The motion of isolated seal vibrissae due to low frequency sound in air has been measured using a microscope with a video camera and modeled using an FEM method with good agreement between the measurements and the model; the model has also been used to predict the motion of seal vibrissae in water. The shape of the seal vibrissae is that of a tapered right rectangular prism, unlike that of the ...

On the Power of Childhood Impressions for Skill Formation: Initial Evidence and Unsettled Questions Manifold childhood impressions result from the interactions with adult caregivers and the environment. These impressions, be they beneficial or detrimental, shape individual skill formation and achievement over the life cycle. The novelty of the paper is that it bonds two different, hitherto sepa...

Mechanical seals are the most common means of sealing industrial centrifugal pumps. There are a wide variety of seal options including the use of single or dual seal arrangements. While dual seals provide benefits in leakage containment and monitoring, single seals continue to be widely used due to their lower cost and simpler designs. Newer piping plans however offer options to increase leakag...

During the recent United States Central Command (USCENTCOM) and Joint Trauma System (JTS) assessment of prehospital trauma care in Afghanistan, the deployed director of the Joint Theater Trauma System (JTTS), CAPT Donald R. Bennett, questioned why TCCC recommends treating a nonlethal injury (open pneumothorax) with an intervention (a nonvented chest seal) that could produce a lethal condition (...

This study investigated the ability of One-Up Bond alone and mineral trioxide aggregate (MTA), with and without a secondary seal of One-Up Bond or SuperEBA to seal saucer-shaped perforation defects in human molars. Cusps were removed, roots were amputated, and endodontic therapy completed on 40 extracted teeth. A cylindrical hole was made in each tooth from the furcation area to the chamber, in...

KEREM, DAN,GERALD KOOYMAN,JOSEPH P. SCHROEDER,JAMES J. WRIGHT, AND CHARLES M. DRABEK. Hyperbaric oxygen-induced seizure in a marine mammal, the seal. Am. J. Physiol. 222(5) : 13221325. 1972.-A female yearling northern elephant seal, Mirounga angustirostris, and a female yearling harbor seal, Phoca vitulina were subjected to breathing oxygen at a pressure of 4.5 Ata in the restrained unanestheti...

Wafer level packaging could reduce the cost of MEMS based sensors through simplified processing and inexpensive components. A novel vacuum tight seal referred to as the wedge seal method is proposed in this paper. The seal consists of a silicon wedge forced into a pliable material (typically a metal) that is attached to the component wafer. The wedge-seal addresses some of the requirements of m...

STATEMENT OF PROBLEM A new approach to both 3-dimensional (3D) trueness and precision is necessary to assess the accuracy of intraoral digital impressions and compare them to conventionally acquired impressions. PURPOSE The purpose of this in vitro study was to evaluate whether a new reference scanner is capable of measuring conventional and digital intraoral complete-arch impressions for 3D ...

Three abutments were connected to the implants and an electroformed bridge was constructed to fit them. Four groups of impressions were made for the implants using abutments as an impression transfers and the ordinary transfers; both were tightened manually and by 30 N/Cm torque. Impressions were poured into stone using new implant analogues. Another two groups of impressions were made using ab...

The presence of mastitis in bred dairy heifers can adversely affect the development of milkproducing tissues, leading to less than maximal milk production and increased somatic cell counts (SCC) during their first lactation. Use of nonlactating cow therapy has been beneficial in curing existing intramammary infections (IMI), and teat sealants have been beneficial in preventing new IMI from deve...