We studied adjustments of digit forces to changes in the friction. The subjects held a handle statically in a three-digit grasp. The friction under each digit was either high or low, resulting in eight three-element friction sets (such grasps were coined the grasps with complex friction pattern). The total load was also manipulated. It was found that digit forces were adjusted not only to the s...

The purpose of this paper is to determine if digit sucking causes root resorption on primary central incisors. Randomly selected dental records of 98 patients, ages two to four years, were exam/ned. The presence or absence of a digit habit, as determined from the history, was compared to anterior occlusal radiographs for evidence of root resorption on maxillary primary central incisors. The thr...

The number 6174 arises in a semifamous problem in recreational mathematics: take any 4-digit number which uses more than one digit and find the difference between the numbers formed by writing the digits in descending order and ascending order (e.g., starting with 4083 yields 8430− 0348= 8082). Iterate this process using the difference as the new 4-digit number. It was first discovered by the I...

This paper presents a systematic unfolding transformation technique to transform bit-serial architectures into equivalent digit-serial ones. The novel feature of the unfolding technique lies in the generation of functionally correct control circuits in the digit-serial architectures. Bit-serial systems process one bit of a word or sample in a clock cycle. For some applications bit-serial archit...

Sex and sex hormones play a major role in lung physiology. It has been proposed that the ratio of the second to fourth digits (digit ratio) is correlated with fetal sex hormones. We therefore hypothesized that digit ratio might help predict lung function. We investigated the relationship between digit ratio and pulmonary function test (PFT) findings. A total of 245 South Korean patients (162 ma...

KEYWORDS: " anti-fraud " , " international trade " , " multiple testing " , " outlier detection " , " significant digit distribution ". 1 Abstract The " first digit " law, also called the " leading digit " phenomenon, was discovered by Simon Newcomb, the well-known mathematician and astronomer, who firstly noticed that the leading digit 1 is more likely to occur than the leading digit 2, the le...

In this paper we describe an approach for using digit online arithmetic on the field of neural network computation. Digit online, a serial most significant digit first arithmetic, shows significant advantages over all other digital implementations. The serial communication between the online modules make the implementation of connection intensive networks feasible. The accuracy of the computati...

BACKGROUND Despite advances in microsurgery, digit replantation now is performed less frequently in the U.S. compared with fifteen years ago. There has been uncertainty regarding whether previously reported U.S. replantation success rates and results reported from other countries reflect the current experience in the U.S. We hypothesized that the success of digit replantation at two academic le...