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Background: The objective of this article was to illustrate the process in the fabrication of a custom cast splint Microimplant-Assisted Rapid Palatal Expansion (MARPE) appliance for treatment of maxillary deficiency in young adults. Findings: The fabrication of a custom-made MARPE appliance allows the casting base to design according to the shape of the patient’s palate close to the palatal mucosa. In this new design, one end consists of a casting body, inserting hole, and teeth retention device (circumferential rings) connected to the other end by a jackscrew. Connection of all parts in the integral casting unit increases the strength of the expansion appliance and avoids distortion, deformation, or damage to the palatal mucosa due to increased resistance from the oromaxillofacial area. Conclusion: This custom design can improve the clinical outcome of maxillary expansion, especially in patients with narrow and high-arched palates.

In this paper, we aim to recognize materials with combined use of auditory and visual perception. To this end, we construct a new dataset named GLAudio that consists of both the geometry of the object being struck and the sound captured from either modal sound synthesis (for virtual objects) or real measurements (for real objects). Besides global geometries, our dataset also takes local geometries around different hitpoints into consideration. This local information is less explored in existing datasets. We demonstrate that local geometry has a greater impact on the sound than the global geometry and offers more cues in material recognition. To extract features from different modalities and perform proper fusion, we propose a new deep neural network GLAVNet that comprises multiple branches and a well-designed fusion module. Once trained on GLAudio, our GLAVNet provides state-of-the-art performance on material identification and supports fine-grained material categorization.

Despite various benefits of walking, some people still lack the motivation. In this paper, we present musicWALK - an interactive musical application that aims at enhancing the walking experience. musicWALK generates music by collecting data relevant to personal walking pattern and to the surrounding environment. By allowing people to listen to interactive music generated along their walks, we aid them to establish a stronger connection with their surroundings. We hope that this will provide a stronger motivation for walking.

One challenge in dual arm robotic field is the description of cooperative tasks of the two arms. Traditional methods with translational vector and rotational matrix are complex, especially for dual arm cooperative tasks. In this paper, using the ability of dual quaternion based full dual position control strategies, it is possible to present the cooperative kinematic control problem in a compact and lack of singularity manner. Simulations is carried out on ABB YuMi dual arm robot to show the effectiveness of the approach.

K. Lüscher, A. Klimczuk (eds.), Generations, intergenerational relationships, generational policy: A multilingual compendium (Pokolenia, relacje miedzypokoleniowe, polityka relacji miedzypokoleniowych. Kompendium wielojezyczne), 17 languages, Universität Konstanz, Konstanz 2017, 428pp.

K. Lüscher, A. Klimczuk (eds.), Generations, intergenerational relationships, generational policy: A multilingual compendium (Pokolenia, relacje miedzypokoleniowe, polityka relacji miedzypokoleniowych. Kompendium wielojezyczne), 17 languages, Universität Konstanz, Konstanz 2017, 428pp.

K. Lüscher, A. Klimczuk (eds.), Generations, intergenerational relationships, generational policy: A multilingual compendium (Pokolenia, relacje miedzypokoleniowe, polityka relacji miedzypokoleniowych. Kompendium wielojezyczne), 17 languages, Universität Konstanz, Konstanz 2017, 428pp.

Regional land spatial characteristics decide land-use state, and a reasonable area of land division is the premise of promoting regional development strategies and policies for effective implementation. In view of co-ordinating regional development, the paper analyzes regional differences in land resource endowments, land use status quo, economic and social development, using a combination of thematic map overlay zoning laws and spatial clustering analysis method. It divided Chengde city into six functional areas, pinpointed the direction of regional land use, and put forward the operational control measures for discrepant management of land use. Based on these, land-use control institution was proposed.