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created at this stage, we have observed that closing each surface independently and using Booleans in the CAD program typically improves results. For example, this forces the interior surface of the enamel to be the identical surface as the exterior of the dentin. If the Boolean operations are done[r]

Development of metal, ceramic, polymer or materials of biological origin for usein medicine is a very important research area of the last decades. Scientists madegreat innovations in the production of artificial organs and tissues such as dentaland orthopedic prostheses, artificial veins and heart v[r]

MEMS Sensors for Biomedical ApplicationsYu-Chong TaiProfessor of EEMember of NSF/CNSECalifornia Institute of Technology(NSF/ERC Industry Day, May 16-17, 2001)What is MEMS?• In US: Microdynamics• In Europe: Micro Systems (Technology)• In Japan: Micromachines, MicroRobotsA Micro-Electro-Mechani[r]

validation data set well but approximate the training data poorly. To avoid over fitting and underfitting is to determine the best number of training observations. No general guidelines are available to achieve this. However, Lawrence and Fredrickson (1988) suggested the following rule of thumb. 2[r]

pyrophosphate PPi to ATP, was also expressed on BacMPs. Pyrosequencing relies on the incorporation of nucleotides by DNA polymerase, which results in the release of PPi. The ATP produced by PPDK-displaying BacMPs can be used by luciferase in a luminescent reaction (Fig. 7). PPDK-displaying BacMPs we[r]

polyethylene glycol (PEG), poly(acrylic acid) (PAA), polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP), poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA), poly(methylacrylic acid) (PMAA), poly(lactic acid) (PLA), polyethyleneimine (PEI), and block copolymers etc.) (Lutz, Stiller et al. 2006; Narain, Gonzales et al. 2007; Mahmoudi, Simchi et al.[r]

the increasing surface area and the introduction of compressive stress on the surface. In addition, chemical composition modification is also possible by sand blasting process with the introduction of sand particle that form certain layer on the surface being blasted. 5.2 Fatigue and fracture During[r]

Jesus de la Fuente, University of Zaragoza, Spain. At the bottom representative TEM images of the samples above described were generously supplied by the corresponding providers. 6. Acknowledgment I sincerely thank all the co-authors of the papers on Hydra/nanoparticles that I mentioned in this chap[r]

Complex Systems: Smart Nanocarriers for Biomedical Applications 191 presence of 2 promoters, there are multiple transcription start sites and alternative splicing of exons, there are several variants of the transcript derived from this gene. The importance of folate receptor is that i[r]

introduce perturbations in the system that could ultimately impact either the sub-cellular or intercellular processes to be elucidated. Pipettes are typically pulled and thinned by pullers, cut to the appropriate inner diameter by microforging techniques, and polished. Human fertility scientists ide[r]

photodynamic activity. In recent years, nanostructured materials such as liposomes, nanoparticles and micelles have been considered as potential carriers for porphyrinic compounds that may resolve the aforementioned problems. The presence of polar headgroups and hydrophobic chains in micellar struct[r]

Biomedical Engineering – From Theory to Applications 294 Future directions in micro-nanotechnologies applied to the life sciences are likely to build upon the approaches described in this chapter, which have been summarized in Table 3. Beyond piercing, technological developments such[r]

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information, e-science, e-research, grid, collaboratories, repositories, knowledge based on literature, text mining, semantic web, impact index, cocitation, web 2.0 and 3.0, social networking, plagiarism, and free access. Those changes have been dramatically impacted the contemporary world view, sci[r]

Because of increased concern about the potential health hazard from PCP and its impurities, the pattern of use has changed in the last few years. PCP is used in the home, both indoors and outdoors, mostly to treat wood. It is the main active ingredient in certain wood preservatives used in the home,[r]