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Color Difference Thresholds in Dentistry
2015
Purpose The aim of this prospective multicenter study was to determine 50:50% perceptibility threshold (PT) and 50:50% acceptability threshold (AT) of dental ceramic under simulated clinical settings. Materials and Methods The spectral radiance of 63 monochromatic ceramic specimens was determined using a non-contact spectroradiometer. A total of 60 specimen pairs, divided into 3 sets of 20 specimen pairs (medium to light shades, medium to dark shades, and dark shades), were selected for psychophysical experiment. The coordinating center and seven research sites obtained the Institutional Review Board (IRB) approvals prior the beginning of the experiment. Each research site had 25 observers,…
Optical characterization of YCa4O(BO3)3 and Nd:YCa4O(BO3)3 crystals
2007
International audience; We report a complete optical characterization of YCa4O(BO3)3 and Nd:YCa4O(BO3)3 crystals. We studied the relative orientation between the dielectric and the crystallographic frames as a function of the wavelength and performed accurate phase-matching angles measurements for second harmonic generation, using a single crystal cut as a sphere. We also recorded polarized luminescence spectra of Nd:YCOB along the principal axes of the dielectric frame. For both crystals, we measured the gray-tracking and the thermo-optic properties as a function of temperature and wavelength using oriented slabs. Finally, we measured all their dielectric and electro-optic coefficients, as…
Approximate 3D Partial Symmetry Detection Using Co-occurrence Analysis
2015
This paper addresses approximate partial symmetry detection in 3D point clouds, a classical and foundational tool for analyzing geometry. We present a novel, fully unsupervised method that detects partial symmetry under significant geometric variability, and without constraints on the number and arrangement of instances. The core idea is a matching scheme that finds consistent co-occurrence patterns in a frame-invariant way. We obtain a canonical partition of the input shape into building blocks and can handle ambiguous data by aggregating co-occurrence information across both all building block instances and the area they cover. We evaluate our method on several benchmark data sets and dem…
On optimizing firewall performance in dynamic networks by invoking a novel swapping window-based paradigm
2018
Designing and implementing efficient firewall strategies in the age of the Internet of Things (IoT) is far from trivial. This is because, as time proceeds, an increasing number of devices will be connected, accessed and controlled on the Internet. Additionally, an everincreasingly amount of sensitive information will be stored on various networks. A good and efficient firewall strategy will attempt to secure this information, and to also manage the large amount of inevitable network traffic that these devices create. The goal of this paper is to propose a framework for designing optimized firewalls for the IoT. This paper deals with two fundamental challenges/problems encountered in such firewalls…
PARAMETRIC SELF-TRAPPING OF OPTICAL BEAMS VIA RANDOM QUASI PHASE MATCHING IN LITHIUM TANTALATE WAVEGUIDE
2011
We report on experimental evidence of parametric spatial solitons in a lithium tantalate waveguide with randomized periodic ferroelectric poling. Two-color self-focusing via quadratic cascading overcomes the diffractive nature of both fundamental and frequency-doubled beams.
MAPPATURA DEL DISORDINE NON LINEARE MEDIANTE INTERAZIONE PARAMETRICA A TRE ONDE
2010
We introduce a simple approach for characterizing the ferroelectric domain distribution in bulk quadratic crystals. The approach is demonstrated in a lithium tantalate sample with periodic electric field poling and random mark-to-space ratio.
Saying-Doing Correspondence
2002
The study of the correspondence concerns the functional relationships between an individual’s verbal and non-verbal behavior. The analysis of the functional relations between saying and doing is interesting from a theoretical perspective (e.g.: how and when do they relate together? Learning to tell the truth etc.) and from an applied point of view: many clinical procedures, as verbal forms of psychotherapy, are based on the idea that changing people’s verbalizations about their behavior will lead to corresponding changes in the way they behave. Since say-do correspondence training has been employed in a variety of behaviors and types of procedures to examine the conditions upon which the ar…
Generalizations of the periodicity Theorem of Fine and Wilf
2005
We provide three generalizations to the two-dimensional case of the well known periodicity theorem by Fine and Wilf [4] for strings (the one-dimensional case). The first and the second generalizations can be further extended to hold in the more general setting of Cayley graphs of groups. Weak forms of two of our results have been developed for the design of efficient algorithms for two-dimensional pattern matching [2, 3, 6].
Measurement of high energy resolution inelastic proton scattering at and close to zero degrees
2009
13 pages, 15 figures.-- Printed version published Jul 1, 2009.
Are "good guys" more likely to participate in local agriculture?
2015
Abstract In recent years a new form of food production and distribution organisation, as part of small-scale and local agriculture, has been gaining ground. Generically termed short supply chains (SSCs), this new model of food procurement comprises various forms such as community-supported agriculture, box schemes and solidarity purchase groups. Consumer participation in SSCs is dictated by deep motivations: while consumers are principally encouraged by the desire to preserve local producers, as well as the social and environmental aspects of farming, the attraction of SSCs is also tied to different and more complex ways of perceiving food quality. The quality issue in SSCs is not only seen…