Background: Arthrogryposis Multiplex congenita is a
rare disorder, characterized by multiple joint deformities
i.e. multiple congenital contractures, with shapelessly
cylindrical limbs and absent skin creases.
Club foot can be the only obvious deformity of this
widespread disorder.
Objective: To assess the most frequent recurrent
deformity after extensive soft-tissue release operations for
arthrogrypotic club foot and its appropriate treatment
regarding combined tendon transfer and bony operations.
Methods: A retrospective study of 14 patients with
arthrogrypotic club foot (28 feet), had been operated on by
multiple soft tissue and bony operations and followed in a
period between January (1993) till February (1999).
Both clinical assessment including goniometer use to
measure the recurrent deformity, and radiological
assessment, was used in this study.
Results: In this series, 4 patients (7 feet) had recurrent
deformity, 3 patients
(5 feet) out of these 4 had recurrent forefoot adduction, 2
of them had bilateral affection. The 4th patient had
bilateral recurrent varus heel.
Conclusion: The main problem in arthrogrypotic club
foot is the liability for recurrence. The most frequent
recurrent deformity was forefoot adduction. Combined
tendon transfer and bony operations can correct the
deformity once performed at the same cession forefoot
adduction. All required 2nd operation, in the 1st 3 patient
combined Evan’s (calcaneocuboid wedge-excision) and
tibialis anterior transfer operations were performed.
Talectomy was performed on one foot in the 4th patient,
combined with capsulectomy of the calcaneocuboid joint,
while triple arthrodesis don on the other foot
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acquisition of technology and will lead to add the practical experience to them. This experience
depending on different factors like: the scientific degree and practical experience by the
professionals, the technology possessed by the transferor sector, the duration that spent by
experienced in transferor sector, the type of work performed by professional….etc.
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in work is unsatisfied level between Iraqi organizations because there are dif
In this research a new system identification algorithm is presented for obtaining an optimal set of mathematical models for system with perturbed coefficients, then this algorithm is applied practically by an “On Line System Identification Circuit”, based on real time speed response data of a permanent magnet DC motor. Such set of mathematical models represents the physical plant against all variation which may exist in its parameters, and forms a strong mathematical foundation for stability and performance analysis in control theory problems.
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With the rapid development of smart devices, people's lives have become easier, especially for visually disabled or special-needs people. The new achievements in the fields of machine learning and deep learning let people identify and recognise the surrounding environment. In this study, the efficiency and high performance of deep learning architecture are used to build an image classification system in both indoor and outdoor environments. The proposed methodology starts with collecting two datasets (indoor and outdoor) from different separate datasets. In the second step, the collected dataset is split into training, validation, and test sets. The pre-trained GoogleNet and MobileNet-V2 models are trained using the indoor and outdoor se
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