ITie $2 million civil trial against the university brought by Brown College senior Peter Marketos began Monday in the 133rd District Court of Harris County. Jury selection was concluded Monday. A panel of five men and one woman will decide the outcome of the $2 million suit, in which Marketos seeks compensation for attorney's fees, pain, mental anguish, trauma, fear, sleeplessness, confusion, s...

This paper introduces a dial-based haptic interface for a brickout game. Conventionally brickout games are played through a mouse or a keyboard. However, these input devices cannot provide sufficient intuitive interface to move the game paddle or provide multi-modal feedback for the user. We developed a haptic game device that gives the user haptic feedback during the game as well as visual and...

Abstract: In this paper, a new type of hybrid stepping motor (HSM) with permanent magnets (PMs) embedded in the stator, namely the stator-permanent-magnet hybrid stepping motor (SHSM), is presented. It has the same operation principles as the traditional HSM, with a 2-D distributed magnetic field nature and superiorities such as simpler rotor structure, easier PM cooling, higher torque and powe...

in this paper, the effect of air relative humidity and capillary force on contact geometry of surfaces based on jkr model by atomic force microscopy was investigated in order to manipulate nano-particles. with transition from macro to nano-scale, the effect of surface forces becomes more significant in comparison with inertial force. because contact mechanics models are based on surface energy ...

in order to help in the engineering design of rice harvesting machines, there is a need to have exact information concerning the physical and mechanical properties of rice stems. the cutting force for rice stems, therefore, was measured by designing and fabricating a static and dynamic shear test apparatus. the effects of moisture levels and the cross-sectional area of stem as well as the varie...

nanoscale science and technology has today mainly focused on the fabrication of nano devices. in this paper, we study the use of lithography process to build the desired nanostructures directly. nanolithography on polymethylmethacrylate (pmma) surface is carried out by using atomic force microscope (afm) equipped with silicon tip, in contact mode. the analysis of the results shows that the dept...

abstract introduction: in some individuals because of the poor functioning leg muscles, plantar arch drooping suffered and it seems that ground reaction force individuals with flat foot than to those with normal foot, due to reduced recruitment is altered by the arc. the aim of  the present study the effect of corrective exercise program on the ground reaction force of student with flat food du...

prostaglandin £j (pge-^) and indomethacin, a nonstroidal antiinflammatory drug, were separately administered during ortliodontic tooth movement in rats. at the beginning, an orthodontic appliance was placed and activated in male albinos rats. in tlie first examination, the experimental group received submucosal injections of pge-y (10 mg/kg/day) near the first maxillary riglit molars, and alcoh...

conclusions the study revealed the significance of anthropometric variables related to heading, such as age and head perimeter. therefore, it was concluded that these variables should be considered when teaching and practicing the heading technique with players of different ages and anthropometric sizes. results significant correlations existed between the force exerted on the head during headi...