A Worn-Out Welcome

A Worn-Out Welcome

A 298 W hen Iceland became the first country to ban most forms of asbestos in 1983, 1 global use hovered around 4.3–4.7 million metric tons per year. 2 Twenty-five years later, with several dozen countries now implementing some form of ban, 1 that number had dropped to 2.1 million metric tons. 3 Today, while demand has plummeted in most developed countries, it continues to rise in those countri...

Automatic Alert System for Worn Out Pipes in Autonomous Vehicles

Autonomous vehicles will be used without a driver. This will make them less inspected because the driver often listens to the engine and its sounds; however, a passenger in an autonomous vehicle will do other things and even sleep, so there will be no effective inspection on the engine and particularly on the pipes system. This paper suggests a technique to alert about worn out pipes before the...

Use of worn-out automobile tires as a source of zinc for corn plants in calcareous soils

Analysis of status of resilience indices in urban fabric (Case study: Faruj worn out fabric)

Themain purpose of this research is to analyze status of resilience indicesin the worn out and old fabricof Farujcity. Inthis regard, 32 indicators in four dimensions of physical-environmental, social, economic and institutional-managerial were selected based on theoretical studies of the research. In the next step, a questionnairebased on these indicators was designed and distributed among the...

Full Mouth Rehabilitation of a Worn Out Dentition using Multidisciplinary Approach

Restoration of a badly mutilated dentition has been a challenge to a dentist’s skills and capabilities. Principles of occlusion have to be applied keeping the esthetic factor in mind to improve the psychological aspect of the patient and his social acceptance. A combination of mechanical, biological and esthetic factors is mandatory for occlusal rehabilitation. This clinical report describes th...