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Chapter and Conference Paper
Principal Components Identify MLP Hidden Layer Size for Optimal Generalisation Performance
One of the major concerns when implementing a supervised artificial neural network solution to a classification or prediction problem, is the network’s performance on unseen data. The phenomenon of the network...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Fahlman-Type Activation Functions Applied to Nonlinear PCA Networks Provide a Generalised Independent Component Analysis
It has been shown experimentally that Oja’s nonlinear principal component analysis (PCA) algorithm is capable of performing an independent component analysis (ICA) on a specific data set [7]. However, the dyna...
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Article
Treatment of peritrochanteric fractures with the Endovis BA cephalomedullary nail: multicenter study of 1091 patients
Treatment of peritrochanteric fractures involves reduction and synthesis using reconstruction plates and screws, intramedullary or cephalomedullary nails, or external fixators. A new cephalomedullary nail, End...
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Accurate prediction of BRCA1 and BRCA2 heterozygous genotypes using expression profiling of lymphocytes after irradiation-induced DNA damage
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Chapter and Conference Paper
UV Laser Beam Profilers Based on CVD Diamond
1D and 2D detector arrays have been realized on 270 μm thick 10 × 10 mm2 CVD diamond samples. The relatively high resistivity of diamond specimens in the dark (>3 × 1012 Ωcm) allowed the fabrication of photocondu...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
UV Schottky Sensors Based on Wide Bandgap Semiconductors
Planar Al/GaN/Ni Schottky diodes were realized on GaN films deposited on sapphire substrates and characterized in the dark and under illumination. The optoelectronic characteristics of GaN photodetectors appea...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Photoconductive Position Sensitive CVD Diamond Detectors
Different contact structures were studied to realize CVD-diamond sensors able to detect light beam displacements. Photons irradiate the sample backside where a mesh contact is used for device biasing. Photogen...
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Article
Open AccessRetrospective assessment of inguinal hernia repair in elderly outpatients
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Article
Discussion of the paper: “Sampling schemes for generalized linear Dirichlet process random effects models” by M. Kyung, J. Gill, and G. Casella
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Article
A comparative evaluation of stochastic-based inference methods for Gaussian process models
Gaussian Process (GP) models are extensively used in data analysis given their flexible modeling capabilities and interpretability. The fully Bayesian treatment of GP models is analytically intractable, and th...
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Open AccessOptical properties of femtosecond laser-treated diamond
A laser-induced periodic surface structure (LIPSS) has been fabricated on polycrystalline diamond by an ultrashort Ti:Sapphire pulsed laser source (λ = 800 nm, P = 3 mJ, 100 fs) in a high vacuum chamber (<10−7 mb...
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Raman investigation of femtosecond laser-induced graphitic columns in single-crystal diamond
We report on the fabrication of graphitic columns induced in single-crystal diamond plates using 100 fs laser pulses at 800 nm wavelength. Different values of laser fluence (0.6–1.2 J/cm2) and graphitization spee...
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Infrared absorption of fs-laser textured CVD diamond
Nanoscale periodic texturing on polycrystalline CVD diamond surface was performed to obtain a significant increase in optical absorptance to visible and near-infrared radiation. Surface texturing, obtained by...
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Article
Past and present of interposition arthroplasties for joint repair with special tribute to the contribution by Vittorio Putti
Several techniques have been proposed to restore the compromised function of a joint. These include the arthroplasty by placing various tissues or materials between the articular surfaces. An important contri...
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Chapter
Anatomy of the Subaxial Cervical Spine
The cervical spine is a deep anatomical structure centrally located in the axial view of the neck and surrounded by a thick and powerful muscular compartment. It is surrounded and contained by the deep layer o...
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Chapter
Exemplificative Cases in Cervical Spine
Fourteen-year-old female, progressive neck pain in the nuchal area radiating to the head with painful contracture of the right paraspinal musculature. Pain was unrelated to weight-bearing and was increasing du...
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Chapter
Cervical Spine Instrumentation
Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) is often used as a surgical treatment for cervical degenerative disorders. Numerous long-term follow-up studies have shown that is effective in case of cervical m...
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Chapter
Surgical Planning in Cervical Spine Oncologic Patients
Primary bone tumors of the spine are very rare [1]; they comprise only 10 % or less of all bone tumors. In the United States, about 7,500 new cases are estimated per year. The overall world occurrence can be e...
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Posterior Approach to Cervical Spine
In the neck, the spine takes up the mid-part of the cross-sectional area, and its posterior aspect is surrounded by a thick layer of powerful muscles (see §2. Anatomy).
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Anesthesiological Management and Patient Positioning
Prior to the surgery, reproduction of symptoms with extension of the neck should be assessed. Extension may help for better exposure and visualization. However, the severity of stenosis may limit the amount of...
