Fused filament fabrication (FFF), a form of filament-based material extrusion additive manufacturing (AM), is an extremely useful technique for the rapid production highly customized products; however, empirical evidence heavily relied upon understanding process. Initial modeling attempts have traditionally focused on predicting heat transfer and either interlayer diffusion adhesion or stress d...

Smartphones are now owned by most young adults in many countries. Installed applications regularly update while the phone is in standby. If it is kept near the body, this can lead to considerably higher exposure to radiofrequency electromagnetic radiation than occurred without internet access. Very little is known about current smartphone carrying habits of young women. This survey used an onli...

INTRODUCTION Despite the reduction in mortality incidences of AAA in proportion to increased use of EVAR, the natural history of aneurysms with the presence of an endoleak post EVAR remains unclear. With a cumulative AAA rupture incidence of 2% at six years post EVAR, the lack of an immediate endoleak is not an indicator of success. CASE REPORT We present a case of an 80-year-old man who pres...

PURPOSE The aim of this in vitro study was to evaluate the effect of aging on the tear strength and cytotoxicity of four soft denture lining materials. MATERIALS AND METHODS Four commonly used soft denture lining materials, (Coe-Comfort™ GC America Inc., Alsip, IL, USA; Coe-Soft™ GC America Inc., Alsip, IL, USA; Visco-gel Dentsply Caulk Milford, DE, USA; and Sofreliner Tough M Tokuyama Dental...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of the present study is to compare several models of commercially designed belts as used as a tourniquet. METHODS In the Belts Evaluated as Limb Tourniquets (BELT) study, an experiment was designed to test the effectiveness of pants belts as nonimprovised medical devices to control hemorrhage in a manikin. Models of belts included Tourni-belt, Tourniquet Belt, ParaBelt, ...

objective: among the various impression materials, for alginate tear strength is probably more important than the compressive strength. the tear strength is important when an impression involves a mechanical undercut and/or lacks bulk strength to resist tearing. this study evaluated tear strength of iralgin and compared it with tear strength of alginoplast. methods: in this invitro experimental...

Objective: Among the various impression materials, for alginate tear strength is probably more important than the compressive strength. The tear strength is important when an impression involves a mechanical undercut and/or lacks bulk strength to resist tearing. This study evaluated tear strength of Iralgin and compared it with tear strength of Alginoplast. Methods: In this invitro experime...

Context prediction is used to proactively adapt, e.g. services in a ubiquitous environment to users’ needs. Due to the fact that context prediction enables proactiveness, the significance for ubiquitous computing systems is high. To the best of our knowledge, wellknown approaches in context prediction only focus on a user’s history as a database whose next contexts have to be predicted. In case...

Electronic devices and the Internet have changed the way people interact with each other. Be it via lap-top computers with Wireless LAN, mobile phones or smartphones, nowadays everybody seems to be electronically connected to everybody all the time. These changes have brought about an enormous increase in everyday exposure to radio waves. Concerns have been raised that radiofrequency energy mig...