We designed and applied novel interactive visualisation to investigate how social networks – derived from smartphone logs – are embedded in time and space. Social networks were identified through direct calls between participants and calls to mutual contacts of participants. Direct contact between participants was sparse and deriving networks through mutual contacts helped enrich the social net...

Integrating neuroscientific data across labs is a challenging endeavour, and extracting meaning from this data is even harder still. NeuroElectro.org collects electrophysiology, neuron type, and experimental conditions data from published articles and provides all of this data in text format for analysis. Here, we present NeuroElectro Data’s Visualization (NED Vis), an interactive visual interf...

We present smooth formulations of common vortex detectors that allow a seamless integration into the concept of interactive visual analysis of flow simulation data. We express the originally binary feature detectors as fuzzy-sets that can be combined using the linking and brushing concepts of interactive visual analysis. Both interaction and visualization gain from having multiple detectors con...

Common interests among people in different communities and levels are driving plenty of research groups and industry developers to pay more attention to such a vast zone of opportunities. Nowadays, unifying service architectures and implementations has become achievable, advanced and sophisticated mobile services early-adopters and late-integrators are standing over one tangible concept; troubl...

This paper describes an innovative, mixed-media information visualization display method and system architecture for public learning exhibits. The system is scalable in the number and types of displays and flexible in its applicability to a range of data domains and interaction models. This work extends and improves the original illuminated diagram paradigm which merges static, ultra-resolution...

The caries-preventive benefits of fluoride are generally accepted by dental researchers and practicing professionals worldwide. The benefits of fluoride toothpastes and mouthrinses have been supported by several high-quality systematic reviews. The formulation of a fluoride toothpaste and biological (salivary flow rate) and behavioral factors (brushing frequency, brushing time, post-brushing ri...

In this study, scaling, polishing and daily tooth brushing were performed in 20 beagle dogs, and the number of oral bacteria was determined using a bacterial counter. The dogs were randomized into the scaling (S), scaling + polishing (SP), scaling + tooth daily brushing (SB) and scaling + polishing + tooth daily brushing (SPB) groups. Samples were collected from the buccal surface of the maxill...

PURPOSE To assess the effect of brushing with different solutions on the abrasion resistance of two types of acrylic resin teeth. MATERIALS AND METHODS Maxillary premolars from two types of acrylic teeth (Biotone and Biotone IPN) were divided into six groups (n = 12), according to the solution used during brushing: distilled water (control), coconut soap, or dentifrice. A mechanical brushing ...

Regular tooth brushing is considered an excellent preventive measure for oral plaque control. Yet despite over one hundred years of effort by dental professionals, levels of tooth brushing remain distressingly low. Evidence from a variety of studies suggests that tooth brushing is commonly performed in a regularised, automatic (i.e., routine) manner. Here it is argued a routine can be considere...

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Purpose: Tooth brushing is the most commonly recommended and performed oral hygiene behaviour by North Americans and is done ubiquitously in developed nations. It is the primary mechanical means for removing dental plaque, thereby assisting in the prevention of oral diseases including gingivitis and dental caries. The aim of this paper is to report on an investigation of the c...