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Read  full  paper  at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=54096#.VO14EizQrzE Author(s)    Takeshi Murayama 1* , Kosei Oono 1 , Mitsunori Tada 2 , Toru Eguchi 3 , Misuzu Nagami 4 , Mitsuhiro Tamamoto 1   Affiliation(s) 1 Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan . 2 Digital Human Research Center, Agency for Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tokyo, Japan . 3 Graduate School of Engineering, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan . 4 Hello Tomorrow Japan Co. Ltd., Tokyo, Japan . ABSTRACT Custom-made esthetic finger prostheses, which are used for rehabilitation of patients with missing or impaired fingers, have been fabricated manually. However, such fabrication is time-consuming and requires manual skill. Here we propose a computer-aided method for fabricating finger pros-theses to save time and allow fabrications that do not require considerable manu...

Read  full  paper  at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=53384#.VMBrMSzQrzE Author(s)    Bo Hong Affiliation(s) College of Landscape Architecture and Arts, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China . ABSTRACT Residential greening constitutes a significant portion of the urban environment. Trees, as the largest entities in the tree-shrub-herb greening system, are the best choice for residential afforestation. Hence, tree arrangement in green space between buildings is significant, for which may exert negative impact on building sunshine. This study takes He Qingyuan residential area in Beijing as a case study to predict the growth in tree height between buildings to meet good sunshine requirements. The procedures were draw as follows: 1) models including building layout and trees were built using computer-aided design (Auto CAD). Afterwards, according to tree crown shape, tree height limits were determi...