Manufacturing and repair tasks using additive subtractive laser processing (e.g., paint stripping drilling) are becoming widely used in ships, aircrafts, bridge structures. As with fire exhaust impingement, such low level heat fluxes (<10 W) could negatively impact mechanical properties of composite In this work, thermal excursions were simulated via continuous-wave exposure the center region a...

T he purpose of this article is twofold: First, it will demonstrate the clinical application of precise control of t,he magnitude, direction, and duration of extraoral force and, second, cases will be presented to demonstrate how control of these three mechanical variables dramatically increases the efficiency and effectiveness of extraoral force in the treatment of malocclusion. The subject wi...

The present study was aimed at evaluating the treatment changes of anterior open bite malocclusion cases treated by means of the Multiloop Edgewise Arch Wire technique, which is considered one of the more effective treatment modalities for anterior open bite malocclusions. The open bite sample was composed of 16 young adults, 4 males and 12 females. The normal occlusion sample, as a controlled ...

Class III malocclusion associated with skeletal anterior open bite pattern in adults can be a challenging orthodontic problem, especially for the nonsurgical treatment. Conventionally, several treatment alternatives are available such as tooth extraction, molar intrusion, and absolute anchorage system or orthognathic surgical correction. Although correction with surgery may be the most effectiv...

This paper presents a new framework based on walks in a graph for analysis and inference in Gaussian graphical models. The key idea is to decompose correlations between variables as a sum over all walks between those variables in the graph. The weight of each walk is given by a product of edgewise partial correlations. We provide a walk-sum interpretation of Gaussian belief propagation in trees...