PURPOSE To compare the visual and refractive out-comes of femtosecond laser-assisted LASIK with small-incision lenticule extraction (SMILE) in terms of visual acuity, contrast sensitivity, aberrations, and dry eye. METHODS A single-center prospective randomized study in which patients diagnosed as having myopia presenting for refractive correction were allocated to either a LASIK or SMILE gro...

In the past decade, there has been a remarkable upswing in interdisciplinary collaboration between dentists, orthodontists, and periodontists in smile enhancement, and now an entire field of “cosmetic periodontics” has evolved in collaboration with cosmetic dentistry. Contemporary orthodontic smile analysis is generally defined in terms of (1) vertical placement of the anterior teeth to the upp...

Due to their excellent cost/performance ratio, clusters of PCs can be attractive high performance computing (HPC) platforms. Yet, their limited communication performance over standard LANs is still prohibitive for parallel applications. The SMiLE project (Shared Memory in a LAN-like Environment) at LRR-TUM adopts SCI interconnect technology (Scalable Coherent Interface) to build, and provide so...

Due to their excellent cost/performance ratio, clusters of PCs can be attractive high-performance computing (HPC) platforms. Yet, their limited communication performance over standard LANs is still prohibitive for parallel applications. The project “Shared Memory in a LAN-like Environment“ (SMiLE) at LRR-TUM adopts Scalable Coherent Interface (SCI) interconnect technology to build, and provide ...

Fixed implant-supported prosthesis for the edentulous maxilla has gained tremendous popularity over the years. Multiple prosthetic designs have been introduced in order to accommodate a gamut of clinical situations. Irrespective of the design, it is paramount that the esthetics imparted by the prosthesis be uncompromised. Though esthetics is subjective, a common ground exists where all its fund...

IMPORTANCE Facial paralysis can contribute to disfigurement, psychological difficulties, and an inability to convey emotion via facial expression. In patients unable to perform a meaningful smile, free gracilis muscle transfer (FGMT) can often restore smile function. However, little is known about the impact on disease-specific quality of life. OBJECTIVE To determine quantitatively whether FG...

Smiling is an indispensable element of nonverbal social interaction. Besides, automatic distinction between spontaneous and posed expressions is important for visual analysis of social signals. Therefore, in this paper, we propose a method to distinguish between spontaneous and posed enjoyment smiles by using the dynamics of eyelid, cheek, and lip corner movements. The discriminative power of t...

INTRODUCTION AND LITERATURE REVIEW The smile is a key factor in the composition of an individual’s overall beauty. Hence, it’s noticed the modern society’s growing demand for beautiful, healthy smiles. Within this context, orthodontics plays a role of paramount importance. Several parameters are available to assess smile esthetics, such as amount of gingival display, midline, buccal corridor, i...

A new language called Modelica for hierarchical physical modeling is developed in an international effort. The main objectives are to make it easy to exchange models and model libraries between tools and to use object-oriented constructs to facilitate the reuse of modeling knowledge. The design approach joins the concepts of non-causal modeling with ordinary differential and algebraic equations...

Previous studies have found that various nonverbal behaviors performed by women are associated with men approaching. A female confederate was instructed either to smile or to not smile at a man when entering a bar. It was found that those men who were smiled at approached the woman and considered her more favorably. This effect is explained in accordance with studies that found smiling enhanced...