Because of an error in the manufacture of digoxin tablets a large number of patients took tablets that contained 0.20 mg. of digitoxin and 0.05 mg. of digoxin instead of the prescribed 0.25 mg. of digoxin. The symptoms are described of 179 patients who took these tablets and suffered from digitalis intoxication. Of these patients, 125 had taken the faultily composed tablets for more than three ...

The computational landscape is drastically changing. Processing is becoming virtually free, and sensors and actuators are becoming embeddable and affordable, allowing us to manufacture myriads of computational devices and embed them in the world. Unfortunately, as computing becomes smaller and more plentiful, it becomes harder to make parts error free and calibrated. Furthermore, communication ...

This project addresses the need for the implementation of low-cost acquisition technology in the field of vehicle engineering: the design, development, manufacture, and verification of a low-cost Arduino-based data acquisition platform to be used in <80 Hz data acquisition in vehicle dynamics, using low-cost accelerometers. In addition to this, a comparative study is carried out of professional...

Robotics was successfully applied to the medical field which led to a new scope with vast areas of research; specially, robotics with dental application is relatively an untraveled area to explore. Access opening, bio mechanical preparation and obturation are the three vital steps in endodontic treatment. This procedure is time consuming and completely relies on the clinician’s mastering skills...

A Robotic System is being developed to automate the crucible packing in the CZ semiconductor wafer production. It requires the delicate manipulation and packing of highly irregular shaped polycrystalline silicon nuggets, into a fragile glass crucible. Here an on-line algorithm is presented to plan the packing. It uses a method called Virtual Trial and Error. The on-line algorithm handles large ...

We consider the problem of selection the set of features that are the most significant for partitioning two given data sets. The criterion for selection which is to be maximized is the symmetric information distance between distributions of the features subset in the two classes. These distributions are estimated using Bayesian approach for uniform priors, the symmetric information distance is ...

The angular error of indexing table on machine tool is measured using new developed measuring device. The measuring techniques, which have been reviewed in this paper, are currently available in manufacturing engineering to calibrate the angle measurement. The new developed measuring device using 6 points kinematic concept and employing ball and vee grooves is used to calibrate angle errors of ...

A Robotic System is being developed to automate the crucible packing process in the CZ semiconductor wafer production. It requires the delicate manipulation and packing of highly irregular shaped polycrystalline silicon nuggets, into a fragile glass crucible. Here an on-line algorithm is presented to plan the packing. It uses a method called Virtual Trial and Error. The on-line algorithm handle...

Recently, computer numerically controlled machines have permitted the manufacture of progressive power lenses (PPLs) with different designs. However, the possible differences in optical performance among lens designs are not yet well established. In this work, the spatially resolved aberrations, at 20 relevant locations, of three PPLs with different designs were measured with a Hartmann-Shack w...