Background: Work-related musculoskeletal disorders are the most important problems in the health workforce. These discomforts cause many working days losses, increase absenteeism from work, and impose annual economic costs. Awkward posture is the most important factor among the risk factors for work-related musculoskeletal disorders. This study aimed at implementing an interventional ergonomic ...

A blurry background due to shallow depth of field is often desired for photographs such as portraits, but, unfortunately, small point-and-shoot cameras do not permit enough defocus because of the small diameter of their lenses. We present an image-processing technique that increases the defocus in an image to simulate the shallow depth of field of a lens with a larger aperture. Our technique es...

introduction: variable resolution x-ray (vrx) ct is a new type of ct that can image objects at various spatial resolutions. in a vrx ct scanner, the spatial resolution increases at the cost of reduction in the field of view (fov). an important factor that limits the spatial resolution of the vrx ct is the effect of focal spot size. also, the optimum magnification is different at each incident a...

Recently, generative probabilistic modeling principles were extended to visualization of structured data types, such as sequences. The models are formulated as constrained mixtures of sequence models a generalization of density-based visualization methods previously developed for static data sets. In order to effectively explore visualization plots, one needs to understand local directional mag...

STUDY DESIGN Prospective study. PURPOSE The main purpose of this study was to clarify the range of magnification errors on digital plain radiographs and to determine if there is a correlation between the body mass index (BMI) of a patient and the magnification error. OVERVIEW OF LITERATURE Most clinicians currently use digital plain radiography. This new method allows one to access images a...

This article presents the forced vibration of composite beams reinforced by single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) and subjected to a moving mass. Considering distribution such as uniform (UD-CNT), functionally graded Λ (FGΛ-CNT) X (FGX-CNT), three different are studied. Based on third-order shear deformation theory (TSDT), motion equations derived using Hamilton's principle. Including mass in...

It was purposed to understand the dynamic response of frame which are subjected to moving point loads. The finite element method and numerical time integration method (New mark method) are employed in the vibration analysis. The effect of the speed of the moving load on the dynamic magnification factor which is defined as the ratio of the maximum dynamic displacement at the corresponding node i...

Background and aim: Considering the widespread development of implants in dental treatment plans, linear measurements on panoramic radiography are of especial importance. In the present study we investigated the effect of head misalignment up to 15° around vertical and horizontal axes on the magnification rate of digital panoramic radiography in each part of upper and lower jaws. Materia...