ABSTRACT Objective: To compare the effect of a brace designed to stabilize the patellofemoral joint to that of a patella-shaped neoprene sleeve with patella cut out in patients with patellofemoral osteoarthritis.Methods: Fifty-seven patients with femoro-patellar osteoarthritis were allocated to two groups: patients with femoro-patellar functional b
Attaining effective quality control of drilled samples in thermal friction drilling is a challenge considering the disproportionate allocation of drilling resources to parameters.Therefore, it is essential to select the appropriate parameters and allocate their scarce resources based on requirements.This paper chooses the effective and the best par
Abstract Background Informatics for Integrating Biology and the Bedside (i2b2) is an open source clinical data analytics platform used at over 200 healthcare institutions for querying patient data.The i2b2 platform has several components with numerous dependencies and configuration parameters, which renders the task of installing or upgrading i2b2