The most important problem on seal imprint verification is to extract the imprint feature, which is independent upon varying conditions. This paper proposes a new method to extract the feature of seal imprint using the doubledensity dual-tree DWT due to its good directional selectivity, approximate shift invariance and computational efficiency properties. 16 different directions information is ...

This study was conducted to clarify the degree to which a master cast needs to be carved to obtain a posterior palatal seal according to Swenson, based on a comparison among four dental practitioners. Sections of the casts with the seal scraped were made, and an optical microscope was used to measure the sagittal and vertical dimensions. It was found that the sagittal dimension may show a small...

Well defined sequences of non-uniform and uniform degradation steps are applied on several high quality bifacial p-i-n solar cells with different thicknesses of the intrinsic layer. This procedure allows one to separate interface and bulk effects in the degradation of a-Si:H solar cells, or more precisely to separate the influence of the modification of the internal electric field profile (due ...

We have designed a 21-residue α-peptide that simultaneously recognizes two decadeoxyoligothymidine (dT(10)) tracts to form triplexes with a peptide-DNA strand ratio of 1:2. The synthetic peptide side chain displays 10 melamine rings, which provide a bifacial thymine-recognition interface along the length of the 21-residue peptide. Recognition is selective for thymine over other nucleobases and ...

The Angio-Seal vascular closure device has been shown to be safe and effective in decreasing the time to hemostasis after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). The health economic implications of routinely using Angio-Seal after PCI have not been explored. We performed a cost-minimization analysis comparing routine Angio-Seal use after PCI with mechanical compression using a decision analyt...

The motion of isolated seal vibrissae due to low frequency sound in air has been measured using a microscope with a video camera and modeled using an FEM method with good agreement between the measurements and the model; the model has also been used to predict the motion of seal vibrissae in water. The shape of the seal vibrissae is that of a tapered right rectangular prism, unlike that of the ...

Mechanical seals are the most common means of sealing industrial centrifugal pumps. There are a wide variety of seal options including the use of single or dual seal arrangements. While dual seals provide benefits in leakage containment and monitoring, single seals continue to be widely used due to their lower cost and simpler designs. Newer piping plans however offer options to increase leakag...

During the recent United States Central Command (USCENTCOM) and Joint Trauma System (JTS) assessment of prehospital trauma care in Afghanistan, the deployed director of the Joint Theater Trauma System (JTTS), CAPT Donald R. Bennett, questioned why TCCC recommends treating a nonlethal injury (open pneumothorax) with an intervention (a nonvented chest seal) that could produce a lethal condition (...

This study investigated the ability of One-Up Bond alone and mineral trioxide aggregate (MTA), with and without a secondary seal of One-Up Bond or SuperEBA to seal saucer-shaped perforation defects in human molars. Cusps were removed, roots were amputated, and endodontic therapy completed on 40 extracted teeth. A cylindrical hole was made in each tooth from the furcation area to the chamber, in...

KEREM, DAN,GERALD KOOYMAN,JOSEPH P. SCHROEDER,JAMES J. WRIGHT, AND CHARLES M. DRABEK. Hyperbaric oxygen-induced seizure in a marine mammal, the seal. Am. J. Physiol. 222(5) : 13221325. 1972.-A female yearling northern elephant seal, Mirounga angustirostris, and a female yearling harbor seal, Phoca vitulina were subjected to breathing oxygen at a pressure of 4.5 Ata in the restrained unanestheti...