Mold design can be a difficult, time-consuming process. Determining how to split a mold cavity into multiple mold pieces (e.g., core, cavity) manually can be a tedious process. This paper focuses on the mold construction step of the automated mold design process. By investigating glue operations and its relations with parting faces, an approach based on a new reverse glue operation is presented...

THE JOURNAL OF PROSTHETIC DENTISTRY 113 The most commonly used molds in the subspecialty of facial prosthetics are made of dental plaster and stone. The molds’ material advantages are that they are economical, time efficient, and easy to fabricate. The disadvantages are wear with repeated use for prosthesis fabrication, they must be thoroughly dry before processing with moisture sensitive facia...

As a candidate for the next generation lithography technology, nanoimprint lithography (NIL) has demonstrated its strong potential to fabricate high resolution (sub-10 nm) patterns with high throughput and low cost. One of its challenges for the acceptance of the industry is related to the mold life time that significantly affects cost of ownership and manufacturing reproducibility. Nowadays, m...

BACKGROUND Computed tomography pulmonary angiography (CTPA) may improve the diagnostic capabilities of CT imaging for invasive mold disease, but its performance relative to other signs (ie, halo sign, hypodense sign, pleural effusion, reversed halo sign) is unknown. METHODS We prospectively compared the diagnostic performance of CTPA vs other CT imaging findings in 100 patients with hematolog...

A linear perturbation method is used to solve two-dimensional heat conduction problem in which a liquid becomes solidified by heat transfer to a plane mold of finite thickness. Heat flux drawn from the lower surface of the mold is approximately uniform, but contains a small sinusoidal perturbation in one space dimension. Numerical results are obtained for the consequent sinusoidal perturbation ...

BACKGROUND Multiple studies have linked fungal exposure to asthma, but the link to severe asthma is controversial. We studied the relationship between asthma severity and immediate type hypersensitivity to mold (fungal) and non-mold allergens in 181 asthmatic subjects. METHODS We recruited asthma patients aged 16 to 60 years at a University hospital and a nearby General Practice. Patients wer...

Objectives. The study's objective was to examine the relation between mold/dampness exposure and mold sensitization among residents of Greater New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina. Methods. Patients were recruited from the Allergy Clinic of a major medical facility. Any patient receiving a skin prick test for one of 24 molds between December 1, 2005 and December 31, 2008 was eligible for the...

Phytochemical investigation of Ficus hirta Vahl. (Moraceae) fruits led to isolate two carboline alkaloids (1 and 2), five sesquiterpenoids/norsesquiterpenoids (3-7), three flavonoids (8-10), and one phenylpropane-1,2-diol (11). Their structures were elucidated by the analysis of their 1D and 2D NMR, and HR-ESI-MS data. All of the isolates were isolated from this species for the first time, whil...

Nine oxylipin mimics were designed and synthesized starting from d-mannose. Their antifungal activity against three citrus postharvest pathogens was evaluated by spore germination assay. The results indicated that all the compounds significantly inhibited the growth of Penicillium digitatum, Penicillium italicum and Aspergillus niger. The compound (3Z,6Z,8S,9R,10R)-octadeca-3,6-diene-8,9,10-tri...