Steven D. Spitz, is a Prosthodontist and has just celebrated his 12-year anniversary as owner and practitioner of Smileboston Cosmetic and Implant Dentistry. He received his undergraduate degree at Tufts University School of Dental Medicine, attended a general practice residency in Miami in the Jackson Memorial Hospital/VA program and received his prosthodontic training in the Harvard School of...

conclusions bladder perforation and stones are rare examples of complications in v-p surgical procedures. controlling the effective length of the terminal v-p shunt and modifying it appropriately can effectively reduce these complications. case presentation we report on a 38-year-old male who had hydrocephalus and v-p shunt for 12 years. two years ago, he found himself with recurrent urinary tr...

Much of our expectation of the future is based on a linear extrapolation from the present. However history tells us time and again that it’s the nonlinearities that make the big differences in predicting the future. New technologies like smart materials, MEMS, micro adaptive flow control, and nanotechnology all have the potential to have a big influence on the future of aeronautics. A forward-l...

Introduction: This work is dedicated to investigating the effect of applying polarized He-Ne laser beam (λ= 632 nm, 10 mW, 1 j/cm2) with polarization direction perpendicular to the stress direction on the tensile strength of biological tissue (elasticity index of the Pleura 10*4*0.1 mm).   Method and Material: The optimized characteristics of the laser illumi...