background: sterilization techniques could affect the characteristics of orthodontic wires. the aim of the present study was to evaluate the effect of steam and dry heat sterilization techniques on load-defl ection behavior of fi ve types of β-titanium alloy wires. materials and methods: the samples consisted of 30 straight lengths of fi ve types of β-titanium alloy wires: titanium molybdenum a...

background: the aim of this study was to evaluate the response of common sized fiber-reinforced composites (frcs) to different deflections due to bending forces and comparing it with stainless steel (ss) wires. materials and methods: in this experimental study, two frc groups with 0.75 mm and 1.2 mm diameters (everstick ortho, stick tech, finland) and three ss groups with 0.016 × 0.022 inch, 0....

We report findings from a real-world pilot study exploring novel pricing and control mechanism to coordinate residential EV charging loads. The proposed presents owners with “menu of deadlines” that offers lower electricity prices the longer they are willing delay their completion times. Given customers’ reported preferences, smart system dynamically optimizes power drawn by EVs in real-time mi...

We study the following combinatorial problem. Given a set of n y-monotone curves, which we call , determines order wires on number horizontal such that any two consecutive layers differ only in swaps neighboring wires. multiset L (that is, unordered pairs wires) and an initial wires, tangle if each pair changes its exactly as many times specified by L. Deciding whether given admits realizing is...

A N−1 wire-driven parallel robot is a robot for which all the N ≥ 3 wires are connected at the same point of the platform, allowing to control the location of this point. We are interested in the positioning accuracy of such a robot. If the wires are not elastic we show that the influence on the accuracy of the co-location errors of the wire anchor points on the platform is moderate, although a...

We report the fabrication of low-loss amorphous silicon photonic wires deposited by plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition. Single mode photonic wires were fabricated by 193nm optical lithography and dry etching. Propagation loss measurements show a loss of 3.46dB/cm for photonic wires (480×220nm) and 1.34dB/cm for ridge waveguides.

We have been developing superconducting wires and magnets for over 40 years and decided to focus on the NMR field in the early 1990s. Japan Superconductor Technology Inc., established in 2002, has successfully applied the R&D achievement of Kobe Steel to their production of superconducting wires and magnets. This article describes developments in superconducting wires and magnets with focus on ...

The aim of the present study was to determine whether there is a difference in toxicity and loss of viability of three-dimensional (3D) reconstructed human oral epithelium (RHOE) cell cultures induced by point-welded (PW), laser-welded (LW), and silver-soldered (SiS) orthodontic wires. Three types of soldered stainless steel (SS) wires: PW, LW, and SiS were prepared (n = 3) and subjected to mul...

This document describes and discloses a set of ideas for improving the bandwidth on a signaling system composed of more than one wire. These ideas represent a generalization of practiced 2-wire differential signaling, widely used in computer and communications systems. The central notion is to group a set of N wires together (N > 2), allowing more than one symbol to be transmitted on the wire-s...

Transport measurements were carried out on 15–35 nm diameter silicon nanowires grown using SiH4 chemical vapor deposition via Au or Zn particle-nucleated vapor-liquid-solid growth at 440 °C. Both Al and Ti/Au contacts to the wires were investigated. The wires, as produced, were essentially intrinsic, although Au nucleated wires exhibited a slightly higher conductance. Thermal treatment of the f...