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Polyester patches were sewn in both discs to increase thrombogenicity.
For example, consider the production of clothes, which involves many stages such as cutting and sewing.
Alternatively, a patch can be placed by sewing the stitches exclusively in the straddling leaflet of the tricuspid valve.
You have your playgroup in the morning, your art groups, your sewing groups, your flower groups.
One retired woman had devoted many hours to pursuing her passion for sewing and had made many exquisite outfits for herself and her family.
The raw jute passed through six different departments of a factory called batching, softening, preparing, spinning, weaving and sewing.
The dura mater was sewn back and regrew over the electrode array.
She threaded the needle, then sewed the button on.
Bone: used for tent frames, pegs and toggles, as well as for the needles used in sewing skins.
This led to much discussion about garments sewn and mended in the past, embroidery and other sewing projects undertaken.
Damage was defined as removal of potential photosynthetic tissue, and as such included leaves rolled or sewn together, even if not entirely consumed by herbivores.
The women were even unable to sew hides together to make the tent-walls.
It can be sewn from basic geometric shapes and does not require special accessories, other than a few external poles and wires.
The day began with the 'reading of the rules', and then they were set to work either reading, knitting or sewing.
Yeomen had to rely upon their wives to cook, clean, sew, tend the garden, and, critically, to work in the fields.
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