Nasal sill augmentation: an overlooked concept in rhinoplasty—a technical note and review of the literatures

Background Nasal sill is one of the components of the alar ring, affecting the esthetic outcomes of rhinoplasty; accordingly, we developed a novel technique to adjust defects in this area and compared it with the available techniques. Methods Our technique was based on creating a tunnel access to the nasal sill area through an incision made in the lower third of the columella using the open approach or through a nostril base incision in patients, who underwent alar base reduction, followed by insertion of a cartilaginous graft into the marked defect area. Results A total number of 54 patients with a defect in the nasal sill area were included in this study. Thirty-one patients underwent open rhinoplasty with the sill approach from the lower third of the columella, while 23 patients underwent rhinoplasty with a nostril base approach for nasal sill augmentation procedure. There were no reports of patient dissatisfaction, infection, bleeding, sensory dysfunction, or remaining asymmetry of the sill area. Conclusion Based on the findings of the present study, this technique can be successfully used in reconstructing the nasal sill area with minimal complications and morbidity.

Straightforward synthesis of [Cu(NHC)(alkynyl)] and [Cu(NHC)(thiolato)] complexes (NHC = N-Heterocyclic Carbene)

The synthetic access to monomeric copper-alkynyl and copper-thiolato complexes of the type [(NHC)Cu(R)] (R = alkynyl or thiolato) using a weak base approach is reported. All reported reactions proceed under...

STEMMING DOKUMEN TEKS BAHASA BALI DENGAN METODE RULE BASE APPROACH

The Balinese are one of the ethnic groups of Indonesia, the majority of which are on the island of Bali, the language used is Balinese with three levels of sor-singgih (tigang soroh) guidelines, namely Basa Kasar, Basa Madia and Basa Alus. Balinese language also has the additions of pangater, seselan and pangiring. To facilitate the search for basic words in Balinese, a stemming process is needed. Stemming is the process of mapping and decomposing the form of a word into its basic form. The stemming process is very important in the information retrieval system process. In this study, the Balinese stemming process used the Rule Base Approach method. The data used in this study are 376 basic words in Balinese. This study aims to design an appropriate stemming application for Balinese stemming. The initial stage in the Balinese stemming process is to carry out the input process, preprocessing, filtering, case folding and tokenization. Each word is subjected to a stemming process to remove the additions of pangater, seselan, and pangiring. The results of the study indicate that the Rule Base Approach method can be used to stem Balinese texts, this can be seen from the results of the accuracy reaching 77.82%. Of course, in testing there are still failures caused by overstemming errors resulting from the stemming process.