The use of trademarks or names of manufacturers in this report is for accurate reporting and does not constitute an official endorsement, either expressed or implied, of such products or manufacturers by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Summary The objective of this study was to assess the capabilities of a new piezoelectric actuator to alter the upper surface geometry of a su...

this study highlights the costs and benefits of indigenous beef cattle fattening schemes in shinyanga urban and kishapu districts in tanzania. specifically, in this study the net profit (np) for fatteners between beef cattle fattening schemes has been determined. the schemes were divided into two main categories, scheme 1 in which the animals were fed on cottonseed hulls (cshl) based diets and ...

PURPOSE To evaluate the association of 3-dimensional changes in the position of the condyles, rami, and chin at splint removal and 1 year after mandibular advancement surgery. PATIENTS AND METHODS This prospective observational study used preoperative and postoperative scans of 27 subjects presenting with a skeletal Class II jaw relationship with a normal or deep overbite. An automatic techni...

The lattice location of copper in single-crystalline zinc oxide was studied by means of the emission channeling technique. Following 60-keV room-temperature implantation at a fluence of 2.3310 cm, the angular distribution of b particles emitted by the radioactive isotope Cu was measured by a position-sensitive detector. The b emission patterns give direct evidence that in the as-implanted state...

We present the initial results of rapid fault estimations for the 2016 Kumamoto earthquake on April 16 (Mj 7.3), and coseismic displacements caused by the two large foreshocks that occurred on April 14 (Mj 6.5) and April 15 (Mj 6.4) from the GEONET real-time analysis system (REGARD), which is based on a Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) kinematic positioning technique. The real-time fin...