In this paper, Computer Aided Designing (CAD) in conjunction with Rapid Tooling is applied to design and produce forming tools (punch and die) for stretch-formed jewelry (generated on thin sheet metal on top of which jewelry patterns are raised with forming tools by stretching the sheet metal beyond its elastic limit. The work presents a parametric voxel based CAD paradigm for modeling of such ...

A 28-year-old female presented for evaluation of left flank pain and polyuria after having been exposed to cadmium in the jewelry manufacturing industry for approximately 3 years. This patient possessed both elevated 24-hr urinary ss2-microglobulin and elevated blood cadmium levels. Approximately 6 months after initial presentation, the patient resigned from her job due to shortness of breath, ...

185 Koh and others have reported (in this issue of the MJM) the high prevalence of Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) on doctors’ neckties. As they have pointed out, this is nothing new, and like other studies with similar findings. They also point out that patient’s confidence and satisfaction are not affected by doctor’s not wearing neckties. They also referred to the British ...

Sketch-based modeling has attracted considerable attention in recent years. In this paper, we propose a semantic feature modeling system for sketch-based jewelry design, called Sketch2Jewelry. The newly devised semantic feature class encodes specific domain knowledge (jewelry design knowledge in this paper) and supplies prolific semantic information. The advantage of using semantic features is ...

In the world where increasingly mobility and long-distance relationships (LDR) with family, friends and loved-ones became commonplace, there exists a gap in intimate interpersonal communication mediated by technology. Considering the advances in the field of mediation of relationships through technology, as well as prevalence of use of jewelry as love-tokens for expressing a wish to be remember...

A parametric feature based jewelry modeler for designing and manufacturing of the Fret-worked bangles. These bangles are made from gold and adorned with fretwork designs. Fretwork is a decorative design that is either carved in low relief on a solid background, or cut out to adorn a jewelry item. Fretwork designs are viewed as features that are to be recurrently removed from the stock-solid ban...

BACKGROUND The authors provide clinical findings in five patients wearing oral jewelry to illustrate the risks of experiencing periodontal injury associated with body piercing involving intraoral and perioral sites. They also present a literature review of other adverse dental and medical consequences attributed to oral piercing. CASE DESCRIPTIONS Five young adult patients with tongue and lip...

Piercings (body art, i.e., with jewelry) are more and more widespread. They can induce various complications such as infections, allergies, headaches, and various skin, cartilage, or dental problems, and represent a public health problem. We draw attention to possible side effects resulting from face piercing complications observed on four young adults such as eye misalignment, decreased postur...