A simple scheme is presented for modifying geometric moments to use geodesic distances. This provides a set of global shape descriptors that are invariant to bending as well as rotation, translation and scale.

Abstract. This paper considers the timeand space-dependent linear Boltzmann equation with general boundary conditions in the case of inelastic (granular) collisions. First, in the (angular) cut-off case, mild L1-solutions are constructed as limits of the iterate functions and boundedness of higher velocity moments are discussed in the case of inverse power collisions forces. Then the problem of...

BACKGROUND Many international volunteer groups provide free reconstructive plastic surgery for the poor and underserved in developing countries. An essential issue in providing this care is that it meets consistent guidelines for both quality and safety-a topic that has been addressed previously. An equally important consideration is how to provide that care in an ethical manner. No literature ...

INTRODUCTION: During the 2015–2016 academic year, plastic surgery residents accounted for nearly 4.2% of surgical residents and 0.8% of residents overall. While the number of residency programs and allotted residency positions in plastic surgery have been steadily increasing in recent years, little information exists regarding residents who are accepted for plastic surgery residency but never m...

INTRODUCTION The WHO Safer Surgery checklist has become an important component of perioperative safety. Our objective, was to determine the compliance of completing the checklist for paediatric emergency plastic surgery patients at our unit. METHODS An initial baseline was performed with 70 patients over two months at our unit. Following this, we raised awareness at an audit meeting and close...

flood frequency analysis is faced with the problem of data and information limitation in arid and semi-arid regions. particularly in these regions, the length of records is usually too short to ensure reliable quantile estimates. more than 75% of iran is located in arid and semi-arid regions and despite the low annual precipitation, often large floods occur. one way to provide more information ...

This case report presents an implant-aided prosthetic treatment in which peri-implant plastic surgery techniques were applied in combination to satisfactorily attain functional aesthetic expectations. Peri-implant plastic surgery enables the successful reconstruction and restoration of the balance between soft and hard tissues and allows the option of implant-aided fixed prosthetic rehabilitation.

This research study the reliability of designing continuous floor slabs with varying end conditions under affected ultimate Loads by plastic theory. paper has adopted an approach using moment distribution method in design solid .16 rectangular have same depth but different and dimensions x y- directions were investigated. The results obtained from achieved equilibrium, mechanisms, it was compar...