tooth/implant supported fixed prostheses may present biomechanical design problems, as the implant is rigidly anchored within the alveolus, whereas the tooth is attached by the periodontal ligament to the bone allowing movement. many clinicians prefer tooth/implant supported fixed prosthesis designs with rigid connectors. however, there are some doubts about the effect of attachment placement i...

Nowadays mobile and fixed devices are used interchangeably for surfing the web due to the huge improvements performed in mobile devices in the recent years. Both mobile and fixed devices with Internet connectivity are supplied with different types of connection, thus users can select the best one at any time depending on their environment. In general, the mobile devices allow users access to In...

Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection can be diagnosed by cross sectional echocardiography. Information is, however, lacking concerning the diagnostic accuracy of this imaging method and any factors which may influence it. To predict the pulmonary venous connection 463 patients with congenital heart disease who had angiographic confirmation were prospectively examined. Total anomalous pul...

Abstract: This research work presents a new rigid connection constructed with channels. In order to assess its hysteresis behavior, three specimens with different cover plates and six specimens with different panel zone thickness have been considered. The energy absorbed by the connection and the behavior of the panel zone were studied during cyclic loading and compared with those of connectio...

Keiko Motoyama, Yuji Nakai, Tomoya Miyashita, Yuichiro Fukui, Maki Morita, Kazutsuka Sanmiya, Hiroyuki Sakakibara, Ichiro Matsumoto, Keiko Abe, Takafumi Yakabe, Nobuhiro Yajima, and Kayoko Shimoi Graduate School of Nutritional and Environmental Sciences, Institute for Environmental Sciences, and Global COE Program, University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka; Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Scien...

† This work was supported in part by NSF Grants CCR-9207971 and CCR-9509589, funding from the Apple Computer Advanced Technology Group, and donations from Thinking Machines Corporation. Our T.M.C. CM-5 was purchased through NSF Grant CDA-9024618, with matching funding from the University of Wisconsin Graduate School. ‡ Editor, IEEE P1596.2 proposed Standard. The views expressed in this paper ar...

AutoBAHN (Automated Bandwidth Allocation across Heterogeneous Networks) has specified and is now prototyping a Bandwidth on Demand (BoD) service intended to operate in a multidomain environment using heterogeneous transmission technologies. The AutoBAHN system aims at providing a guaranteed capacity, connection-oriented service between two end points. This paper highlights the architecture of t...

Eines der Hauptziele des Applied Research Branch in der Numerical Aerodynamic Simulation (NAS) Systems Division am NASA Ames Research Center ist die beschleunigte Einfiihrung von parallelen Hochleistungsrechnern in ein produktionsorientiertes Rechenzentrum. In dieser Arbeit werden die Zielrichtungen des NAS Projekts in Bezug auf Parallelrechner dargestellt. Weiterhin werden die Erfahrungen mit ...

Aiming at region connection calculus (RCC) can only roughly represent spatial topological relations, and have difficulty in representing the distance, direction and so on. Therefore, based on RCC theory, Region Extension and Shrinking Calculus are proposed, and then a formalized metrization method using region as a basic unit is introduced. Based on RESC theory, taking the advantage such as app...