OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to assess the risk of developing bile duct cancer among workers in the other printing industry in comparison with workers in all industries in general. METHODS Prevalence of bile duct cancer was compared between workers in the printing industry and age-standardized controls in all other industries using the claims database of the Japan Health Insurance Ass...

Transfer printing, a two-step process (i.e. picking up and printing) for heterogeneous integration, has been widely exploited for the fabrication of functional electronics system. To ensure a reliable process, strong adhesion for picking up and weak or no adhesion for printing are required. However, it is challenging to meet the requirements of switchable stamp adhesion. Here we introduce a sim...

The exhibit installation “Virtual Gutenberg’s Printing Press” helps people to understand the Gutenberg’s invention using State-of-the-Art augmented reality technology. The functionality of the Gutenberg’s printing press is shown in a user-friendly way, with presentation technology completely hidden from visitor experience and using real objects as user interface. Visitors can simulate the book ...

The flow structure about two bluff cylinders placed one after another in hypersonic viscous flow has been studied. The grid equations approximated the Navier-Stokes equations were solved numerically by application of the implicit monotonized scheme of second-order accuracy, the modified Newton's method, and the Christoffel-Schwarz grid-transformation technique. The similarity conditions of deve...

We give a Dehn-Nielsen type theorem for the homology cobordism group of homology cylinders by considering its action on the acyclic closure, which was defined by Levine in [13] and [14], of a free group. Then we construct an additive invariant of those homology cylinders which act on the acyclic closure trivially. We also describe some tools to study the automorphism group of the acyclic closur...

3D printing known as additive manufacturing (AM) has been applied for applications in different fields such as aerospace, automotive, biomedical, and energy industries. It is the fact that 3D printing has gained a very wide acceptance over the last decade. However, several significant hurdles prevent its wider adoption. One of the most important barriers is the quality of the printed parts. Cur...

The purpose of this study is to document current cost-estimating practices used in commercial digital printing. A research study was conducted to determine the use of cost-estimating in commercial digital printing companies. This study answers the questions: 1) What methods are currently being used to estimate digital printing? 2) What is the relationship between estimating and pricing digital ...

Organic electronic devices fabricated by entirely wet processes using organic semiconductors, insulators, metal nanoparticles, etc., have been attracting much attention. In particular, by utilizing printing techniques on plastic substrates, flexible electronic devices of large area and low-cost will be attained. However, conventional printing techniques such as flexo printing, screen printing a...

• Small cylinders endure longer lives under fatigue loading. The maximum pore size is larger in taller cylinders, which conditions their lower performance. A wall effect induces an inverse monotonic static effect. Cylinders fewer cycles than cubes of comparable size. law Sparks and Menzies insensitive to cylinder This study deals with the influence fiber concrete mesostructure on compressive Fo...

The steady flow of an electrically conducting, incompressible micropolar fluid in a narrow gap between two concentric rotating vertical cylinders, with porous lining on inside of outer cylinder, under an imposed axial magnetic field is studied. Beavers and Joseph slip condition is taken at the porous lining boundary. The velocity profiles, coefficient of skin friction on the cylinders are calcu...