The perceived inclination of slopes is generally overestimated. We claim that overestimation depends on the use of impoverished stimuli and on the distance between the observer and an inclined surface. In experiment 1, participants reported the perceived inclination of a set of urban roads from two different viewing distances. Observers did not overestimate the perceived inclination of slopes w...

PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to compare the occlusal plane inclination of models mounted using 3 different systems for face-bow transfer with the actual occlusal plane inclination as measured on a cephalometric radiograph. PATIENTS AND METHODS Twenty-two subjects were enrolled in this study. Three alginate impressions of the maxillary dentition were taken, and 3 stone dental models w...

This paper describes our participation in blog track of TREC2009. All runs are submitted for both two task, namely Top stories identification task and faceted blog distillation task. The “FirteX” platform was used to index and retrieval posts. As for top stories identification task, to identify important headlines, we measure the importance of headline by accumulating the BM25 relevance score w...

Using a multi-perspective vignette design, we explored predictors of young peoples' (N = 119) propensity to engage in unfaithful activities while dating. Demographic measures, a dating investment model, and measures of functional and dysfunctional impulsivity were used to predict inclination to engage in each of two extradyadic activities (kissing and sexual activity). The results of moderated ...

BACKGROUND Controversies about the rational positioning of the tibial component in unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA) still exist. Previous finite element (FE) studies were rare, and the results varied. This FE study aimed to analyze the influence of the tibial component coronal alignment on knee biomechanics in mobile-bearing UKA and find a ration range of inclination angles. METHODS A...

Miranda and Umbriel have passed through the 3 : 1 mean-motion commensurability if the specific dissipation function (Q) of Uranus is less than about 39,000. There are three second-order inclination resonances associated with this commensurability. Temporary capture into either of the resonances involving the orbital inclination of Miranda can account for the anomalously high (--4*) current incl...

Analytical buckling models are important for down-hole operations to ensure the structural integrity of the drill string. A literature survey shows that most published analytical buckling models do not address the effects of inclination angle, boundary conditions or friction. The objective of this paper is to study the effects of boundary conditions, friction and angular inclination on the heli...

The Lidov-Kozai mechanism (Kozai 1962; Lidov 1962) allows a body to periodically exchange its eccentricity with inclination. It was first discussed in the framework of the quadrupolar secular restricted three-body problem, where the massless particle is the inner body, and later extended to the quadrupolar secular nonrestricted three body problem (Harrington 1969; Lidov & Ziglin 1976; Ferrer & ...