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Maxillary lateral incisor agenesis and its relationship to overall tooth size
No full textStatement of problem: Agenesis of the maxillary lateral incisor is linked to differences in overall tooth size. Thus, the mesio-distal space required for final esthetic restoration in patients with missing one of both maxillary lateral incisors may be smaller.
Purpose. The purpose of this study is to determine if a tooth size discrepancy exists in orthodontic patients with agenesis of the maxillary lateral incisor(s).
Material and methods. Forty sets of dental casts from white orthodontic patients (19 male and 21 female) mean age 15.9 years were collected. All casts had agenesis of one or both maxillary lateral incisors. The teeth were measured with a digital caliper at their greatest mesio-distal width and then compared to a control group matched for ethnicity, age and sex. S One-way repeated measures ANOVA (α=.05) was used for statistical analysis.
Results. Males in the test group had significantly smaller maxillary posterior teeth when compared to males in the control group, with differences ranging from 0.28-0.78mm. Females showed significantly smaller maxillary anterior teeth, with differences ranging from 0.22-0.42mm. The remaining maxillary lateral incisor was also significantly smaller (1.27mm difference) in the male and female unilateral agenesis test groups indicating higher incidence of ‘peg’ laterals when compared to the control group.
Conclusions. Agenesis of one or both maxillary lateral incisors is associated with a tooth size discrepancy. White males experienced smaller than normal posterior maxillary teeth and females showed smaller anterior maxillary teeth.This article is based on the Master’s thesis (J.W.) presented in 2011 in partial fulfilment of requirements for the degree of Master of Science, Marquette University School of Dentistry, 2011.Peer reviewe
FINANCING COMMUNITY FACILITIES: A CASE STUDY OF THE PARKS AND RECREATIONAL GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND MEASURE OF SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA
No full textThis study of the City of San Jose’s Parks and Recreation General Obligation (GO) Bond Measure seeks to identify the politics-, management-, and planning-related lessons learned by the City as it developed its community facilities using the GO bonds proceeds. The study finds that these lessons include: be conservative in what you promise the residents; be prepared for changes in economic environment by identifying supplementary funding sources should the primary source not yield adequate funds; make sure that the jurisdiction is organizationally capable of handling the increased workload; and prepare detailed project plans prior to the bond issuance.Community Infrastructure and Services; Municipal Bonds; Public Finance
Jose Maria Alvarez Biographical Sketch and Commentary - Accession 171 - M76 (92-94)
No full textThe Jose Maria Alvarez Papers consist of a paper titled “Conversaciones con Jose Maria Alvarez” by Juan Miguel Margalef in collaboration with Jesus Munarriz and Csaba Csuday. Alvarez is a Spanish author and historian who has written articles, books, movie scripts and poetry. The paper contains biographical information concerning Alvarez as well as comments on his writing. The paper is written in Spanish.https://digitalcommons.winthrop.edu/manuscriptcollection_findingaids/1304/thumbnail.jp
Improved scatter search for the global optimzation of computationally expensive dynamic models
No full text16 páginas, 6 figuras, 3 tablas.-- The final publication is
available at www.springerlink.comA new algorithm for global optimization of costly nonlinear continuous problems is presented in this paper. The algorithm is based on the scatter search metaheuristic, which has recently proved to be efficient for solving combinatorial and nonlinear optimization problems. A kriging-based prediction method has been coupled to the main optimization routine in order to discard the evaluation of solutions that are not likely to provide high quality function values. This makes the algorithm suitable for the optimization of computationally costly problems, as is illustrated in its application to two benchmark problems and its comparison with other algorithmsThe team at CSIC acknowledges financial support from the Spanish Government (MEC AGL2004-05206-C02-01/ALI) and Xunta de Galicia (PGIDIT05PXIC40201PN). Author Jose A. Egea gratefully acknowledges financial support (FPU fellowship) from the Spanish Ministry of Education and Science. Research by Rafael Martí is partially supported by the Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia under project code TIN2006-02696Peer reviewe
Design and implementation of a serious game for the construction of 3D Lego-Based models
No full textTreball final de Grau en Disseny i Desenvolupament de Videojocs. Codi: VJ1241. Curs acadèmic: 2019/2020This project presents the Final Project of Design and Development
of Video Games, made by Pau Borrell Egea. In the mobile games
market, there are many games related to Lego, and also, the market
includes a category of 3D model creation. In this project, the objective
is to design and develop a game for the construction of 3D models
using Lego parts.
In the design stage, the specifications of a mobile game have been
taken into account, such as the size of the screens, the size of the
typography, the resolution of the images, etc. In the development
stage, the implementation of the game was carried out using Unity3D.
Plugins were also used to load images and 3D models built with
Lego parts. In addition to the design and development of the game,
gamification techniques have been implemented for the game.
Finally, an educational game has been achieved where the player
can build, visualize and modify the 3D models
Author Co-Citation Analysis (ACA): a powerful tool for representing implicit knowledge of scholar knowledge workers
No full textIn the last decade, knowledge has emerged as one of the most important and valuable organizational assets. Gradually this importance caused to emergence of new discipline entitled ―knowledge management‖. However one of the major challenges of knowledge management is conversion implicit or tacit knowledge to explicit knowledge. Thus Making knowledge visible so that it can be better accessed, discussed, valued or generally managed is a long-standing objective in knowledge management. Accordingly in this paper author co- citation analysis (ACA) will be proposed as an efficient technique of knowledge visualization in academia (Scholar knowledge workers)
Credit Bureaus in Today’s Credit Markets. ECRI Research Report No. 4, 1 September 2002
No full text[From the Introduction]In all EU countries today, lenders can access information in databases to help them assess the creditworthiness of a credit applicant. The establishments that compile these databases are known as credit bureaus, credit registries or credit reporting agencies. Credit bureaus gather information on the payment history of borrowers and issue credit reports prior to the underwriting of a loan, whether for the purpose of buying a house, a car, opening a credit line or simply subscribing to a mobile telephone service. In the United States, data from credit bureaus on consumer borrowing, payment behaviour and other aspects of household finances have become the cornerstone of underwriting decisions on consumer loans. Credit bureaus in the United States collect and store comprehensive data for over 200 million adult residents. More than 2 million credit reports are sold by credit bureaus every day. It is widely accepted that the development of the credit bureau industry has played an essential role in the expansion of the North American credit market. The type and quantity of data available and the mechanisms by which this information is shared vary greatly across EU countries. Lenders often provide information to credit bureaus voluntarily, although in some cases, the authorities impose this disclosure via public registers. The data collected can vary over time and between countries and usually consist of past instances of default or payments having fallen in arrears (known as ‘negative’ information). The data can also be of a ‘positive’ nature, however, to include a customer’s outstanding liabilities, maturities and other details about his or her credit history
Porcelain and A Language of Their Own (bookcover)
No full textCover design by Wendy Halitzer
Cover photograph by Sky Bergman/Swanstock
Author Photograph by Jose Pomb
Avantprojecte d’una formatgeria dedicada a l’elaboració de productes làctics i derivats amb una producció setmanal de 3500 litres situada a Samalús (Cànoves i Samalús)
No full textAquest projecte va sorgir inicialment de la possibilitat de poder millorar i optimitzar el rendiment d’una granja de vaques de producció lletera. L’estudi s’ha realitzat en una granja de Samalús (propietat de la família d’un dels autors del projecte, Josep Maria Egea Vila). En aquesta granja es produeixen diàriament 500 litres de llet, els quals es venen a l’empresa Pascual.
Degut a què la situació actual del problema de preus entre els ramaders, productors de llet i la indústria làctica transformadora és insostenible, es planteja avaluar la viabilitat d’una formatgeria artesanal per poder transformar tota la producció de llet en derivats làctics o llet pasteuritzada per tal de comercialitzar-ho sota una marca pròpia i d’aquesta manera aconseguir més beneficis.
Abans de fer el cop de cap, s’ha d’avaluar si els nostres productes tindran sortida al mercat, si seran apreciats per als consumidors, si la inversió en habilitar una part de la finca en un obrador de la formatgeria sortirà rendible, entre d’altres.
Es per això, que s’ha fet un estudi de mercat, per veure on i com es podria comercialitzar els nostres productes.
S’han fet també unes proves pilot amb la nostra llet per veure quin procés d’elaboració s’ha de fer per cada tipus de producte i amb quina qualitat sortien els productes.
Anàlogament, s’han fet uns tasts d’anàlisi sensorial dels diferents productes, on diferents consumidors donaven la seva opinió. La finalitat d’aquest estudi no és cap altra que saber de cara al futur si aquests productes agraden i si tindrien èxit tot comparant-les amb les marques del mercat.
Un cop avaluat el mercat i vist que els nostres productes són apreciats per als consumidors i podrien tenir èxit en el mercat, s’ha fet una avaluació econòmica financera per veure si l’avantprojecte ens sortir
Avantprojecte d’una formatgeria dedicada a l’elaboració de productes làctics i derivats amb una producció setmanal de 3500 litres situada a Samalús (Cànoves i Samalús)
No full textAquest projecte va sorgir inicialment de la possibilitat de poder millorar i optimitzar el rendiment d’una granja de vaques de producció lletera. L’estudi s’ha realitzat en una granja de Samalús (propietat de la família d’un dels autors del projecte, Josep Maria Egea Vila). En aquesta granja es produeixen diàriament 500 litres de llet, els quals es venen a l’empresa Pascual.
Degut a què la situació actual del problema de preus entre els ramaders, productors de llet i la indústria làctica transformadora és insostenible, es planteja avaluar la viabilitat d’una formatgeria artesanal per poder transformar tota la producció de llet en derivats làctics o llet pasteuritzada per tal de comercialitzar-ho sota una marca pròpia i d’aquesta manera aconseguir més beneficis.
Abans de fer el cop de cap, s’ha d’avaluar si els nostres productes tindran sortida al mercat, si seran apreciats per als consumidors, si la inversió en habilitar una part de la finca en un obrador de la formatgeria sortirà rendible, entre d’altres.
Es per això, que s’ha fet un estudi de mercat, per veure on i com es podria comercialitzar els nostres productes.
S’han fet també unes proves pilot amb la nostra llet per veure quin procés d’elaboració s’ha de fer per cada tipus de producte i amb quina qualitat sortien els productes.
Anàlogament, s’han fet uns tasts d’anàlisi sensorial dels diferents productes, on diferents consumidors donaven la seva opinió. La finalitat d’aquest estudi no és cap altra que saber de cara al futur si aquests productes agraden i si tindrien èxit tot comparant-les amb les marques del mercat.
Un cop avaluat el mercat i vist que els nostres productes són apreciats per als consumidors i podrien tenir èxit en el mercat, s’ha fet una avaluació econòmica financera per veure si l’avantprojecte ens sortir
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