The ideal container for discarded cultures and other contaminated materials which require autoclaving to render them safe should be reasonably cheap, resistant to corrosion, leak-proof, and capable of allowing the passage of steam to all parts of its contents. Perhaps because of the difficulty of meeting all these requirements with the metal containers which have traditionally been used some la...

With the development of plastic surgery techniques, computer aided approach has become a significant method in medical plastic surgery. In order to solve effects on surgical results made by the surface of a wound in craniofacial cosmetic surgery, accurate preoperative preparation is usually required for the surgery. This paper summarizes the application of computer aided technology in craniofac...

Sediments recovered from Ocean Drilling Program (ODP) holes undergo elastic rebound and physical expansion when recovered from great depths below the seabed (about 75 m). This expansion contributes to the artificial “growth” of the composite depth section (Hagelberg et al., 1992). Sediment elastic properties, derived from one-dimensional consolidation tests, are used to correct the expanded sed...