The many degrees-of-freedom and distributed sensing capability of dextrous robot hands permits the use of control programs that rely on qualitative changes in sensor feedback rather than precise positioning and force information. One way of designing such a control program is to have the robot learn the qualitative control characteristics from examples. A convenient way of providing these examp...

This study evaluated the effectiveness of Papanicolaou staining for the initial diagnosis of Chlamydial infection in pregnant women. A hundred thirteen patients were examined with a Papanicolaou test, independent of gestational age, parity or maternal age. Three endocervical samples were collected; the first two were collected with a brush (Cytobrush plus, Mediscand, Sweden) and the third with ...

Pancake Flipping is the problem of sorting a stack of pancakes of different sizes (that is, a permutation), when the only allowed operation is to insert a spatula anywhere in the stack and to flip the pancakes above it (that is, to perform a prefix reversal). In the burnt variant, one side of each pancake is marked as burnt, and it is required to finish with all pancakes having the burnt side d...

We report the surgical technique and outcome of planned posterior assisted levitation (P-PAL) in four cases of subluxated cataract. P-PAL was planned as the preferred approach in all cases. A spatula was inserted via the pars plana, the whole lens was lifted to the anterior chamber and then removed through a scleral tunnel incision. Anterior chamber intraocular lenses were implanted in all case...

The widespread distribution of fruiting myxobacteria in the soil is fairly well known; however, there have never been reports on these bacteria isolated from the sand of an ocean beach. To establish the presence of myxobacteria in this possible habitat, samples of sand from the high tide marks of four South Carolina beaches were collected (see Table 1). One of the samples, 11, differed from the...

Petri dishes (9 cm diameter) with one sheet of Þ lter paper inside of the same size were used for the experiment. Five different concentrations of neem oil, 100, 80, 60, 40 and 20% were used for the study. One milliliter (100%), 0.8 ml (80%), 0.6 ml (60%), 0.4 ml (40%) and 0.2 ml (20%) of neem oil were evenly soaked (spread with a spatula) on different filter papers of each Petri dish. Distille...

This study elucidated the origin of alligator gar ( Atractosteus spatula ) by investigating traces gars in various waters different provinces and cities China. Alligator originally entered China through ornamental fish trade (illegal smuggling). They are abandoned people probably because it is difficult to raise them, or released out "goodwill". Therefore, invasion sites mainly concen...

This study elucidated the origin of alligator gar ( Atractosteus spatula ) by investigating traces gars in various waters different provinces and cities China. Alligator originally entered China through ornamental fish trade (illegal smuggling). They are abandoned people probably because it is difficult to raise them, or released out “goodwill”. Therefore, invasion sites mainly conc...

Methods This is a case control study, developed on a flowchart. Six sterile glasses surfaces (40x30cm) were contaminated with a suspension with 10 cfu/ml MRSA by spreading with a sterile spatula and left dry for 10 min. The efficacy of desinfections products were measure by imprinting rodac plates with Trypticase Soy Agar holding for 1min against the surface, before and after the desinfection p...