Abstract:   Background: The most important and complex phenomenon of respiratory function of the nose is related to different nasal anatomy. The differences in facial anatomic structure between different races may also be reflected in nasal resistance and airflow. Caucasians has different facial anatomic structure which is the reflection of intranasal resistance or consequence of airflow. The...

The Axial compressor is an integrated part of a gas turbine. The central part of compressors is its blades. Blade aerodynamic has a significant effect on compressor performance. Because of the adverse pressure gradient in the compressor, any deviation in the blade profile has a significant influence on the flow field as well as the compressor performance. During the manufacturing and operation ...

conclusions the application of dn produces an improvement in ilf and clf can be prescribed for subjects with mtp in ut muscles. results statistical analysis (paired t-test) revealed significant increase in neck lateral flexion range of motion in contra-lateral side after treatment sessions in control and experimental group compared with pre-treatment score (p < 0.05). however, only dry needling...

We prove a conjecture of Ackerman, Barequet and Pinter. Every floorplan with n internal segments can be embedded on every set of n points in generic position. The construction makes use of area universal floorplans also known as area universal rectangular layouts. The notion of area used in our context depends on a non-uniform density function. We, therefore, have to generalize the theory of ar...

In this paper, we discuss a new hand-gesture-based application, FlowField, which explores the use of pressure-sensitive multipoint touchpad (multi-touch) interaction. FlowField allows participants to interact using their whole hand with a flow of circulating particles, providing visual and auditory feedback. Limitations of the raw data mapping used in FlowField motivated work on applying interp...

In this paper, we introduce pressure masks for supporting the convenient abstraction of localized scale-specific point-like contact with a discrete elastic object. While these masks may be defined for any elastic model, special attention is given to the case of point-like contact with precomputed linear elastostatic models for purposes of haptic force-feedback.