EVALUATION OF RETENTION FORCE OF POLYETHERETHERKETONE (PEEK) AND CAST COBALT-CHROMIUM CIRCUMFERENTIAL CLASPS: A COMPARATIVE STUDY

Evaluation of Retention Force of Polyetheretherketone (PEEK) and Cast Cobalt-Chromium Circumferential Clasps: A comparative study

Aims: The aim of this in-vitro study was to compare the retention force of Polyetheretherketone (PEEK) and Cobalt-Chromium (Co-Cr) clasps by mechanical cycling test simulating ten years of use.Materials and Methods: 72 clasps samples were fabricated on a standardized e-max upper right first premolar, it is divided into 24 Co-Cr clasps, and 48 PEEK

read more

Prevalence and epidemiological determinants of obesity in rural Pondicherry, India - A community based cross-sectional study

Background: Globally, a significant hike in the first due helmet prevalence of overweight and obesity has been found in almost all age groups.Aims: To determine the prevalence of obesity among adults in a rural area of Pondicherry and to study the risk predictors of obesity in the study population.Materials & Methods: A cross-sectional descriptive

read more


Fixed Time Disturbance Observer Based Sliding Mode Control for a Miniature Unmanned Helicopter Hover Operations in Presence of External Disturbances

This paper presents a novel fixed time sliding mode disturbance observer (FTSMDO) based second-order fixed time sliding mode control (FTSMC) for small scale unmanned helicopter to do hover operations in the presence of external disturbances.Sliding mode control is insensitive to matched uncertainties basaltina countertop price but sensitive to mism

read more