The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in a deep impact on the health-care system.The increased risk of contagion is especially for anesthetists, dentists, otolaryngologists, and head-and-neck surgeons.The management of ENT and head-and-neck surgical cases represents a unique challenge in the COVID-19 times.The COVID-19 Prescription Sunglasses pandemic
Fracture of Titanium Alloys at High Strain Rates and under Stress Triaxiality
The present study investigates the effect of stress triaxiality on mechanical behavior and fracture of Ti-5Al-2.5Sn alloy in a practical relevant strain rate range from 0.1 to 1000 s−1.Tensile MANIPULATOR tests were carried out on flat smoothed and notched specimens using an Instron VHS 40/50-20 servo-hydraulic test machine.High-speed video r
Spatial Analysis of Anthropogenic Landscape Disturbance and Buruli Ulcer Disease in Benin.
Land use and land cover (LULC) change is one anthropogenic disturbance linked to infectious disease emergence.Current research has focused largely on wildlife and vector-borne zoonotic diseases, Santa Sacks neglecting to investigate landscape disturbance and environmental bacterial infections.One example is Buruli ulcer (BU) disease, a necrotizing
Six Sigma application for quality improvement of the hot press in process
Six Sigma is a systematic improvement method, a management approach designed to continuously improve corporate business processes and achieve customer requirement.This paper presents a case study conducted at a cell phone manufacturing company that intended to use the DMAIC method to carry out a structured approach to Six Sigma projects with fewer