In this study, the L*a*b* color system as a color system and light transmittance of the denture base resin reinforced with wire mesh and glass cloth were measured, and the color difference (deltaE*ab) was calculated using L*, a* and b* values which were measured both on a white calibration plate and on a null background. The thicknesses of test specimens, which were reinforced with wire mesh an...

We present a Finite Element Method (FEM) implementation for cloth simulation on the GPU. The advantages of FEM are twofold: the realism of cloth simulations using this method is improved compared with other methods like the widely used mass-spring one, and it has a wider application rank because it can be used for general triangulated cloth meshes. We are able to detect collisions between cloth...

The World of Mexican Migrants: The Rock and the Hard Place. By Judith Adler Hellman. New York: New Press, 2008. Pp. xxiv + 546. $17.95 paper. $28.50 cloth. “I Know It’s Dangerous”: Why Mexicans Risk Their Lives to Cross the Border. By Lynnaire M. Sheridan. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 2009. Pp. xv + 206. $24.95 paper. $55.00 cloth. Clandestine Crossings: Migrants and Coyotes on the Texa...

Barnard, S. M., ed. 2009. Bats in Captivity. Logos Press, Washington, D.C. 600 pp. $99.95, ISBN: 9781934899021 (cloth); $74.95, ISBN: 9781934899038 (paper). Billingshouse, S. I., ed. 2009. Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: Issues and Legislation. Nova Science Publ., Hauppauge, NY. 82 pp. $43, ISBN: 9781606928059 (paper). Chittenden H., and I. Whyte. 2009. Roberts Bird Guide: Kruger National Park...

Carbon nanotube paper, sometimes referred to as bucky paper, is a random arrangement of carbon nanotubes meshed into a single robust structure, which can be manipulated with relative ease. Multi-walled carbon nanotubes were used to make the nanotube paper, and were subsequently modified with platinum using an electroless deposition method based on substrate enhanced electroless deposition. This...

Cloth is difficult to simulate because it forms small, complex folds. These folds make cloth configuration difficult to measure. Particular problems include fast motion (ruling out laser ranging methods), the necessity for high resolution measurement, the fact that no viewing direction can see into the folds, and the fact that many points are visible with either small baseline or in only one vi...

A comparison between different carbon-based gas-diffusion air-breathing cathodes for microbial fuel cells (MFCs) is presented in this work. A micro-porous layer (MPL) based on carbon black (CB) and an activated carbon (AC) layer were used as catalysts and applied on different supporting materials, including carbon cloth (CC), carbon felt (CF), and stainless steel (SS) forming cathode electrodes...