Early detection of osteomyelitis is essential if appropriate therapy is to be started before
bone devitalization. Although the 99mTc-methylene diphosphonate (MDP) bone scan may …

The angiotensin II receptors AT 1 R and AT 2 R serve as key components of the renin–angiotensin–aldosterone
system. AT 1 R has a central role in the regulation of blood pressure, but …

… Gaubert and RD Katz, “Reachability and invariance problems in max-plus algebra,” in Proc.
… Gaubert and RD Katz, “Rational semimodules over the max-plus semiring and geometric …

We establish the following max-plus analogue of Minkowski’s theorem. Any point of a
compact max-plus convex subset of (R∪{-∞}) n can be written as the max-plus convex …

We present the concept that a surgical robot may be used to successfully perform a free flap.
To study different microsurgical techniques, a porcine free flap model was developed in our …

We give a characterization of the minimal tropical half-spaces containing a given tropical
polyhedron, from which we derive a counter-example showing that the number of such minimal …

… A first work in this direction was developed by Katz [29], who studied the (A, B)-invariant
spaces of max-plus linear systems providing solutions to some control problems. The max-plus …

… is no such a simple result in the tropical setting, because as remarked in (Gaubert and Katz…
Tropical polyhedra have been used in Katz (2007) to determine invariants of discrete event …

Purpose: Free bone or periosteal flaps from the medial femoral condyle are being employed
for treatment of recalcitrant nonunions. When harvested in a corticocancellous fashion, …

Many methods for microvascular anastomoses exist, including use of magnifying loupes (×
2.5,× 3.5,× 4.5,× 6), but the operating microscope remains the gold standard. The authors …