Adjustable fluidic structures play an important role in microfluidic systems. Fracture of multilayered materials under applied tension has been previously demonstrated as a convenient, simple, and inexpensive approach to fabricate nanoscale adjustable structures; here, it is demonstrated how to extend this concept to the microscale. This is achieved by a novel pairing of materials that leverage...

PRINCIPLES Current asthma management employing inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) and longacting b2-agonists (LABA) aims to rapidly achieve and then maintain overall asthma control including symptoms with minimal medication. This study compared self-guided adjustable maintenance dosing with budesonide/formoterol in a single inhaler with fixed dosing. METHODS In an open-label, parallel-group, multi...

This paper presents a series hybrid wireless charging system with an active adjustable circuitry offering constant current and voltage output characteristics. The consists of the inductor–capacitor–capacitor (LCC) series-series (SS) networks are used for improving pad misalignment tolerance. An switch is employed to provide CC CV different battery stages. To demonstrate performance proposed met...

Valve-controlled damping adjustable damper has the characteristics of simple structure and damping, it always been a hot research topic. This paper establishes mathematical model valve-controlled designs experiment compression stroke recovery stroke. Through simulation experiment, accuracy is verified, contribution rate different key parameters under excitation speeds analyzed. The results show...

STUDY OBJECTIVES To compare the efficacy of adjustable and fixed oral appliances for the treatment of OSA. METHODS Retrospective review of consecutive patients with OSA treated with either adjustable or fixed oral appliances. Polysomnography was conducted before and during therapy. Effective treatment was defined as an apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) < 5 events/h or < 10 events/h with resolution o...

An idea of adjustable gain in order to obtain controllable features is very useful for design of tunable oscillators. Several active elements with adjustable properties (current and voltage gain) are discussed in this paper. Three modified oscillator conceptions that are quite simple, directly electronically adjustable, providing independent control of oscillation condition and frequency were d...

The case illustrates the use of a light-adjustable intraocular lens (IOL) in a patient who had had refractive surgery and developed blunt trauma with resultant flap damage and traumatic cataract. Consistent with early reports of the light adjustable IOL, which show positive results in non-LASIK eyes, this case suggests that the light-adjustable IOL may have similar benefits in the post-LASIK ey...

This paper describes the design and implementation of an experimental teleoperation setup with adjustable inherent properties for both the master and the slave interface. With this setup certain aspects of biological inspired teleoperation can be explored. The system consists of two identical 1 degree of freedom devices with structural stiffness adjustable between 0.2 and 100N/mm and a relative...