After massive weight loss, patients experience a severe skin laxity of the arms with or without
associated fat deposits. More than 20 years elapsed after the first aesthetic brachioplasty in …

Weight loss exceeding 40 kg frequently causes excess skin on the lateral and posterior chest
wall. Other authors have suggested surgical dissection of the excess skin using horizontal …

Many research activities have focused on the problem of task scheduling in heterogeneous
systems from the computational point of view. However an ideal scheduling strategy would …

Background Surgical and medical treatment of obesity involves a significant loss of weight (30–90
kg) during a short time (12–24 months). The technical procedures for treatment of skin …

Objectives: To update a possible role of cosmeceutical topic treatment to obtain a better scar.
Methods: This is a preliminary supportive study. A total of 14 patients who went to the …

Background: Orbitofacial clefts are caused by a congenital absence of midfacial tissues
between the eye and the upper lip just medial to the corner of the mouth. As a whole, facial clefts …

A lot of research has focused on solving the problem of computation-aware task scheduling
on heterogeneous systems. In this paper, we propose a clustering algorithm that, given a …

Objectives In the recent years, liquid chromatography with tandem mass spectrometry has
gained popularity in laboratories. This technique has a higher specificity, detects different …

Networks of Workstations (NOWs) have become a cost-e ective alternative to parallel
computers. Switch-based interconnects with irregular topologies provide the wiring exibility …

Creating content in the digital era has never beenso easy. However, there exists no
framework inwhich artists can share, cooperate and transferuniversal content. We refer to the …