A parametric voxel-based jewelry modeler is developed for designing carved bangles of sophisticated craftsmanship. Carved jewelry is the form of jewelry having small internal repeated cavities as engraved with a thin sharp tool on the surface of sheet metal. The parameters’ values are defined by the user and modeling of the jewelry design is carried out by the modeler based on the specified val...

OBJECTIVES We evaluated the bioavailability of Cd in 86 components of 57 jewelry items found to contain high levels of Cd (> 10,000 ppm) by X-ray fluorescence (XRF), using extractions that simulate mouthing or swallowing of jewelry items. METHODS We screened jewelry for Cd content by XRF. Bioavailability was measured in two ways. Items were placed in saline solution at 37°C for 6 hr to simula...

Body modification has been practiced in cultures around the world for thousands of years. The ramifications of body piercing on anesthesia practice and airway management have become more evident in recent years. This article reviews the techniques for removal of tongue jewelry and options for maintaining oral piercing patency. To remove or not to remove...that is the question. In the emergency ...

Although several methods including composite resin restoration and microabrasion have been used for management of white spot lesion, tooth jewelry can be considered as another noninvasive option. This case report describes the management of white spot lesions by using tooth jewelry. This report also highlights the patients' preference for tooth jewelry as an esthetic concern.

BACKGROUND Navel piercings are becoming increasingly popular among adolescents. Body piercing jewelry must be removed before surgery, because electrical burns can occur with electrocauterization. Also, piercing jewelry creates artifacts during magnetic resonance imaging. Even temporary piercing jewelry removal may lead to closure of the subcutaneous tract; therefore, temporary replacement with ...

In this paper, we present ways to enhance digital jewelry with new generation displays. We first present ways to improve display capabilities on existing pieces of jewelry by using curved deformable displays and projectors. In a second part, we focus on the particular case of wristwatches, presenting new results about interaction on wristband and propose new usages unlocked by the use of such d...

I n the first century of Roman domination silver jewelry in the Balkan region is very numerous, and local production of these decorations lasted until the middle of the 3rd century. In that production an important role played the autochthonous component. Gold jewelry from this region is of East-Mediterranean origin, and some shapes of ornaments and use of the techinques of filigree and granulat...

In this paper, Computer Aided Designing (CAD) in conjunction with Rapid Tooling is applied to design and produce forming tools (punch and die) for stretch-formed jewelry (generated on thin sheet metal on top of which jewelry patterns are raised with forming tools by stretching the sheet metal beyond its elastic limit. The work presents a parametric voxel based CAD paradigm for modeling of such ...

185 Koh and others have reported (in this issue of the MJM) the high prevalence of Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) on doctors’ neckties. As they have pointed out, this is nothing new, and like other studies with similar findings. They also point out that patient’s confidence and satisfaction are not affected by doctor’s not wearing neckties. They also referred to the British ...

Sketch-based modeling has attracted considerable attention in recent years. In this paper, we propose a semantic feature modeling system for sketch-based jewelry design, called Sketch2Jewelry. The newly devised semantic feature class encodes specific domain knowledge (jewelry design knowledge in this paper) and supplies prolific semantic information. The advantage of using semantic features is ...