PURPOSE To use novel confocal scanning ophthalmoscopy technology to test hypothesis that HIV-seropositive patients without history of retinitis with a history of a low CD4 count are more likely to have damage to their retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) when compared to patients with high CD4 count. In addition, we compared optic disc morphologic changes with glaucoma. DESIGN Cross-sectional stu...

Abstract. This presentation shows that superplasticity is achieved in hard-to-deform materials when they are processed by severe plastic deformation (SPD) through high-pressure sliding (HPS). The HPS process similar to the torsion (HPT) as straining made under high pressure highly constrained conditions. It applicable a sheet form of samples while HPT uses disks or rings, and thus it has advant...

IMPORTANCE The nutritional quality and cost of lunches brought from home are overlooked and understudied aspects of the school food environment. OBJECTIVES To examine the quality and cost of lunches brought from home by elementary and intermediate school students. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS An observational study was conducted in 12 schools (8 elementary and 4 intermediate) in one Ho...

In this paper, we present the Smart Dice Cup, a novel interaction device aimed at gaming applications in smart home environments. The Smart Dice Cup is used in a similar way as a traditional leather dice cup to generate random numbers. Integrated accelerometers relate the shaking of the device to the resulting rolls of the dice. In addition to an autonomous stand-alone mode, where the Smart Dic...

The importance of climate, habitat structure, and higher trophic levels on microbial diversity is only beginning to be understood. Here, we examined the influence climate variables, plant morphology, abundance aquatic invertebrates biodiversity northern pitcher Sarracenia purpurea. plant's cup-shaped leaves fill with rainwater support a miniature, yet full-fledged, ecosystem diverse microbiome ...

A microsampling cup procedure is described for rapid, precise determination of copper in plasma. Conventional Delves-cup atomic absorption spectrometry does not yield usable copper signals with blood plasma samples. Analytical sensitivity was improved 11-fold by use of cups fitted with an axial hole, a triangular cup-holding loop, and a smaller-bore absorption tube. The modified procedure yield...

CUP, or Control Unit Port is a holdover from ESCON directors. In a FICON environment, CUP allows for in-band management, and opens the door to FICON director performance metrics via the RMF 74-7 record, more commonly known as the FICON Director Activity Report. In an effort to reduce acquisition costs and be more competitive on price, many vendors will try and make the case why you do not need ...

INTRODUCTION: Cup and stem positioning correlates each other in total hip arthroplasty (THA), and it is believed that optimal combined anteversion (CA), which is a sum of cup and stem anteversion (AV) angle, is about 40° – 60°. However, there are few studies that have compared which adjustment is more effective, changing a cup or a femoral stem to optimizing CA and increasing ROM. In this study...

The effectiveness of the cupping technique, a treatment modality in Traditional Chinese Medicine, in stimulating acupuncture points for pain relief was examined in this paper from a biomechanical perspective. Parametric studies including the effects of vacuum pressure, loading rate, friction coefficient at the cup-skin interface, and size and shape of the cup were carried out using a model base...