Abstract:

The research work in Ref. [1] received support from the Surgical Center Henri Mondor, University Paris 12, France. Therefore, we would like to publish the following acknowledgement:
This work was within the framework of an Erasmus student mobility at the Higher Institute of Bio Science, University Paris 12, France, which enabled the international collaboration with Faculty of Medical Bioengineering, University of Iasi, Romania. The experimental measurements and partial processing of the data presented in this article were obtained in the laboratory of Surgical Center Henri Mondor, University Paris 12, France. The authors wish to thank Professor Mustapha Zidi, Professor Eric Allaire, Dr Ingrid Masson, Dr Anissa Eddhahak and also for all re-searchers of the Surgical Center Henri Mondor for their help (expertise, material and technical supports) and coop-eration throughout this research.

Reference
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