Background: During the past decade there has been a significant increase in the number of
vertebral fractures being treated with the balloon kyphoplasty procedure. Although previous …

Objective The aim of this study was to assess the mechanical performance of ridged backslabs
in comparison to traditional non-ridged backslabs, specifically focusing on their load-…

Understanding the failure modes which instigate vertebral collapse requires the determination
of trabecular bone fatigue properties, since many of these fractures are observed clinically …

… My mother, Sue Purcell, has taught me to value learning, but also, by her extraordinary …
Last but, oh my, not least are Roshann Kazemi Purcell and Neeku Kazemi Purcell. You are …

… Purcell's dramatic music. It is concerned as much with the London theatre world - playhouses,
poets, actors, singers, producers - as with the music itself. Purcell … , Purcell's masterpiece, …

THE attempt to write a Life of Henry Purcell has been beset with many difficulties. So much
information which might have been preserved for the instruction of after times has been lost, …

Treating fractures of the spine is a major challenge for the medical community with an estimated
1.4 million fractures per annum worldwide. While a considerable volume of study exists …

… Purcell, Jr. … My greatest debt is to my wife, Sallee McNamara Purcell, who contributed
to every phase of the research and writing. Words cannot convey the extent of her help. …

… use the Purcell effect to reduce the radiative lifetime. However, until now only modest Purcell
… slow relaxation paths, revealing a highly Purcell-shortened radiative lifetime (22.7 ps) in a …

THIS study of an epoch in the history of Connecticut was begun at the suggestion of
Professor Max Farrand. Under his scholarly guidance it gradually took the form of a doctoral …