This chapter summarizes the performance of NEVEL during testing and competition. Attention is given to the design goals set forth in chapter 3. Numerous challenges encountered during testing are also discussed. The mechanical, sensor and navigation issues will be covered in order. 6.1 Mechanical Performance NEVEL's mechanical construction proved to be quite robust. The " T-Frame " was fabricate...

Background: Speed is the cornerstone of rescue for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OOHCA). As a consequence, community participation programs have been initiated to decrease response times. Even in the very best of these programs, however, short-term survival rates hover around 10% and long-term survival rates are half that. In the majority of locales, survival is far worse. In Piacenza, Italy,...

Nel XVI secolo le Metamorfosi di Ovidio sono oggetto un alto numero traduzioni e rifacimenti, che si applicano a singoli libri o all’intera opera; pertanto, i grandi poemi cavallereschi Boiardo Ariosto vengono assunti come modello al fine riproporre il poema latino in una prospettiva gradita all’orizzonte attesa del pubblico italiano rinascimentale. A partire da tale presupposto, presente contr...

This report provides a partial description of the ontology for Science Knowledge Infrastructure (SKIo), an ontology that represents science knowledge primitives such as theory, prediction, geoscience model, observation. SKIo is developed to enhance digital representation and use of such knowledge in e-Science environments. It is specified in this report via a UML representation, including class...

Background: This study intended to determine the colour distribution of the maxillary, central, lateral and canine teeth and to investigate the effect of age and gender on this colour distribution. Materials and methods : The colour measurements of the maxillary right central, lateral and canine teeth were carried out by the Vita Easyshade V (Vita Zahnfabrik, Bad Sackingen, Germany) spectrophot...

1Neuropsychiatric Science Department, San Raffaele Hospital, School of Medicine, Universita’ Vita Salute San Raffaele, 20127 Milano, Italy 2Neuropsychiatric Sciences Department, San Raffaele Hospital, Faculty of Psychology, Università Vita Salute San Raffaele, 20127 Milano, Italy 3Psychoeducation and Psychological Treatments Area, Barcelona Bipolar Disorders Unit, Bipolar Disorders Program, IDI...

PURPOSE To investigate the effect of accelerated aging on surface properties of glazed CAD/CAM resin blocks using a 2D surface profilometer and a 3D non-contact optical profilometer. MATERIALS AND METHODS Three types of CAD/CAM resin restorative materials, LAVA Ultimate (3M ESPE, St Paul, MN, USA), VITA Enamic (Vita Zahnfabrik H. Rauter, Bad Säckingen, Germany), and Cerasmart (GC Corparation,...

OBJECTIVE This study compared the marginal gap, internal fit, fracture strength, and mode of fracture of CAD/CAM provisional crowns with that of direct provisional crowns. MATERIAL AND METHODS An upper right first premolar phantom tooth was prepared for full ceramic crown following tooth preparation guidelines. The materials tested were: VITA CAD-Temp®, Polyetheretherketone "PEEK", Telio CAD-...

This chapter summarizes the performance of NEVEL during testing and competition. Attention is given to the design goals set forth in chapter 3. Numerous challenges encountered during testing are also discussed. The mechanical, sensor and navigation issues will be covered in order. 6.1 Mechanical Performance NEVEL's mechanical construction proved to be quite robust. The " T-Frame " was fabricate...