This article describes an assistant interface to design and produce pop-up cards. A pop-up card is a piece of folded paper from which a three-dimensional structure pops up when opened. The authors propose an interface to assist the user in the design and production of a pop-up card. During the design process, the system examines whether the parts protrude from the card or whether the parts coll...

Abstract There is a high level of uncertainty in the prediction edge cracking during design and manufacturing strength sheet metal products. Edge ductility complex parameter to measure since it not an intrinsic property material, but also depends on trimming strategy/parameters that have been applied (edge preparation method, cutting/punching clearance, etc.). Furthermore, most forming processe...

Background: There is not yet a pathognomonic laboratory test for the diagnosis of Behcet’s Disease (BD). The diagnosis is therefore based on clinical manifestations. Mucocutaneous lesions are the most important and the most frequent clinical manifestations of BD. Objective: To study the mucocutaneous lesions systematically. In a great number of patients. Some of these clinical pictures are poor...

BACKGROUND The meniscus plays a crucial role in knee joint stability, load transmission, and stress distribution. Meniscal tears are the most common reported knee injuries, and the current standard treatment for meniscal deficiency is meniscal allograft transplantation. A major limitation of this approach is that meniscal allografts do not have the capacity to remodel and maintain tissue homeos...

There is a disconnection between the high-resolution displays in the medical imaging department and what the clinician can detect at the bedside. One example is the flood of impalpable tumours which can account for more than half of those detected by breast cancer screening programs: how to guide the surgeon to where the lesion is? One solution is the subject of the article by Landman et al. in...

Paper folding tests are used to measure spatial abilities in humans. Artificial agents with strong intelligence must have reasoning mechanisms to solve spatial problems cognitively. In this paper, a qualitative descriptor for paper folding (QD-PF) is presented. QD-PF defines the folding actions which appear in the problem and the areas in the paper where a hole can be punched. Reasoning tables ...

A 57-year-old Japanese woman who had been diagnosed as having entero-Behçet's disease nine years earlier was admitted with a persistent high-grade fever. An Mediterranean fever (MEFV) gene analysis revealed the compound heterozygous P369S-R408Q variant. She was treated with colchicine, and her symptoms immediately improved. Prednisolone (PSL) was added to treat the punched-out ulcers in the ter...