Sentence examples for wedge collapse from inspiring English sources

Twelve patients had single or multiple wedge collapses of uncertain aetiology on plain film; MR demonstrated metastatic disease as the cause of wedge collapse in 7 (58%).

The presence of numerous Schmorl's hernias and a wedge collapse with spondylolysis of the fifth lumbar vertebra revealed that Giovanni had carried heavy loads since adolescence due to horse-riding and body armor.

Although the detection rate in patients with primary breast cancer is low (4/45), MRI is of value in determining the cause of wedge collapse in postmenopausal women with breast cancer and may elucidate the cause of an abnormal bone scan with normal or non-diagnostic plain films.

The fracture sites of all TomoFix constructs occur at the opening tip of the lateral cortex and the wedges collapse (Fig.  4a).

We confirm that our structures correspond to functional activation complexes, and extend our understanding of the role of a conserved CarD Trp residue that serves as a minor groove wedge, preventing collapse of the transcription bubble to stabilize the transcription initiation complex.

The structural results, combined with supporting biochemical studies, establish that the CarD-RID makes a protein/protein interaction with the RNAP β1-lobe, thereby positioning the CarD-CTD and a conserved Trp residue to interact with the upstream edge of the transcription bubble, using a wedge mechanism to prevent collapse of the transcription bubble.

The strain energy accumulation near the trench axis may have proceeded because of the relatively high friction, and later this caused a large slip and collapse of the wedge.

This coincidence suggests that strain energy accumulation near the trench axis around MY102 occurred because of the relatively high friction and later caused a large slip and collapse of the wedge.

We present several verifications to the present approach, including a lid-driven cavity, a water column collapsing on a wedge and a periodic schematic fish-pass.

Proponents of a hard line against North Korea say it is not really interested in change, but in simply avoiding economic collapse and driving a wedge between the United States and its allies.

Such involvement may result in anterior wedging or more commonly, in complete collapse with a characteristic vertebra plana appearance (Fig. 7) [9, 30].