This article reports the use of Myobrace® appliances, in conjunction with orofacial myofunctional therapy, for the effective early treatment of a developing malocclusion (Class II, division 2 incisor relationship) in the mixed dentition. The Myobrace® appliances used are prefabricated functional appliances with tooth positioning and myofunctional training characteristics. Myofunctional therapy-...

Proper use of wireless sensor networks (WSNs) can lower the rate of catastrophic failures, and increase the efficiency and productivity of industrial operations. Diversification of remote control mode is the inevitable trend of development of smart appliances. This paper proposes a review on remote control system of smart appliances based on Zigbee wireless sensor network. Status of the home ap...

The design and development of a smart monitoring and controlling system for household electrical appliances in real time has been reported in this paper. The system principally monitors electrical parameters of household appliances such as voltage and current and subsequently calculates the power consumed. The novelty of this system is the implementation of the controlling mechanism of applianc...

I examine whether electricity prices influence the likelihood that consumers purchase high efficiency appliances by using state-year panel data on electricity prices and the proportion of sales of new appliances that involve high efficiency “Energy Star” models. I find no evidence that electricity prices affect the propensity for consumers to choose high efficiency appliances. Point estimates a...

The effect of the Twin Block functional orthodontic appliances is mostly dento-alveolar with small skeletal effect. There are certain clinical indications where functional appliances can be used successfully in class II malocclusion e.g. in a growing patient. The use of these appliances is greatly dependent on the patient's compliance and they simplify the fixed appliance phase. In this case, a...

When it comes to conserving electricity, it is crucial for users to know how much energy is consumed by individual appliances. However, the technical feedback provided by existing energy consumption feedback systems in the form of dry numbers and intangible units is not appropriate for most users. To address this shortcoming we developed PowerPedia, a system that provides behavior-influencing f...

Home automation is a wide and varied field that involves devices as small as temperature, light and motion sensor, and as powerful as modern home appliances. In today’s world technology is available for home automation but these technologies are incompatible with each other and addresses only communication and physical media, the main objective of this work is to facilitate the user to control ...

We present a location detection system for tracking multimedia appliances and users within a wireless local area network (WLAN) enabled home environment. Multimedia appliances communicate with a central gateway via low cost network interface devices called Buddies. The gateway can locate the users and appliances within the accuracy of a room and use the location information to automatically red...

The design and development of a smart monitoring and controlling system for household electrical appliances in real time has been reported in this paper. The system principally monitors electrical parameters of household appliances such as voltage and current and subsequently calculates the power consumed. The novelty of this system is the implementation of the controlling mechanism of applianc...

Dental appliances fashioned from flat gold bands are known from references in ancient Roman literature and have been recovered from archaeological contexts since the late 18th century. Wire appliances of gold and silver are known from the eastern Mediterranean and have completely different origins and functions. Recent research on the known corpus of these ancient appliances, many of which have...