Sustainable Planning of Precious and Rare Elements’ Recycling From Waste Electronic Products

A Waste Electrical-Electronic Equipment (WEEE) recycling company is taken into account which operates in Turkey. It is assumed that WEEE are collected from 7 regions of Turkey, from a pre-determined location of each region. Data was collected from different resources about the collected/recycling amounts of products on a regional basis, the amount of precious metals obtained from recycling operations, operational and logistic costs, labor costs and the amount of CO2 emitted during the recycling processes and logistics. Annual collection targets for different kinds of WEEE (especially for electronic product wastes) were determined by the Ministry of Environment for different future years. The data for the amount of rare and precious element from each type of electronic product was collected from the literature. Besides, the data of the amount of toxic materials in each type of products was taken from the literature.The distances from the center of the geographical regions to the facilty were obtained from Google Maps. For the amount of emissions due to the logistics of the WEEE into the facility, for a selected truck type, its fuel consumption for a given payload in these conditions were taken from the associated open data sources. Other scalar and parametric data are explained in detail in the appended file. Some sensitive cost data is not revealed due to the privacy issues.THIS DATASET IS ARCHIVED AT DANS/EASY, BUT NOT ACCESSIBLE HERE. TO VIEW A LIST OF FILES AND ACCESS THE FILES IN THIS DATASET CLICK ON THE DOI-LINK ABOV

A contribution to Pisani's sign for diagnosing lateral meniscal cysts: a technical report.

This article describes modified physical examination maneuvers for diagnosing lateral meniscal cysts. The typical presentation of lateral meniscal cysts usually makes their clinical diagnosis simple, but a wide variation in size may sometimes lead to misdiagnosis. We evaluated the effect of leg rotations on the cystic swelling at 45A degrees of knee flexion. Eleven consecutive patients with positive Pisani's sign were evaluated prospectively. Lateral mid-third joint-line swelling was most prominent at 30-45A degrees of knee flexion. With the knee held at 45A degrees of flexion, the prominence was also inspected during internal and external rotation of the leg. The masses became noticeably more prominent with external rotation, and completely disappeared with internal rotation. With external rotation of the leg, even doubtful lateral meniscal cysts became apparent. Disappearance of the cystic mass with internal rotation further confirms the diagnosis

Autoerythrocyte sensitization (Gardner-Diamond) syndrome mimicking compartment syndrome

We report a case with an unusual manifestation of autoerythrocyte sensitization syndrome (Gardner-Diamond syndrome). The patient had the clinical signs of compartment syndrome of the forearm requiring fasciotomy. Dermatological signs identical to Gardner-Diamond syndrome should alert the physician to avoid unnecessary fasciotomy, as these patients respond well to psychiatric treatment as in the present case

Effect of hylan G-F 20 in Achilles' tendonitis: an experimental study in rats.

Objective: To investigate the local effects of hylan G-F 20 on locally administered corticosteroid-induced experimental Achilles' tendonitis

Distal femoral derotational osteotomy with external fixation for correction of excessive femoral anteversion in patients with cerebral palsy

Patients with cerebral palsy (CP) disorder often develop rotational hip deformity. Increasing deformities impair already diminished walking abilities; femoral osteotomies are often performed to maintain and improve walking abilities. Fixation of osteotomies with condylar plates has been used successfully, but does not often enable immediate postoperative full weight-bearing. To avoid considerable postoperative rehabilitation deficit and additional bone loss because of inactivity, a postoperative treatment with full weight-bearing, is therefore, desirable. Self-tapping Schanz screws with a unilateral external fixator crossing the knee joint providing stronger anchoring in osteopenic bone might fulfill these demands. A retrospective study was carried out on 27 ambulatory CP patients, mean age 17.5 years (range 9-22 years); 11 patients with bilateral severe intoeing deformities underwent a supracondylar femoral osteotomy between September 2008 and April 2012. All patients were allowed to bear their full weight postoperatively. The aim of this study was to describe the technique, the results of this technique, to evaluate the time required for bone healing, and the type of complications associated with a distal derotational femoral osteotomy fixed with a uniaxial external fixator crossing the knee joint. A total of 27 patients were studied [mean weight 48.8kg (range 29.8-75kg)]. The mean preoperative rotation included internal rotation of 69 degrees and external rotation of 17 degrees. All patients were evaluated clinically and radiographically for a minimum of 1 year after surgery. There was a significant decrease in the mean medial rotation from 69 degrees to 32 degrees (P=0.00034). The lateral rotation increased significantly from preoperative 17 degrees to postoperative 45 degrees (P=0.0011). The femoral anteversion decreased significantly from a mean of 55 degrees preoperatively to a mean 17 degrees postoperatively (P=0.030). All patients, except one, achieved solid fusion uneventfully. One patient was a 16-year-old female who had sustained a knee flexion contracture of 30 degrees because of a delay in the physiotherapy program. One 13-year-old female patient with a bilateral osteotomy had a nondisplaced fracture in her right femur after a direct trauma 2 weeks after removal of an external fixator, and was treated by a cast. Another 17-year-old male patient developed a nonunion because of loosening of two pins and achieved solid union after revision by dynamic compression plate plating. Besides four cases with superficial pin-tract infection, no other complications were documented. Minimally invasive supracondylar femoral derotational osteotomy fixed with a unilateral external fixators crossing the knee joint is a reliable procedure in CP patients. Most patients can be treated with early postoperative full weight-bearing. However, removal of the knee joint crossing fixator should be performed as early as possible to achieve a full range of motion. Copyright (C) 2015 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved