This paper presents the research work involved in the development of a knowledge based system (KBS) for automated design of deep drawing die for axisymmetric parts. The production rule based KBS approach of artificial intelligence (AI) is utilized for development of the proposed system. The overall system is organized in 27 modules. System modules are coded in AutoLISP language and user interfa...

Pasco et al (pp. 322–326) investigated the role of tobacco smoking as a risk factor for major depressive disorder, using data from an Australian population-based sample of women. They found both cross-sectional and longitudinal evidence for an association between smoking and depression, particularly among heavy smokers. Using a range of brain imaging techniques, de Win et al (pp. 289–296) found...

Background: The evaluation of the soft tissue facial profile is essential to achieve facial harmony in orthodontic diagnosis and treatment planning. Objectives: This study aimed to develop soft tissue angular photogrammetric norms for a sample of Iranian population. Patients and Methods: Standardized profile photographic records were taken from 34 men and 37 women. Twelve measurements were anal...

In his Comment [1] to my paper [2] Rutenberg notes that " the basis of my analysis of conserved scalar phase-ordering dynamics, to apply only the global conservation constraint dxψ = N, (1) is incorrect ". Because " for physical conserved systems, which evolve by mass transport, the stronger local conservation law embodied by continuity equation " ∂ψ/∂t = −∇j. (2) This question needs clarificat...

We report a preliminary implementation of an interactive system that enables a draftsperson using only the standard features of a commercial CAD package (AutoCAD) to construct a model-based vision program. Some of the information needed by the model-based vision program is computed automatically from the drawing, but the draftsperson can also provides guidance on expected image-feature types by...

The Archaeology Data Service (ADS) is a digital archive that has been promoting good practice in the use of digital archaeological data and supporting research, learning and teaching with high quality and dependable digital resources for twenty years. The ADS does this by preserving digital data in the long-term and by promoting and disseminating, open and free datasets, gathered from all secto...

3D Modeling is a process of developing 3D objects and their features, having gained popularity during the last decade. As of now, there are many 3D editors to help 3D modeling such as Google’s sketch up, AutoCad, sunglass and others. As these 3D editors have become more useful and 3D-related activities have become rich, collaboration in 3D modeling is getting much attention. In this paper, we p...