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Working Posture Evaluation of Clinical Student in Faculty of Dentistry University of Indonesia for the Scaling Task in Sitting Position in a Virtual Environment
Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) are global issues in the dental profession. This research evaluated the MSDs risk caused by the sitting working posture of clinical students performing the task of scaling. The evaluation using the virtual environment approach shows risk of MSDs in the students’ upper extremities such as neck, shoulder, and trunk. Further simulation based on the ideal sitting working posture shows that ergonomic scaling could be achieved when the patient sits at a 15° angle. When scaling the 1st and 4th quadrant of the teeth, the 9 o’clock position is used. Hence, the 11 o’clock position is used when scaling the 2nd and 3rd quadrant
A Synthetic 21-cm Galactic Plane Survey of an SPH Galaxy Simulation
We have created synthetic neutral hydrogen (HI) Galactic Plane Survey data
cubes covering 90 degrees < l < 180 degrees, using a model spiral galaxy from
SPH simulations and the radiative transfer code TORUS. The density, temperature
and other physical parameters are fed from the SPH simulation into TORUS, where
the HI emissivity and opacity are calculated before the 21-cm line emission
profile is determined. Our main focus is the observation of Outer Galaxy
`Perseus Arm' HI, with a view to tracing atomic gas as it encounters shock
motions as it enters a spiral arm interface, an early step in the formation of
molecular clouds. The observation of HI self-absorption features at these shock
sites (in both real observations and our synthetic data) allows us to
investigate further the connection between cold atomic gas and the onset of
molecular cloud formation.Comment: MNRAS accepted; 11 pages, 12 figure
Image-Optimized Coronal Magnetic Field Models
We have reported previously on a new method we are developing for using
image-based information to improve global coronal magnetic field models. In
that work we presented early tests of the method which proved its capability to
improve global models based on flawed synoptic magnetograms, given excellent
constraints on the field in the model volume. In this follow-up paper we
present the results of similar tests given field constraints of a nature that
could realistically be obtained from quality white-light coronagraph images of
the lower corona. We pay particular attention to difficulties associated with
the line-of-sight projection of features outside of the assumed coronagraph
image plane, and the effect on the outcome of the optimization of errors in
localization of constraints. We find that substantial improvement in the model
field can be achieved with this type of constraints, even when magnetic
features in the images are located outside of the image plane
GRMHD prediction of coronal variability in accreting black holes
On the basis of data from an energy-conserving 3D general relativistic MHD
simulation, we predict the statistical character of variability in the coronal
luminosity from accreting black holes. When the inner boundary of the corona is
defined to be the electron scattering photosphere, its location depends only on
the mass accretion rate in Eddington units (\dot{M}). Nearly independent of
viewing angle and \dot{M}, the power spectrum over the range of frequencies
from approximately the orbital frequency at the innermost stable circular orbit
(ISCO) to ~100 times lower is well approximated by a power-law with index -2,
crudely consistent with the observed power spectra of hard X-ray fluctuations
in AGN and the hard states of Galactic binary black holes. The underlying
physical driver for variability in the light curve is variations in the
accretion rate caused by the chaotic character of MHD turbulence, but the power
spectrum of the coronal light output is significantly steeper. Part of this
contrast is due to the fact that the mass accretion rate can be significantly
modulated by radial epicyclic motions that do not result in dissipation, and
therefore do not drive luminosity fluctuations. The other part of this contrast
is due to the inward decrease of the characteristic inflow time, which leads to
decreasing radial coherence length with increasing fluctuation frequency.Comment: Accepted for publication in ApJ, 35 pages, 11 figures (8 color and 3
greyscale), AASTEX. High-resolution versions can be found at the following
links: [PS] http://www.pha.jhu.edu/~scn/papers/grmhd_var.ps [PDF]
http://www.pha.jhu.edu/~scn/papers/grmhd_var.pd
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