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The article offers information on global increase in the Manga, Webtoon and Asian style contents. Topics include information on how Manga is currently the fastest growing publishing category in the United States; how publishers are entering the manga market; and information on VIZ Media, an American manga publisher, anime distributor, and entertainment company headquartered in San Francisco.

The article presents a case study on nose pad repair on the spectacle frame of a 12-year-old female patient. The previous plastic frames of the patient sat low on her face, left notches on her nose and were uncomfortable because of the nose pads. Frame modifications were done to the frame and silicon nose pads were used to position the frame in her nose bridge.

The article features the edge faceting technique used to reduce the edge thickness of eyeglasses and improves its cosmetic appearance. This technique reduces the edge lenses thickness and weight without compensating its optical performance. It also provides a step-by-step instruction and images of edge faceting.

The article offers information about a trade show of comics to be hosted by the Sharjah International Book Fair and organized with ComicCave, the largest distributor of comics in United Arab Emirates.

Raman imaging is a nondestructive spectral imaging technique that is widely used in the biomedical field. However, slow data acquisition has seriously hindered the expansion of its application for fast dynamic systems. In this study, we completed the reconstruction of Raman spectra and imaging based on multichannel Raman imaging. First, we optimized the training samples, and made a global assignment weighted to the optimized samples to establish the linear regression function. Second, normalization and polynomial regression were introduced to improve the accuracy of reconstructed spectra based on the multichannel imaging of each pixel. Third, Raman imaging with high signal-to-noise ratio was established by the area or intensity of characteristic peak. Benzonitrile was used in the experiment and the accuracy of the reconstructed Raman spectrum was evaluated in terms of relative root mean square error (RMSE). The results show the accuracy of the Raman spectrum reconstructed by this algorithm is 58% higher than that of the pseudo-inverse, and 44% higher than the Wiener estimation. Therefore, this algorithm provides theoretical support for the application of Raman imaging technology in fast dynamic systems. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article offers step-by-step instructions adding nose pads to eyeglass frames in order to fit the Oriental nose.