The mandible provides structural support for the teeth and a route for neural and vascular supply to the dentition, as well as sensory perception for the lower one-third of the face. Although the mandible is the largest and strongest facial bone, fractures frequently result as a sequela of facial trauma because of the mandible’s physical prominence in the lower face. Vehicular accidents and ass...

In this paper, we employ a uni…ed approach to Nash’s two-person bargaining problem by using a class of axioms, which we term Common Disagreement Point (CDP) axioms. These axioms describe under what circumstances parties that expect to face sometimes uncertain nested or non-nested bargaining sets can reach interim outcomes. By doing so, these axioms portray a bargaining process, and thereby brid...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers elevated Zoar Levee and Diversion Dam to a Dam Safety Action Class I (urgent and compelling) ranking due to seepage concerns. An accelerated program is in progress to address project deficiencies which include seepage through the levee’s glacial outwash foundation, through a fractured rock knoll beneath the levee, and through the dam’s fractured rock abutments a...