By description, a mobile ad hoc network does not stay on any permanent infrastructure; in its place, all networking utilities (e.g., routing, mobility management, etc.) are accessed by the nodes themselves in a self-organizing manner. On the other hand, it is rigid to support cooperativeness among the nodes for their own restricted resources that require to be conserved. These scrupulous nodes ...

Dentists often use occlusal splints in the management of occlusodontic problems. Because they are considered to provide non-invasive and reversible treatment they are therapeutic devices that conform well to the current philosophy governing protocols for therapy of the masticatory system. Proper design and placement of occlusal splints requires that they respond to precise indications and that ...

In this paper, we present a low cost design for a smart glove that can perform sign language recognition to assist the speech impaired people. Specifically, we have designed and developed an Assistive Hand Gesture Interpreter that recognizes hand movements relevant to the American Sign Language (ASL) and translates them into text for display on a Thin-Film-Transistor Liquid Crystal Display (TFT...

The contamination of aquatic sediments by metals is a worldwide phenomenon and its assessment fairly complex issue, as numerous factors affect the distribution particular contaminants in environment, well their bioavailability. Wigry Lake, object this study, almost perfect water body for such considerations. It has been investigated densely sampled (up to 459 sediment samples). quantities seven...

• Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of antimicrobialassociated central venous catheters (CVCs) and to estimate costs related to their use. • Method: Review of the literature. The clinical database from the University HealthSystem Consortium (UHC) was used to conduct a retrospective analysis of clinical and economic outcomes in adult patients who had a CVC placed while in the intensive ca...

BACKGROUND Well differentiated neuroendocrine tumours (carcinoids), arising from cells of the diffuse neuroendocrine system, represent the most commonly encountered gastric endocrine tumours. Gastrointestinal stromal tumours (GISTs), which stem from interstitial Cajal cells located within the wall of the gastrointestinal tract and have a characteristic immunoreactivity for CD117 (c-kit protein)...

Fibrous dysplasia, a rare bony disease, is characterised by substitution of normal bone with immature tissue embedded in a fibrous stroma. It can be either monostotic or involve several bones. Fibrous dysplasia is usually asymptomatic but, in the advanced stage, pain due to neural compression or pathological fractures may occur. In the case of cranio-facial involvement, ocular, masticatory, res...

Background: Hypospadias is the most encountered congenital malformation of newborn penis. Refashioning urethra, both physiologically and aesthetically, requires a good surgical exposure to perform scrupulous surgery. To obtain such standards tourniquet application adrenaline injection have been performed in past but there still controversy for best results. Materials Methods: The files 78 patie...

This study employs an explanatory, convergent parallel, mixed methods design to investigate the perceived self-efficacy of 145 Saudi teachers English as a foreign language (EFL) when engaging in technology-assisted learning (TALL). These were evaluated on their technological knowledge four subdimensions, pedagogical technology skills five subcategories, and subdimensions related self-perceived ...