Orthognathic surgery (OGS) is a powerful procedure used to correct several types of facial deformity. By altering the position of maxillary, mandibular, and chin segments after osteotomy, the facial bony structure and soft-tissue envelope can be harmonized, leading to substantial esthetic and functional improvement of facial appearance and dentoalveolar complex. Because of the meticulous nature...

The isolation of graphene, now over a decade ago, has given rise to the revitalization of many two-dimensional materials (2DM). The 2DM materials under investigation, in addition to graphene, include hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN), semiconducting, metallic, and superconducting transition metal dichalcogenides (TMD). Graphene has received a lot of attention because of its superior physical and c...

This paper strives to identify barriers that hamper eHealth implementation from different perspectives. The benefits offered by eHealth and the need for eHealth preparedness is first discussed. This is followed by a discussion on the integral components of a robust eHealth infrastructure. Then, the barriers to eHealth such as technical interoperability issues, lack of holistic approach and tech...

The slip localization behavior of the polycrystalline nickel base superalloy Inconel 718 during monotonic tensile loading at room temperature, is investigated for first time in relation to 3D microstructure. Multi-modal data merging tools are used recombine high resolution digital image correlation (HR-DIC) with electron back-scatter diffraction tomography (3D EBSD), over a wide region interest...

Received: 9 August 2003 Revised: 14 September 2003 Accepted: 15 September 2003 Abstract This paper introduces a method called relational perspective map (RPM) to visualize distance information in high-dimensional spaces. Like conventional multidimensional scaling, the RPM algorithm aims to produce proximity preserving 2-dimensional (2-D) maps. The main idea of the RPM algorithm is to simulate a...

In Japan, e-Japan Strategy II, which was announced in 2003, has been promoting the digital archives of tangible and intangible cultural heritage [1]. This effort is being continued in the i-Japan Strategy 2015 which was published in 2009 [2]. In addition, in a dangerous area such as a disaster area is in need of detailed data for lifesavings and reconstruction activities. In fact, three-dimensi...

A group-theoretic analysis is applied to nd the transformation of the homogeneous control points of k-dimensional B ezier simplices (such as two dimensional triangles and three dimensional tetrahedra) under a k-dimensional projective reparameterization. This transformation has applications in the perspective projection of textures represented as triangular spline intensity surfaces , in arbitra...