A reliable electricity transmission network has a vital role in modern society. The long service life and the capital intensity emphasize the importance of distribution network design and selecting good quality components. The thesis addresses quality related factors in underground cable connectors. The connections in underground cable connectors are widely established by screwing. The performa...

A five unit fixed dental prosthesis with a pier abutment poses a unique challenge of a fulcrum and torquing forces at the intermediate abutment. The use of a rigid connector can lead to localization of forces on the pier abutment. Therefore, the use of a non-rigid connector as a stress breaker has been advocated to alleviate the situation. The following case report describes the factors associa...

In many simulation applications, the target system may change its structure unpredictably. The simulation model should adjust in time, to follow the evolving of the target system. In this paper we put forward a new definition of system to accommodate the dynamic structural change, and classify the structural change of system, include change in components, relationships among components and inte...

The important meaning of the optical fiber connector scratches detection was introduced based on wavelet packet and machine vision. To detect the optical fiber connector scratches by using the UltraPAC system, aiming at the scratches feature, the method of analyzing and extracting the scratches eigenvalue by using wavelet packet analysis and pattern recognition by making use of the wavelet neur...

OBJECTIVE In all ceramic fixed partial dentures the connector area is a common fracture location. The survival time of three-unit fixed partial dentures may be improved by altering the connector design in regions of maximum tension. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of buccolingual increase of the connector width on the stress distribution in posterior fixed partial dentures...

modifications are widely accepted, used and even published in the journals [2]. The modification of the ProSeal LMA by connecting an endotracheal tube connector to the drain tube has been reported recently, when the lightwand was used in conjuction, to facilitate the insertion of the ProSeal LMA, as the endotracheal tube connector seats perfectly in the connector lock at the hilt of the lightwa...

One of the key questions in the debates swirling around structural adjustment programs in Africa is their effects on the poor. Have these programs "benefited ... the rural poor disproportionately", as concluded in Adjustment in Africa (World Bank 1994)? The answer for rural families studied over a period of years in Malawi is no. Market liberalization has provided new income opportunities (thro...