There are a few reports about bradycardia or asystole caused by direct laryngoscopy. However, we encountered severe bradycardia in response to suspension laryngoscopy for laryngeal polypectomy after safely completing tracheal intubation using a direct laryngoscope with a curved blade. The tip of the curved blade of the direct laryngoscope is positioned at the vallecula (between the base of the ...

This paper describes a method for adding surface details to existing CAD models. Our approach is based on truncated powers, which allows us align the added with curved knot lines surface. Additionally, (truncated) powers give precise control over continuity of perturbed across (curved) lines. representation compatible current CAD/CAM practise and standards, we showcase it several examples.

We define an L2-disparity measure between curved high-order meshes and parameterized manifolds in terms of an L2 norm. The main application of the proposed definition is to measure and improve the distance between a curved high-order mesh and a target parameterized curve or surface. The approach allows considering meshes with the nodes on top of the curve or surface (interpolative), or floating...

The quest for miniaturization of devices and control over surface properties motivate rigorous efforts to artificially fabricate surfaces with nanometer features. Here we present a method fabricating curved, meandering grooves submicrometer spacing by laser irradiation in liquid. We show that this is possible using the cavitation bubbles formed during as diffraction objects spatially modulate i...

We demonstrate hyperbolic metamaterials (HMMs) on a curved surface for an efficient outcoupling of nonradiative modes, which lead to an enhanced spontaneous emission. Those high-wavevector plasmonic modes can propagate along the curved structure and emit into the far field, realizing a directional light emission with maximal fluorescent intensity. Detailed simulations disclose a high Purcell fa...

We present the results of an experimental investigation on the crystallography of the dimpled patterns obtained through wrinkling of a curved elastic system. Our macroscopic samples comprise a thin hemispherical shell bound to an equally curved compliant substrate. Under compression, a crystalline pattern of dimples self-organizes on the surface of the shell. Stresses are relaxed by both out-of...

In the initial phase of structural part design, wire-frame models are sometimes used to represent the shapes of curved faces. Finite element analysis (FEA) of the curved faces requires that a well-shaped, well-sized mesh be smoothly generated on them. The algorithm described in this paper generates such a mesh from a wireframe model by the following three steps: (1) projection of the vertices o...