Dr. G. Dayal, X. Y. Chin, Prof. C. Soci, Prof. R. Singh Division of Physics and Applied Physics School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences Nanyang Technological University 21 Nanyang Link, Singapore 637371 E-mail: [email protected] Dr. G. Dayal, X. Y. Chin, Prof. C. Soci, Prof. R. Singh Center for Disruptive Photonic Technologies The Photonics Institute Nanyang Technological University 50 Na...

INTRODUCTION To evaluate, using cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT), both the condylar-fossa relationships and the mandibular and condylar asymmetries between unilateral cleft lip and palate (UCLP) patients and non-cleft patients with class III skeletal relationship, and to investigate the factors of asymmetry contributing to chin deviation. METHODS The UCLP and non-cleft groups consisted of...

A retrospective study evaluating the clinical discernment of chin deviations in general, and especially in relation to unilateral posterior crossbite (UPXB), was carried out to determine whether (1) there is a correlation between UPXB and clinically discernible chin deviation, (2) there are differences between the judgement of professional dental observers and laymen, (3) visual assessment of c...

PURPOSE This study was performed to determine the relative frequency of positioning errors, to identify those errors directly responsible for diagnostically inadequate images, and to assess the quality of panoramic radiographs in a sample of records collected from a dental college. MATERIALS AND METHODS This study consisted of 1,782 panoramic radiographs obtained from the Department of Oral a...

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A biomechanical study is presented to compare the effectiveness of three types of off-the-shelf cervical orthoses and one custom-fit collar in restricting cervical spine motion. A group of 10 normal subjects was studied. The measurements of flexion and extension, lateral side flexion and axial rotation were recorded using various measurement techniques. Interface pressures at the chin and occip...

Elliptical Fourier functions (EFF) were generated for the boundary outline of the mandibular form in 24 non-orthodontic growth study subjects at 9, 11, 13, and 15 years of age. The mean residual fit (observed versus predicted points) of the mandibular form was 0.11 mm, with a range from 0.09 to 0.14 mm, suggesting an accurate fit. The mean plot for each of the four age groups was area standardi...

In this paper, we examine institutional trading surrounding corporate news by combining a comprehensive database of news releases for all US firms during 2000 to 2010 with a high-frequency database of institutional trades. We find that institutions trade on the news tone only on the news release day. This news-trading pattern is more pronounced for news related to firm fundamentals, and with a ...

In her article "Travel and Empire in Wertenbaker's Our Country's Good" Yi-chin Shih analyzes Our Country's Good from the perspective of travel in order to explore the exercise of empire and the practice of resistance. Considered as one of the luminaries in British theater, Timberlake Wertenbaker (1951-) has produced several successful works, especially Our Country's Good (1988), which won her a...