Spontaneous perforation of the extrahepatic biliary system is a rare presentation of chronic pancreatitis.Very few cases of bile duct perforation have been reported in adults.It is rarely correctly diagnosed preoperatively in an emergency.A 25-year-old male presented at the surgical emergency with a long history of abdominal pain and repeated episo

Integrating collaborative data in data-driven Business Intelligence (BI) system brings an opportunity to foster the decision-making process towards improving tourism competitiveness.This article presents BITOUR, a BI platform that integrates four collaborative data New Stocks and Fore-Ends sources (Twitter, Openstreetmap, Tripadvisor and Airbnb).BI

This study examines spontaneous phonetic accommodation of a dialect with distinct categories by speakers who are in the process of merging those categories.We focus on the merger of the NEAR Cake Mix and SQUARE lexical sets in New Zealand English, presenting New Zealand participants with an unmerged speaker of Australian English.Mergers-in-progress

In this article, a method is proposed for calculating the reinforcement of concrete ceiling slabs with carbon composite materials based on the finite element model in the computer program SCAD Office PC.This method allows the most complete and accurate representation to be obtained Push Along Toy of the structure stress-strain state before and afte

Purpose: To evaluate a novel spine implant, carbon-fiber-reinforced polyetheretherketone (CFR-PEEK), for proton and photon treatment planning.Materials and Methods: We compared target coverage and sparing of organs-at-risk (OARs) for a spinal phantom with 4 different spine configurations: (a) normal (no implant); (b) Titanium; (c) CFR-PEEK; and (d)