Sentences with phrase «small fractures in»

Small fractures in the frame of a bike may even lead to structural failure and catastrophic motorcycle accidents.

At the end of oil and gas drilling, water that was used to create small fractures in deep rock to retrieve the fuel is injected back into the ground.

I suffered one small fracture in my upper left temple, another one on my left jaw, and the third one on my left collarbone.

Sutopo added that the drone's photos also revealed a small fracture in the southeastern part of the crater.

This happened when I lost balance while going over a rapid, resulting in the back of my paddle hitting my mouth and breaking the lower half of my right front tooth and leaving a smaller fracture in the left front tooth.

Not exact matches

The boom in unconventional fuels — such as bitumen extracted from Alberta's tar sands and oil extracted from North Dakota's Bakken shale formation by hydraulic fracturing («fracking»)-- has swelled global reserves even as climate scientists issue ever - sterner warnings that burning more than a small fraction of these reserves would be suicidal.

Thanks in no small part to the Internet, there is no longer one «right» way to accomplish this goal — people's attention is fractured in a million different directions and to get the right message in front of the right person at the right time, you have to try to anticipate where they might be at any given time.

But it is also held that globalization has brought in its wake, great inequities, mass impoverishment and despair, that it has fractured society along the existing fault lines of class, gender and community, while almost irreversibly widening the gap between rich and poor nations, that it has caused the flow of currencies across international borders, which has been responsible for financial and economic crises in many countries and regions, including the current Asian financial crisis, that it has enriched a small minority of persons and corporations within nations and within the international system, marginalizing and violating the basic human rights of millions of workers, peasants and farmers and indigenous communities.

Compound fractures and shattered ribs are small discomforts in the credo of Kansas City Linebacker Sherrill Headrick, a man of joyous recklessness and a high pain threshold

Micro-fracture is a surgical technique done through a camera (arthroscope) in which small holes («fractures») are created at the ends of the bones which have these cartilage defects.

A seemingly small injury, such as a hairline fracture, may feel like more of an annoyance to the athlete, but overusing the leg by continuing to participate in the sport may result in the fracture getting bigger and the bone weakening.

If a bone in the forearm or wrist is fractured, use a folded newspaper or magazine padded with a towel or small pillow to create a splint that immobilizes and protects the broken bone.

While the LRA have been responsible for 2,400 attacks and 3,400 abductions, at the moment, the LRA are reportedly smaller and more fractured now than in 15 years.

As the electorate becomes more and more fractured, small extremist parties might not actually grow in size (the voter base for extreme views remains the same), but the need to get that last one or two votes to build a majority coalition becomes greater and greater, making the negotiating position of extreme parties much greater, and allowing them to force their platforms onto the coalition in exchange for their vote.

While these percentages sound small, Atkinson pointed out that thousands of hydraulic fracturing wells are being drilled every year in the WCSB, increasing the likelihood of earthquake activity.

Such a small rise in bone mass is probably not enough to protect against fractures.

Small crystals of some materials become stronger because they simply reach the point where they can not translocate or fracture in the same way as larger crystals when pressure is applied to them.

In the latest research the researchers used data from previous fracking operations to measure the distance between the furthest detected microseismic event — a small earthquake caused by hydraulic fracturing of the rock or fault reactivation — and the injection point in the fracking boreholIn the latest research the researchers used data from previous fracking operations to measure the distance between the furthest detected microseismic event — a small earthquake caused by hydraulic fracturing of the rock or fault reactivation — and the injection point in the fracking boreholin the fracking borehole.

These stresses can lead to fracturing, allowing magma to escape to the surface in small eruptions.

Young athletes showing signs of notable or severe low back pain should be checked for spondylolysis, also known as a pars interarticularis stress fracture or the breaking of a small connecting bone in the lower back that could cause a spinal bone to disconnect and slip forward.

The moon's south pole has strange, warm fractures, and plumes of liquid water from a subsurface ocean many believed was impossible in such a small, cold world.

«While hydraulic fracturing consumes only a small fraction of the water used in other extraction methods, our analysis highlights the fact that it can still pose serious risks to local water supplies, especially in drought - prone regions such as the Barnett formation in Texas, where exploration and development is rapidly intensifying,» Kondash said.

This includes small cracks in the kneecap called stress fractures, tendonitis, torn ligaments, cysts, and arthritis.

«Increasing calcium intake from dietary sources or by taking calcium supplements produces small non-progressive increases in BMD, which are unlikely to lead to a clinically significant reduction in risk of fracture,» the study authors conclude.

Increases in bone density are relatively small for post-menopausal women but the losses attenuated make risk of fracture significantly lower.

A stress fracture of the fibula is a small fracture or hairline crack in the bone.

Come Early Morning «Adams's directorial debut is a small triumph, bravely revisiting the fractured Southern psyche so expertly explored in such recent films as Phil Morrison's Junebug and David Gordon Green's All the Real Girls.»

However, breaking through the logistical hurdle of a fractured charter sector, building strong relationships where none generally exist, and convincing the sectors that it may be in their best interest — as well as their students» — to work together is no small task in Cleveland.

One after another the sounds disturbed the still air, settling in dry explosions of snapping, and fracturing, and the fine shattering of small branches and twigs.

An article in the Charleston newspaper had referred to the explosion as suspicious, and there had been some kind of investigation, though nothing had ever come of it — things Mike and I'd discovered only because we'd sneaked the clipping from Mother's dresser drawer, a strange, secret place filled with fractured rosaries, discarded saint medals, holy cards, and a small statue of Jesus missing his left arm.

Her research resulted in a published work entitled: Small Animal Fracture Repair: A Case - Based Approach.

Complex fractures such as those seen in animals who have been hit by a car or who are very small and have poor bone density can sometimes lead to complications.

Although Dr. Walker enjoys all aspects of veterinary small animal surgery, he has a particular love for orthopedics and has pursued advanced training and expertise in minimally invasive joint surgery (arthroscopy) and fracture repair techniques.

The orthopedic surgery service at the Foster Hospital for Small Animals is overseen by our board - certified faculty, who specialize in treating all types of orthopedic trauma (fractures, luxations) and neurologic trauma (fractures and prolapsed intervertebral discs).

Fractures of the distal portions of the radius and ulna in dogs of small breeds can result in dual problems.

In addition to the common dog and cat spays and neuters, we have the equipment and knowledge to address such maladies as fracture repairs, torn ligaments and tumor removal from the smallest of creatures such as hamsters to large breed dogs.

Distance - running hurts the joints of small dogs, and large breeds like Great Danes are susceptible to heart problems and fractures in their ankles and feet.

Antlers come in a variety of sizes and can be split, cut or whole, but again, you don't want to give a small antler to a large dog because of the potential for tooth fracture.

He has pursued continuing education in a variety of areas, including advanced dental techniques, emergency and critical care, veterinary orthopedics, and small animal fracture management.

Large and small animal nuclear medicine is available and is a subspecialty of radiology in which radioisotopes (compounds containing radioactive forms of atoms) are put into the body to evaluate organ function or localize bone disease such as stress fractures or tumor metastasis.

It is common for small dogs at puppy mills to have their paws caught in the openings at the bottoms of the wire cages, wrenching their legs as they try to free themselves, which can cause fractures and breaks.

Very rarely, in very small dogs, jaw fracture can occur.

Dr. Burns has received certificates of completion for AO ASIF Advance Techniques in Small Animal Fracture Management, AO ASIF Principles of Small Animal Fracture Management and BioMedtrix Total Hip Replacement courses.

Full casts are reasonably good at preventing bending and rotational forces of low magnitude, which occur in simple transverse fractures in small or medium sized animals.

The small blue hole in the Hol Chan Park (just off the beach at the Marco Gonzales site area), is a collapsed solutioned vertical fracture, called a joint.

This year has been rough as I fractured my foot in September, tried opening a small store earlier this year and failed and my old truck's engine blew in June.

In the second space, where a single, charred and fractured clay cube is located, similar red works — one small and one large — hang on opposing walls.

Some of the small progressions in brass or copper seem fractured into smaller planes, destroying their structural clarity and scale; their size can not sustain the reflectiveness.

At a small scale so far, that future is on display in hundreds of gas projects in Canada and some states where liquefied propane (in gel form) is used to pressurize and fracture shale and then exits the well in gaseous form to be collected for reuse or other purposes.

Technological advancements in hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling across the American heartland have created thousands of jobs and revitalized small towns from Texas to North Dakota.