The single antegrade sling graft: a novel hamstring autograft technique for combined anterior cruciate ligament and anterolateral ligament reconstruction.

Introduction: As a result of increased incidence of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury in young athletes, there is a rise in the indications surgical ACL reconstruction procedures. The value of anterolateral ligament (ALL) reconstruction emerges as a proposed solution to prevent graft failures and improve stability in this high demanding category of patients. The purpose of this study is to present our experience with a novel hamstring auto-grafting technique, the single antegrade sling graft (SASG), for combined reconstruction of both ACL and ALL using autologous gracilis (GR) and semitendinosus (ST) grafts utilizing a single femoral tunnel and double tibial tunnels.

Group acceptance sampling plan based on truncated life tests for Type-I heavy-tailed Rayleigh distribution.

This study on the Type-I heavy-tailed Rayleigh (TI-HTR) distribution is a special case of Type-I heavy-tailed (TI-HT) family of distributions was studied. The characteristics were derived, including the moment and its measures, quantile function, reliability measures, and other statistical properties as well as parameter estimation using the maximum likelihood method and penalized likelihood estimation. The behavior of its various functions were shown graphically.

Advancements in synthetic CT generation from MRI: A review of techniques, and trends in radiation therapy planning.

Background: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and Computed tomography (CT) are crucial imaging techniques in both diagnostic imaging and radiation therapy. MRI provides excellent soft tissue contrast but lacks the direct electron density data needed to calculate dosage. CT, on the other hand, remains the gold standard due to its accurate electron density information in radiation therapy planning (RTP) but it exposes patients to ionizing radiation.

Fractional-Order Modeling of Arterial Compliance in Vascular Aging: A Computational Biomechanical Approach for Investigating Cardiovascular Dynamics.

The goal of this study is to investigate the application of fractional-order calculus in modeling arterial compliance in human vascular aging. A novel fractional-order modified arterial Windkessel model that incorporates a fractional-order capacitor (FOC) element is proposed to capture the complex and frequency-dependent properties of arterial compliance. The model's performance is evaluated by verifying it using data collected from three different human subjects, with a specific focus on aortic pressure and flow rates.