The fatigue damage calculated for an aircraft by the Individual Aircraft Tracking (IAT) programs is dependent on the quality of input data. When the input data quality is poor or invalid, aircraft operators resort to gap-filling techniques to account for missing or invalid data. Invariably, conservative estimates of fatigue damage are obtained by imposing severe penalties for invalid or missing...

The aim of the study was to determine microhardness of high- and low-viscosity bulk-fill composite resins and compare it with conventional composite materials. Four materials of high-viscosity were tested, including three bulk-fills: QuiXfi l (QF), x-tra fi l (XTF) and Tetric EvoCeram Bulk Fill (TEBCF), while nanohybrid composite GrandioSO (GSO) served as control. The other four were low-viscos...

Chemical-mechanical polishing (CMP) and other manufacturing steps in very deep submicron VLSI have varying effects on device and interconnect features, depending on local characteristics of the layout. To improve manufacturability and performance predictability, we seek to make a layout uniform with respect to prescribed density criteria, by inserting “area fill” geometries into the layout. In ...

Given a sequence of iid demands and an order up to replenishment policy with negligible lead time, we prove that average fill rate is monotonically decreasing in the number of periods in the planning horizon. This was conjectured to be true in a recent issue of this journal.

Klebba and Galletta et al. reveal that the scaffold protein Asterless (Asl) regulates centriole duplication by controlling turnover of the kinase Plk4. Cells must duplicate their centri-oles once, and only once, per cell cycle. In interphase, the master regulator of centriole duplication, Plk4, triggers its own destruction by homodimerizing and phosphorylating itself. In mitosis, however, the p...

Oral anticoaguIants are extremely common, and it is estimated that there are between 500,000 and 1 million people prescribed them in the UK.[1] These drugs are the most frequently named medication in fatal errors and litigation claims [2] and they require the implementation of additional safety controls.[3] Warfarin is the most commonly prescribed anticoagulant and it requires regular internati...

In this paper, we introduce a modified fence fill algorithm for filling a polygon. Fence fill algorithm is a modified edge fill algorithm. As opposed to the edge fill algorithm that fills pixels starting from the polygon edge to the maximum screen coordinates, the fence fill algorithm fills pixels bounded by the polygon edge and the fence. This involves large number of calculations to find the ...

BACKGROUND The question whether patients actually start drug taking after having received a first antidepressant prescription is often overlooked. AIM To determine the incidence of patients who do not fill or fill only a single antidepressant prescription at the pharmacy, and to identify associated patient characteristics. DESIGN OF STUDY Retrospective study linking a general practice to a ...