What is carpal tunnel syndrome? Carpus is a word derived from the Greek word karpos‚ which means "wrist." The wrist is surrounded by a band of fibrous tissue that normally functions as a support for the joint. The tight space between this fibrous band and the wrist bone is called the carpal tunnel. The median nerve passes through the carpal tunnel to receive sensations from the thumb‚ index‚ and middle fingers of the hand. Any condition that causes swelling or a change in position of the tissue
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UHI 12 INSTRUMENTATION OF A WIND TUNNEL PROJECT BEng(Hons) Gaurab Ghosal ABSTRACT The wind tunnel being built in Scone airport is a closed loop wind tunnel. On completion this will provide a much needed facility for education purpose as it can be used by engineering students for aerodynamic evaluations. To conduct these evaluation proper evaluating tools needs to be setup. In this section the possible instruments that can be setup in this wind tunnel has been evaluated with Matlab based
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commonly known as Tarsal Tunnel Syndrome is a painful condition caused by the entrapment or compression of the posterior tibial nerve. Anatomy: The posterior tibial nerve is a branch of the sciatic nerve and innervates the posterior compartment of the legs. As it continues down the leg‚ it passes posteriorly and inferiorly to the medial malleolus. It ends and branches off into sensory branches that innervate the sole of the foot. The tibial nerve travels through the tarsal tunnel and is covered superiorly
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Executive Summary This report will discuss the infrastructure management of the Storm Water Management and Road Tunnel (SMART) of Kuala Lumpur‚ Malaysia. This tunnel was built mainly to cater to the reoccurring flash floods that happened in the area‚ and to act as an alternate traffic route. It began construction in 2003 and was operational early 2007. A structure of such magnitude required in-depth designing and precise construction methods to ensure that the structure would
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The news channels after dominating the Indian television screens for long are losing ground. There is growing disenchantment with the kind of content that is being telecast‚ and more and more viewers are switching to general entertainment channels (GEC)‚ especially Hindi GECs. Interestingly‚ Doordarshan News‚ which is a state broadcaster‚ is not slipping. It continues to hold on to its number 4 position. PriceWaterhouse Coopers in its study titled Indian Entertainment and Media Outlook 2010 attributes
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decodes according to his or her own perception. Johnson quotes "A young man should read five hours in a day‚ and so may acquire a great deal of knowledge." However‚ there as several problems which hinders the reading process‚ one of them being tunnel vision’. This is a condition experienced by most readers especially beginners. This is because they lack non visual information’ when trying to digest certain texts. Non visual information is what is stored in the brain‚ prior knowledge or specific
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longer someone takes to understand why the pieces can’t fit‚ the longer it takes to reach the end goal. For an individual to move beyond adolescence‚ he/she must learn from obstacles to ultimately reach adulthood. In the short story‚ “Through the Tunnel” by Doris Lessing‚ Jerry is confronted by challenge of choosing to swim underwater to impress a group of boys at the beach. In the video The Wonder Years‚ the main character Kevin Arnold faces a problem of getting
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Tiger in the Tunnel’ symbolises the struggles and hardships that a poor family has to go through‚ the courage and determination they display and finally‚ in spite of the tragedy and sense of loss that they experience‚ life still goes on. The setting of the story is in a thick jungle in a hilly landscape with an eerie atmosphere. Baldeo‚ the protagonist of the story‚ was a tribal who worked as a ‘khalasi’ at a small wayside signal post. He was responsible for signalling whether the tunnel through which
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Apocalypse Now and Then Word Count: 993 A Change in Humanity George R. R. Martin’s short story‚ “Dark‚ Dark Were The Tunnels‚” is one of the pieces included in John Joseph Adams compilation of apocalyptic short stories titled Wastelands: stories of the apocalypse. This story is not a traditional story of the apocalypse; it is not about humanity’s struggle to survive immediately after an apocalyptic event‚ in a changed environment. Nor is it a story about how humans are affected emotionally and
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Lesson Title: Risk-Taking‚ Challenges‚ Rites of Passage in “Through the Tunnel” Course and Grade: Sophomore English‚ 10th Generalization: Risk-taking (facing challenges) is often a rite of passage into a new level of maturity. This lesson is important since students have‚ and continue to‚ take risks for various reasons: to impress others‚ or to prove something to themselves. It’s important for them to become reflective about their risk-taking: which risks are worth taking‚ and what are good or
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