the objective of the present study was to compare single segment and double segment intacs rings in the treatment of post-lasik ectasia. in this interventional study, 26 eyes with post-lasik ectasia were assessed. ectasia was defined as progressive myopia regardless of astigmatism, along with topographic evidence of inferior steepening of the cornea after lasik. we excluded those with a history...

In this paper we present a comparison of the performance of the automatic phonetic segmentation and labeling system MAUS [1] for two different signal qualities. For a forensic study on the similarity of voices within a family [2], eight speakers from four families were recorded simultaneously in both high bandwidth and mobile phone quality. The recordings were then automatically segmented and l...

Biomechanical studies of human walking reveal that compliance plays an important role at least in natural and smooth motions as well as for self-stabilization. Inspired by this, we present here the development of a new lower leg segment of the dynamic biped robot “RunBot”. This new lower leg segment features a compliant ankle connected to a flat foot. It is mainly employed to realize robust sel...

THE lengthening list of indications for Caesarean section makes the management of subsequent deliveries a problem which confronts the obstetrician with ever-increasing frequency. Where the original Caesarean section was performed for a non-recurrent indication, subsequent vaginal delivery may reasonably be expected, and it is customary to allow such patients to go into labour. Even where electi...

introduction: tooth pain and sensitization are the two main causes of discomfort after periodontal flap surgery. effects of low level laser therapy for reducing pain have already been established; these kinds of lasers have been used for tooth desensitization as well. this controlled blind study sought to compare tooth pain and sensitization after 660nm laser irradiation in a split mouth and al...