his prosthetic leg to control the rudder pedals.
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She has a prosthetic limb after being born without a left forearm.
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This patient, a 10 year old boy, had subaortic obstruction and had outgrown his original prosthetic aortic valve.
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For all of the hero zombies, we had to get the people who played them, mostly friends, to have complete head casts so that the prosthetics could be applied properly.
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Researchers are experimenting with injectible myoelectric sensors (IMES) that detect muscle activity and wirelessly transmit commands to the prosthetic arm.
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It may be favorable to avoid using the S-shaped artery in operations to correct or bypass arterial stenosis when utilizing prosthetic or autologous vessels.
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He weights about 260 pounds, so the actor playing this part will need to be well padded and made up with prosthetics as he is required to be only 170 pounds in Act Two.
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When that wasn't enough, he then smothered the man in makeup, a cumbersome costume, and ludicrous prosthetics.
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There isn't much comedy in the film, unless you consider an actor walking around with a prosthetic penis a hoot.
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Objective To evaluate the clinical value of prosthetic disc nucleus (PDN-solo) replacement for lumbar disc herniation by comparing it with traditional solely discectomy.
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Nearly 62 patients have regained certain degree of mobility of their limbs and free prosthetic and orthotic appliances have been given to all the needy patients.
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It is a prosthetic rubber nose fitted after the original was removed because of skin cancer.
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Looking closer, they might just see the edge of the prosthetic nose she is forced to wear to disguise her disfigured features.
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The gang have been known to alter their looks with prosthetic make-up.
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Prosthetic limbs are dropped by parachute to a wind blown field hospital for land mine victims.
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Until now, researchers working on brain prosthetics have used different algorithms depending on what method they were using to measure brain activity.
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For instance, a new prosthesis costing twice as much as a current prosthesis but only leading, at best, to a 20% reduction in prosthetic failure would not justify a trial or licensing.
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I want to work in make-up prosthetics on sci-fi and horror films so this is the first step towards getting my dream job.
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WPI, which is home to a Bioengineering Institute and Center for Neuroprosthetics, also brings extensive multidisciplinary expertise in basic and applied prosthesis research, including areas such as biomaterials, biofilm-resistant surface, soft and hard tissue integration, neuron growth, and tissue regeneration.
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If you're going through all the trouble of developing a prosthetic, what other nonnormal capabilities can be developed?" says Huffman.
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Another possible advantage was that the prosthetics might allow the athlete to get back more of the energy they put into the track compared with able-bodied athletes.
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The media have documented a string of monstrous cases in which prosthetic breasts have been exposed and urostomy bags worn by bladder-cancer patients have been disconnected, with humiliating consequences.
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The term survival of total joint replacements is dependent on the prevention of periprosthetic osteolysis.
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This branch of science is known as neural prosthetics.
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Objective To investigate the reasons of the exposure of prosthetics to improve the effection of rhinoplasty.
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In mammalian peroxidases, the prosthetic group is deeply buried inside the bulk of the protein and is covalently linked to the apoprotein through ester bonds.
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We don't even give a second thought to using prosthetics like contact lenses, but subconsciously, we ask ourselves: does this change me?
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Many prosthetic hands were simple clamps or hooks driven by cables attached to harnesses slung across the shoulders and back of the wearer.
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Advancements in the use of anesthetic agents, infection control, blood typing, and prosthetics saved numerous lives and gave hope to the wounded.
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Having a prosthetic hand was heavy and quite annoying when you were pretending to be a butterfly!
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The Björk-Shiley convexo-concave prosthetic valve was introduced in 1979.
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One of the selling points is that he doesn't wear prosthetics in the role, far right.
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The three-year-old from Chippenham visited prosthetics specialists in Dorset last week, to have new fittings to make her false legs more comfortable.
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Make-up, prosthetics, and a lot of hair was used to get the effect of their heads being enlarged.
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No sweat off Fillion's bloodied brow as he invites people to freely take a poke at the gelatin prosthetics that have been adhered to his face.
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Let's say we look at robotics or prosthetics.
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Services charities say not enough is being spent on prosthetic legs and arms in some areas.
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Since 1999, he has been an independent consultant in prosthetics and orthotics and therefore may have a consulting relationship with any of the companies mentioned in this article.
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This week he collected his Doctorate of Philosophy from Salford University, where he is a lecturer in prosthetics and orthotics.
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Following the surgery, Jessica learned to walk with prosthetics in record time.
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Things such as seeing people with prosthetic legs wearing shorts.
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Working at the intersection of computer science, biophysics, material science, biomechanics, and psychophysics, Matsuoka creates sophisticated prosthetic devices and designs complementary rehabilitation strategies.
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On that night, the velodrome will be welcoming donations and pledges for Dave's rehab, prosthetics and education.
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A make-up and prosthetics artist will be on hand to transform you into your favourite character.
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The powerful energy source may revolutionise the design of prosthetic limbs, making the idea of bionic man a real possibility.
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This is the technology that will someday lead to the kind of prosthetics I wrote about in Hammered.
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As for some of the strange casting choices, he states a belief that actors need not look like the recognizable people they are playing; as long as they have heart, the prosthetics department will do the rest.
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With this unique technology, the company believes that it is the first and only company positioned to develop and manufacture a new generation of all metal micromesh covered stents for the cardiovascular market, while also developing other implantable prosthetic devices for the orthopedic and cosmetic implant markets, to fulfill its mission of creating safer and more predictable implantable prosthetic devices for a variety of medical needs.
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There were prosthetics, too - silicone pieces which go on the skin, which absorb the light.
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Services charities say not enough is being spent on prosthetic legs and arms in some areas.
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Comparing Olympic hopeful sprinter Oscar Pistorius, a double-leg amputee, to ultrarunner Amy Palmiero-Winters, a single-leg amputee, is impossible, says the co-author of a study that found Pistorius 'light and springy prosthetics enhanced sprint speeds by 15%-30%.
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She has a prosthetic limb after being born without a left forearm.
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Soon he will have his right leg amputated at the knee and replaced with a prosthetic limb.
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Following studies of biomedical applications of nitinol, researchers at the University of Florida recently began to explore the potential use of the alloy in the construction of prosthetic limbs.
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It's very personal, and for me, I knew that if I was just going to put on a fat suit and wear prosthetics, there was going to be a part of me that never really felt authentic about it.
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She has a prosthetic limb after being born without a left forearm.
The Sun
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He has an arrangement with a hospital that sends him rejected prosthetic arms.
Times, Sunday Times
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We definitely got the most hideous make-up and prosthetics.
The Sun
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Metal foam has also been used to form prosthetic bones and limbs.
Times, Sunday Times
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Also, can amputees expect advanced prosthetic legs from a free healthcare system?
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Although in development, there are currently no prosthetic tracheal substitutes.
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Obtaining artificial limbs is both complicated and costly, but there are organizations that offer affordable prosthetics designed specifically for this region.
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In comparison, implanted biomaterials, prosthetics, and devices have inanimate surfaces.
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I [spent] about four hours in prosthetics ’cause all those hooks and pieces through the wrists and cuffs and everything, and once I was done I walked on stage and they hooked me up.
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The dodgy prosthetic gnashers must be a real treat to wrap your tongue around.
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Much of the progress in the field of prosthetics over the last fifty years has been due to cooperation between prosthetists, surgeons, engineers, and materials scientists.
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The bed must have the ability to break in the center (eg, a kidney rest) to open the spine for lordotic angulation during prosthetic placement.
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In this case, cineplastic surgery was performed to prepare the limb for the use of a prosthetic.
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For the moment, the NGO's main focus is to set up a facility to produce longer-term prosthetics for Haiti's newly disabled population.
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The harvested cell pellet was red, which suggested that the prosthetic group heme was synthesized by the bacterium.
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But shocked neighbours saw it and called 999, thinking the gruesome prosthetic was real.
The Sun
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But he was able to feel again by using the pioneering prosthetic hand which was wired directly into the nerves of his upper arm.
The Sun
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The material might ultimately replace titanium in prosthetics and bone repair surgery.
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She is now learning to use a prosthetic limb.
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Hochberg LR, Serruya MD, Friehs GM, Mukand JA, Saleh M, et al. (2006) Neuronal ensemble control of prosthetic devices by a human with tetraplegia.
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Unfortunately, the absence of endothelial cells at the luminal surface of prosthetic vascular grafts potentiates thrombosis and neointimal hyperplasia.
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But his civilian job as clinical manager at the prosthetics and orthotics clinic at Mississippi Methodist Rehabilitation Center was never far from his mind.
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This week he collected his Doctorate of Philosophy from Salford University, where he is a lecturer in prosthetics and orthotics.
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Twentieth-century dentists continued to devote much of their practice to prosthetics, replacing missing parts of the mouth and jaw with artificial devices such as dentures and bridges.
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If this happens, your knee joint can be replaced with a prosthetic one.
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For adults, we will pay for one external prosthetic device. For children up to the age of 16, we will pay for the initial prosthetic device and up to two replacement devices.
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Thanks to his jumbo-sized prosthetic foot, Chhouk the baby elephant has learned to walk again.
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Here are prosthetic tools missing vital parts, a shelf rendered impractical by being made of cardboard, a water cabinet designated as sculptural, and a roll of woodchip wallpaper with every single chip obsessively hand-coloured.
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The cornea-prosthetic complex was implanted in 78 eyes with vascular leukomas.
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February 2nd, 2010 at 9: 18 pm ralph the wonder llama, official spokesllama for the Llama Milk Council® says: drhunt says: it would be some bureaucratic panel in Washington that would decide if granny is too old for a prosthetic hip, or a cardiac STENT
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So we think of prosthetics as replacements for arms, or replacements for eyes, or replacements for ears.
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The contributions of clinical nurse specialists, speech and language therapists, dieticians, and prosthetics technicians are indispensable to optimal outcome.
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Radiographic findings of progressive radiolucent lines surrounding the prosthetic stem or areas of osteolysis also suggest prosthetic loosening or infection.
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In addition, in bioengineering the low-power demands of this technology are promising for use in hearing aids and optical prosthetics.
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The dodgy prosthetic gnashers must be a real treat to wrap your tongue around.
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Andy has taught himself to ride a bike and is even running using prosthetic blades.
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For a prosthetic heel to be successful it would need to be covered in skin which has feeling and sensation.
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Removal of an ankylosed tooth may be difficult and traumatic leading to esthetic bony ridge deformities and optimal prosthetic treatment interferences.
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Cortical control of a prosthetic arm for self-feeding.
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Many people of all ages from one group were limping because they lacked one or more limbs and had canes or prosthetics.
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And although there are some crazy prosthetics in this one, it doesn't rely on them for the shocks and there's no ridiculous computer-generated effects - which always turn me off.
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Control System Researchers are experimenting with injectible myoelectric sensors (IMES) that detect muscle activity and wirelessly transmit commands to the prosthetic arm.
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He owned an artificial leg but prosthetics at that time were primitive and it was an uncomfortable device.
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Scientists say the device could one day control a wheelchair or prosthetic arms and legs.
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Golfers have a love-hate relationship with the maddening difficulty of their sport, and manufacturers will continue to employ the latest technologies to offer ever-more potent and subtle prosthetics.
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Or suppose the big question this season is whether the Pistons, with the new titanium fibril implants in their quads, will beat the Spurs, with their prosthetic forearm extenders.
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After surgery, it may be necessary to carry out some reconstructive surgery on the soft tissue or skin, or to replace bones with prosthetics (artificial replacements).
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Future applications of bioelectronic systems may include computation devices and prosthetic units.
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Additionally, it is exceedingly difficult to diagnose TB infection after prosthetic knee surgery.
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Itap stands for intraosseous transcutaneous amputation prosthesis, and it is a revolutionary means of attaching prosthetic limbs.
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He will get special kit to steer the plane, using his prosthetic leg to control the rudder pedals.
The Sun
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The organisers held a number of other workshops, seminars and panel discussions covering prosthetics and make-up, fight choreography, animation and claymation, acting, and how to make short films.
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The project - a low-cost prosthetic hand - was radical, but at that stage completely unmarketable.
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The active site or prosthetic group of all the cytochromes is an iron containing porphyrin, or heme.
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Patients with poor endocardial detection, absence of sinus rhythm, aortic valve disease, significant mitral regurgitation, prosthetic valves or pacemakers were excluded.
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The organisers held a number of other workshops, seminars and panel discussions covering prosthetics and make-up, fight choreography, animation and claymation, acting, and how to make short films.
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As with similar work in the United States, the prosthetic retina works by passing artificially stimulating the optic nerve, in line with signals from a tiny digital camera mounted on a pair of glasses.
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Amazing features include a prosthetic heart and eyes that can actually see.
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Patients at high risk of bacterial endocarditis include those with prosthetic heart valves, congenital heart disease and previous history of bacterial endocarditis.
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The harvested cell pellet was red, which suggested that the prosthetic group heme was synthesized by the bacterium.
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In comparison, implanted biomaterials, prosthetics, and devices have inanimate surfaces.
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Prosthetic limbs are dropped by parachute to a wind blown field hospital for land mine victims.
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He will get special kit to steer the plane, using his prosthetic leg to control the rudder pedals.
The Sun
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Things such as seeing people with prosthetic legs wearing shorts.
Times, Sunday Times
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The contributions of clinical nurse specialists, speech and language therapists, dieticians, and prosthetics technicians are indispensable to optimal outcome.
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He developed various prosthetic devices, including a bi-cortical screw fixation for the olecranon.
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Either way, he faces months of rehabilitation, fittings for prosthetics and an uncertain future.
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Perhaps I need some kind of prosthetic hand that can stick out sideways from my chair?
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In his spare time he runs triathlons, snowboards, downhill skis - all with a prosthetic.
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Once, he seemed more comfortable with prosthetics than actors.
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His limbs seemed to detach themselves from their sockets, as if they were prosthetics.
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Pictures of Mills rock-climbing in clingy Lycra sportswear show how natural-looking a prosthetic leg can be - at a price.
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Since 1999, he has been an independent consultant in prosthetics and orthotics and therefore may have a consulting relationship with any of the companies mentioned in this article.
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The world's leading futurologists have predicted the death of television and the rise of virtual entertainment complexes, neural implants and prosthetics capable of changing our bodies and our minds.
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All three men want to rebuild their Army careers and are being fitted with prosthetic legs.
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These include catheters and mandrels, stents, needles, cannulae, cardiac assist devices, prosthetics, and electronic circuitry.
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This philosophy can be used for more than just fish" - for example, in robotic prosthetic limbs ...
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As for the looks, well, a wig and a prosthetic nose help to blur the visual boundaries.
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D. TRANSTIBIAL AMPUTEES: STEP OVER STEP: When ascending stairs, the transtibial amputee who does not have the ability to dorsiflex his foot/ankle assembly must generate a stronger concentric contraction of the knee and hip extensors in order to successfully transfer body weight over the prosthetic limb.
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Obviously, if the United States Navy hanged some eyepatched peglegged blackguard from the yardarm or made him walk the plank, pious senators would rise to denounce an America that no longer lived up to its highest ideals, and the network talking-heads would argue that Plankgate was recruiting more and more young men to the pirates 'cause, and judges would rule that pirates were entitled to the protections of the U.S. constitution and that their peglegs had to be replaced by high-tech prosthetic limbs at taxpayer expense.
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He will be fitted with a prosthetic limb.
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One biopsy of gingival tissue of each periodontally-healthy subjects (N = 57) were taken from sites that showed no bleeding on probing, probing depth smaller than three millimeters, and clinical attachment loss smaller than one millimeter during surgical procedures due to esthetics, orthodontic or prosthetic reasons.
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When that wasn't enough, he then smothered the man in makeup, a cumbersome costume, and ludicrous prosthetics.
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2002, Medicare approved coverage for home testing for patients on anticoagulation therapy with prosthetic heart valves, and in 2008, it expanded the availability of home testing to those who need long-term anticoagulation therapy, such as people with the heart condition atrial fibrillation.
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Imagination, special effects and prosthetics helped to further dramatize a true story already laden with violence.
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Methods Separating roots was used for the conservative prosthetics of 24 mandibular posterior teeth with furcation involvement.
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The cornea-prosthetic complex was implanted in 78 eyes with vascular leukomas.
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The new MIT research could lead to the development of optical brain prosthetics to control neurons, eliminating the need for irreversible surgery.
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For a period in the 1990s, she suppressed her own image and focused on macabre elements involving human detritus and prosthetic body parts.
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He noticed his prosthetic limb on the floor.
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An orthopaedic surgeon, psychiatrist, orthotic and prosthetic engineers, ophthalmologists and ENT specialists are in the team.
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He shows me his prosthetic hand.
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After their wounds have healed, the rehabilitation process begins by retraining the thigh and gluteal muscles, improving hip flexibility, and making and fitting appropriate prosthetics.
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We help replace the lost mobility with crutches, prosthetics, and other ambulatory devices.
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From chilling Vincent Price sprechgesang to hideous prosthetics
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When the brain sends an electrical nerve impulse to these antennas, the electrode activates the prosthetic arm or hand to move accordingly.
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Objective To evaluate the stability mechanical functions of the anterior spine instrumentation system combing prosthetic disc nucleus with flexible stabilization devices.
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He has told friends he will wear prosthetics and make-up to make him unrecognisable as an extra.
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The dodgy prosthetic gnashers must be a real treat to wrap your tongue around.
The Sun
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Brown contact lenses create the glassy, belligerent stare; prosthetics conjure the flaky skin.
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Under the purview of hair and makeup designer Jenny Shircore, most of the actors, if not covered in prosthetics, had to be spray-tanned regularly to maintain their golden, Grecian appearance.
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Imagine the rest of the picture: Think in terms of nursing-home humor and prosthetic hands demolished by speeding trucks.
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World Vision fits the injured with prosthetic limbs and retrains them for work.
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It is the first prosthetic with a motorised thumb.
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Armed with a palette of theatrical makeup and prosthetic pieces, I've made a horrific mess of Bryan's face.
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He noticed his prosthetic limb on the floor.
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In approximately three to six months, the bone grows firmly around the surface of the implant, paving the way for the fixing of the prosthetic superstructure.
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The cast are all excellent, but Rickman is superb as the hate-filled and bitter typecast thesp, desperately trying to retain some dignity with a prosthetic rubber lizard glued to his head.
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This type of technology was introduced as a component of rehabilitation during the late 1950s, as a result of improved prosthetics developed for soldiers returning from war.
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According to New Scientist: ‘Electric motors tend to be too weak, while hydraulics and pneumatics are too heavy for use in robotics or prosthetics.’
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He limped up and down the boards, eyeing the audience malevolently past a particularly ugly prosthetic nose.
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Much of the progress in the field of prosthetics over the last fifty years has been due to cooperation between prosthetists, surgeons, engineers, and materials scientists.
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Prosthetic hands typically have been limited to simple pincer-like grips that imitate the motions of a thumb and forefinger.
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Her second prosthetic limb will be fitted next week.
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Implants and prosthetics that substantially improve the user's quality of life were singled out for praise.
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It allows you to do it without the suit and prosthetic make-up.
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Philip French notes that Goya's Ghosts, written by Jean-Claude Carrière and directed by Milos Forman, is far from being a biopic of Goya (Stellan Skarsgard with a suitable prosthetic nose).
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Services charities say not enough is being spent on prosthetic legs and arms in some areas.
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Grafts may be made of prosthetic material or autogenous veins.
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Most significantly, he has put money aside for potential advances in surgery and prosthetics that would improve his quality of life.
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The only lecturer in maxillofacial prosthetics and technology in the country is calling for urgent government funding and a high-profile recruitment campaign before all the existing technicians retire.
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Ghahramani said those working in the area of neural prosthetics are encouraged by the success of technology such as cochlear implants, which help the hearing impaired by applying electrical stimulation in the auditory system.
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The man had two prosthetic arms.
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They subjected themselves to hours of prosthetic make-up, emerging from the expert process completely unrecognisable.
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Along with the contemplative eddies in the medieval cathedral,30 intimate domestic settings modeled after the ancient Roman exedra and cubiculum — described by Vitruvius and Pliny and unearthed in the 1470s — provided prosthetic armatures for thought.
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And he has lost so much weight on the meagre rations that his prosthetic legs no longer fit.
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SETTING: Prosthetics and orthotic department in a provincial artificial limb center.
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For a period in the 1990s, she suppressed her own image and focused on macabre elements involving human detritus and prosthetic body parts.
The Times Literary Supplement
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He made headlines again when he became the first jockey with a prosthetic leg to race in Britain.
Times, Sunday Times
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In a PLoS-One paper, Steven H. Collins (D.partment of Biomechanical Engineering, D.lft University of Technology) and Arthur D. Kuo (D.partments of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan) describe an ingenious new prosthetic foot that uses a microcontroller to guide a device that stores the energy of the downstep and releases it for the upstep, mimicking the natural functioning of unmodified human ankles.
Boing Boing
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Metal foam has also been used to form prosthetic bones and limbs.
Times, Sunday Times
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They're also working with a tissue-engineering group to develop implantable bioelectronics that could make better connections between the body and neural prosthetics such as those that control some artificial limbs.
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I intend to be more proactive, and I intend to improve the way I walk and the look of the legs - the other guys on the expedition were far more up to speed on what prosthetics can now offer.
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A better understanding of user needs and the integration of advanced-technology components led to substantial improvements in its motion-controlled wrist and hand prosthetics.
