Thesis (M. Phil.)--Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 2004. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 80-82). Also available in electronic version. Access restricted to campus users.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2000. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 89-95). Available also in a digital version from Dissertation Abstracts.

A dissertation submitted to the Faculty of Arts, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts May 2016 / The technology of 3-D Printing is afforded extensive coverage in the media. Discourses surrounding this technology are charged with ideas of revolutions in manufacturing, democratisation of technology, and the potential to change the face of consumption and production. This technology is being marketed to the consumer and hobbyist. The consumer-grade 3-D printer is a result of the labour of a loose-knit worldwide community of hobbyists known as the "Maker movement". This movement, a convergence of the traditional "Hacker" culture and Do It Yourself (DIY) is constructed around ideas of affective labour. That is, labour performed for the sole purpose of enjoyment of doing so, and for a sense of well-being and community. The explosion of "affordable" 3-D printing as a technology is a result of this affective labour, yet little mention is made of any forms of labour in popular media discourses surrounding this technology. In this paper I construct a history of the Maker movement while theorising the forms of labour inherent to this movement using the Autonomist Marxism of Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri as a framework. Then, working within the field of Cultural Studies, and drawing on Actor-Network Theory (ANT), I perform Multimodal Critical Discourse Analysis (MCDA) on a small sample of texts to illustrate the occlusion and obfuscation of labour within these discourses of the consumer 3-D printer

Thesis (M.S.)--Rochester Institute of Technology, 1989. / Includes bibliographical references.

Orientador: Rodrigo Máximo de Araújo / Banca: Eron Toshio Colauto Yamamoto / Banca: Eduardo Galera da Silva / Resumo: O objetivo desse estudo foi desenvolver uma infraestrutura de prótese total fixa sobre implantes em impressora 3D, elaborada em conjunto com uma guia cirúrgica digital, também impressa, diminuindo o número de sessões e substituindo a necessidade de moldagem logo após o procedimento cirúrgico. Para isso um paciente, sexo masculino, 60 anos de idade e apresentando apenas a presença do elemento dental 36 na arcada inferior, foi convidado a participar do estudo após leitura e assinatura de Termo de Consentimento Livre e Esclarecido. Foi realizada moldagem da arcada superior e inferior do paciente com alginato para confecção do modelo de estudo com gesso pedra especial. Os modelos foram escaneados com a utilização de scanner Xcad 3D, para a realização do planejamento cirúrgico e protético. A partir dos exames tomográficos foram obtidos os arquivos DICOM. Estes arquivos foram utilizados para o inicio do planejamento digital, sendo incluídos no software para planejamento específico. Foi realizado o planejamento virtual com o auxílio do software, sendo: instalação de 4 implantes do tipo hexágono externo de 13mm por 3,75mm cada, o que gerou automaticamente pelo software a guia cirúrgica para instalação dos mesmos. A mesma foi impressa com o uso de uma impressora 3D de polímeros. A guia cirúrgica continha quatro orifícios para instalação dos implantes planejados, permitindo também a instalação de a ut nts. p s a olo açāo dos implantes, foram instalados pilares cônicos de 4,1mm de diâme... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: Digital planning and preparation of guides and prosthesis with the help of 3D printers is a reality on a daily basis, but in this study, we look for Develop a fully digitized and software-driven process to design and execute polymer and titanium printed guides and prostheses. Those Printed parts would already be structural parts of the final prosthesis, Cases of total fixed prostheses. With this we could exclude laboratory phases of the process of prosthetic preparation, optimizing time, cost and reducing everyday problems that affect clinicians in such processes as repetitions, lack of adaptation of the prosthesis structure, teeth assembly, among others. Titanium printing of such a final structure would allow an immediate installation, in Immediate loading surgeries, of the final prosthesis with the best possible adaptation, Enabling the clinician to execute cases of extreme challenges Without the need for castings and welds, thus Aesthetics to the patient reducing treatment time with assertiveness / Mestre

When dot-matrix characters are rotated, as might be the case in a moving map display, their dot-matrix patterns are distorted and their legibility is thus affected. In this experiment, 16 subjects performed a random search task, in which they were asked to look for a target in a random character pattern. The independent variables were the direction (clockwise or counterclockwise) and the angle of stimulus image rotation, and the target character's distance from the center of screen, which was also the center of rotation; the dependent variables were response time and response correctness. Significant effects were found in the angle of rotation, the target character's distance from the center, and the target character. The results indicate that (1) no angle-dependent mechanism is involved in performing this task and the angle of rotation influences recognition mainly through the distortion of dot-matrix patterns, (2) the target character's (radial) distance from the center of screen is the determining factor for search time, while the x and y coordinates of the target contributed to dot-matrix pattern distortion, and (3) the target characters interacted differently with the angle and distance factors to determine the extent of distortion and their legibility. Means to quantify the extent of distortion were discussed and the direction for future research is offered. / Master of Science

Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) / Toner analysis has become an area of increased interest due to the wide availability of laser printers and photocopiers. Toner is most often encountered on paper in questioned document analysis. Because of this, it is important to develop methods that limit the interference of paper without damaging or destroying the document. Previous research using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) has differentiated toners based on their polymer resin components. However, Raman spectroscopy and chemometric analysis are not typically used for the examination of this material. Raman spectroscopy is a popular tool for the chemical analysis of pigmented samples and was used to characterize cyan, yellow, and magenta toners. Analyses were performed using a dispersive micro-Raman spectrometer equipped with a 785nm diode laser, a CCD detector, and an objective at 20X magnification. One hundred samples of each color toner were collected. Three different and separate methods were developed for cyan, yellow, and magenta toners on paper to optimize results. Further analysis of the magenta toners was excluded due to a weak signal and significant paper interference. The data collected from the analyses of the blue and yellow toners was then processed using a combination of statistical procedures, including principal component analysis (PCA), agglomerative hierarchal clustering (AHC), and discriminative analysis (DA). Ninety-six blue toners were analyzed by PCA and three classes of spectra were suggested. Discriminant analysis showed that the three classes were well-differentiated with a cross-validation accuracy of 100% for the training set and 100% cross-validation accuracy for the external validation set. Eighty-eight yellow toners were analyzed by AHC and four classes of spectra were suggested. Discriminant analysis showed good differentiation between the classes with a cross-validation accuracy of 95.45% for the training set, but showed poor differentiation for the external validation set with a cross-validation accuracy of 72%. While these toners were able to be discriminated, no correlation could be made between the manufacturer, printer make and model, and the toner sample.