BRIEF COMMUNICATION: POST-SEISMIC LANDSLIDES, THE TOUGH LESSON OF A CATASTROPHE



Progressive white matter microstructure damage in male chronic heroin dependent individuals: a DTI and TBSS study.

BACKGROUND: To investigate the WM microstructure deficits in heroin dependent individuals (HDIs) with different length of heroin dependence, and to investigate whether these WM deficits can be related to the duration of heroin use and to decision-making deficits in HDIs.METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: Thirty-six HDIs [including eighteen sHDIs (dura

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Inverted L osteotomy: a new approach via intraoral access through the advances of virtual surgical planning and custom fixation

We introduce a novel surgical approach via intraoral access to the Inverted L osteotomy utilizing virtual surgical planning (VSP) and patient-specific customized mandibular fixation.VSP in orthognathic surgery has been well documented in its ability to increase preoperative and intraoperative efficiency, decrease cost and operating room time, and i

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