Three experiments were carried out to investigate the internal structure of a rectangular frame to test Arnheim's (1974 Art and Visual Perception, 1988 The Power of the Center) proposals about its 'structural skeleton'. Observers made subjective ratings of how well a small probe circle fit within a rectangle at different interior positions. In experiment 1, ratings of 77 locations were highest ...

Musical fit, the congruence between music and product leading to improved response, is presented as an explanation of differences in recall of food items from two cultures. Musical fit predicts that, in this case, more Indian food items would be recalled when Indian music was playing, and more Malay food items would be recalled when Malay music was played. The underlining premise of this predic...

Fit testing of tight-fitting respiratory protective facepieces has been in use for some years, but there are still widespread misconceptions and misunderstandings about what a fit test pass actually signifies. Various aspects frequently generate research papers, and there are three relevant ones in this issue (Han and Lee, 2005; Kuo et al., 2005; Vaughan and RajanSithamparanadarajah, 2005). In ...

BACKGROUND Swedish healthcare has an internationally high standard, but is often criticized from a patient perspective owing to access problems to primary and specialist care. The waiting time to get in touch or get an appointment with a doctor, nurse, or physiotherapist is often too long. Access problems also create stress for employees when there are too few appointments to offer. In addition...

March 28, 2017 Version 1.46.0 Date 2011-02-09 Title A ``corrective make-up'' program for microarray chips Author Mayte Suarez-Farinas, Maurizio Pellegrino, Knut M. Wittkowski, Marcelo O. Magnasco Maintainer Maurizio Pellegrino Depends R (>= 2.10) Imports affy, altcdfenvs, Biobase, stats, utils Description The package is used to detect extended, diffuse and compact blemi...

January 14, 2017 Version 1.46.0 Date 2011-02-09 Title A ``corrective make-up'' program for microarray chips Author Mayte Suarez-Farinas, Maurizio Pellegrino, Knut M. Wittkowski, Marcelo O. Magnasco Maintainer Maurizio Pellegrino Depends R (>= 2.10) Imports affy, altcdfenvs, Biobase, stats, utils Description The package is used to detect extended, diffuse and compact ble...

Comparative Molecular Field Analysis (CoMFA) has been used to develop three-dimensional quantitative structure-property relationship (3D-QSPR) models for the fusion enthalpy at the melting point (Delta(fus)H(m)(T(fus))) of a representative set of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). Various alignment schemes, such as inertial, as is, atom fit, and field fit, were used in this study to evaluate the...

[Purpose] This study aimed to examine the validity and internal consistency of the Japanese version of a performance evaluation tool for activities of daily living (ADL) based on the modified Barthel Index (PET-MBI) among elderly people at home. [Subjects] The subjects were elderly people living at home in Japan. [Methods] A cross-sectional study was performed at five home care facilities for e...

This study investigated the mechanical properties and single crown accuracy of the tailor-made Fourth University Stomatology investment (FUS-invest) for casting titanium. Background. Current investment for casting titanium is not optimal for obtaining high-quality castings, and the commercially available titanium investment is costly. Methods. Titanium specimens were cast using the tailor-made ...

The fit of the implant-abutment interface was assessed by the metallographic technique and by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), using solid abutment types at different torque levels. Forty Morse taper connections and forty solid abutments were used at different torque levels (repeated after 10 minutes) in the following groups (n = 10): 25 Ncm (group g1), 30 Ncm (group g2), 35 Ncm (group g3), ...