Ear Reconstruction Simulation: From Handcrafting to 3D Printing

Microtia is a congenital malformation affecting one in 5000 individuals and is characterized by physical deformity or absence of the outer ear.Nowadays, surgical reconstruction with autologous tissue is the most common clinical practice.The procedure requires a high level of manual and artistic techniques of a surgeon in carving and sculpting of ha

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The Application of Human Capital Efficiency Management towards the Increase of Performance and Competitiveness in an Enterprise Operating in the Field of Distribution Logistics

The article focuses on the description of human Gas Wash/Dry Combo capital management, especially on its part related to efficiency of human capital.It connects this topic with the specific conditions of enterprises operating in distribution logistics.To fulfil the aim, methods of induction, deduction, summarising and application of research eviden

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Error-Aware SCFlip Decoding of Polar Codes

The successive-cancellation flip (SCFlip) decoder and its variants provide a significant coding gain with the average complexity practically identical to that of the successive cancellation (SC) decoder in a wide range of signal-to-noise ratios (SNRs).But, they suffer from high complexity and long latency when the SNR decreases, since the average n

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Leveraging Health Behavior and Communication Theories to Support Adolescent and Young Adults: Conceptualizing Social Media Wellness in Relation to Disordered Eating

Social media platforms like Instagram serve as an important mechanism for transmitting social information and influence.However, the nature and use of these platforms are known to perpetuate eating disorders (EDs) or further disorder eating symptoms.This concept paper proposes merging health behavior and Oversized Tee communication theory to create

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User Fee Exemption Policy Significantly Improved Adherence to Maternal Health Service Utilization in Bahir Dar City, Northwest Ethiopia: A Comparative Cross-Sectional Study

Demlie Mekonnen Marye,1 Desta Debalkie Atnafu,1,2 Melesse Belayneh,1 Ayenew Takele Alemu3 1Department of Health System Management and Health Economics, School of Public Health, Bahir Dar University, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia; 2International Centre for Evidence in Disability, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK; 3Department of Publi

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