OBJECTIVE Wrist buckle fractures are a frequent reason for emergency department visits. Although textbooks recommend 2 to 4 weeks of immobilization in a short arm cast, management varies. Treatment with both casts and splints is common, and length of immobilization varies. The objective was to determine if children with distal radius and/or ulna buckle fractures treated with a removable splint ...

In this work we propose a secure electronic voting protocol that is suitable for large scale voting over the Internet. The protocol allows a voter to cast his or her ballot anonymously, by exchanging untraceable yet authentic messages. The protocol ensures that (i) only eligible voters are able to cast votes, (ii) a voter is able to cast only one vote, (iii) a voter is able to verify that his o...

The CERN Axion Solar Telescope (CAST) is searching for solar axions, which could be produced in the core of the Sun via the so-called Primakoff effect. For this purpose, CAST uses a decommissioned LHC prototype magnet. In its magnetic field of 9 Tesla, axions could be reconverted into X-ray photons. The magnet is mounted on a structure built to follow the Sun during sunrise and sunset for a tot...

Multi-context team decision making under time stress is an extremely challenging issue faced by various real world application domains. In this study we employ an experience-based cognitive agent architecture (R-CAST) to address the informational challenges associated with military command and control (C) decision making teams, the performance of which can be significantly affected by dynamic c...

S E Lamb and colleagues (Feb 14, p 575) investigated the eff ectiveness of three types of mechanical support for acute ankle sprains and found that a short period of immobilisation with a below-knee cast resulted in better ankle function than a tubular compression bandage. Clinically important benefi ts (foot and ankle score) were found at 3 months’ follow-up with the belowknee cast; however, n...

Drawing a random sample of ballots to conduct a risklimiting audit generally requires knowing how the ballots cast in an election are organized into groups, for instance, how many containers of ballots there are in all and how many ballots are in each container. A list of the ballot group identifiers along with number of ballots in each group is called a ballot manifest. What if the ballot mani...

This document contains several sections of the CAST-256 AES Submission Package delivered to NIST on June 9, 1998. All complete submissions received by NIST will be made public in late August at the First AES Candidate Conference, but the following material is being made available now so that public analysis of the CAST-256 algorithm may begin (see, for example, http://www.ii.uib.no/~larsr/aes.h...

PURPOSE The purposes of this study were (1) to evaluate the fit between implant frameworks and implants fabricated with two types of implant framework fabrication techniques: computer-aided design/computer-assisted machining (CAD/CAM) and conventional casting with the lost wax technique; and (2) to describe a digital measurement system consisting of tactile scanning and computer software progra...

The accuracy of 12 impression materials of six different types were studied by using complete-arch FPD impressions. Sixty impressions were made of a Columbia dentoform maxillary model with complete cast crown abutment preparations on the canines and the second molars. A one-piece casting was constructed by connecting the four individual castings made for the four abutment teeth. The master pros...