Materials and Methods. Testing was conducted on single-use and reusable laser fibers in varying sizes – 200μm, 272μm, 365μm, 550μm and 1000μm. Sizes reflect the true core diameter of each fiber. Fixtures for the testing were built for the 200μm, 272μm, 365μm, 550μm fibers simulating the anatomical curvature that the fiber may be subjected to during a procedure (considered the short-term bend ra...

Infrared lasers are ideally suited for the selective and precise removal of carious dental hard tissue while minimizing the healthy tissue loss. Since the initial investigations of Stern over 30 years ago, several unique laser applications have evolved for dentistry, namely laser ablation of dental hard tissue, caries inhibition treatments by localized surface heating, and surface conditioning ...

BACKGROUND In healthy subjects repeated tactile stimulation in a conditioning test stimulation paradigm yields attenuation of primary (S1) and secondary (S2) somatosensory cortical activation, whereas a preceding painful stimulus results in facilitation. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS Since previous data suggest that cognitive processes might affect somatosensory processing in S1, the present...

little is known about the interaction of tissue conditioners and modeling plastics. this study evaluates the influence of a variety of commercial tissue conditioners on alteration of viscoelastic properties of modeling plastics.in this in vitro study, the dynamic viscoelastic properties of four commercially available tissue conditioners (tc), visco-gel (vg), gc soft-liner (sl), fitt (ft), and c...

Imaging studies have described hemodynamic activity during fear conditioning protocols with stimulus trains in which a visual conditioned stimulus (CS+) is paired with an aversive unconditioned stimulus (US, painful laser pulse) while another visual stimulus is unpaired (CS-). We now test the hypothesis that CS Event Related Spectral Perturbations (ERSPs) are related to ratings of CS Expectancy...

air conditioning refrigerant r134a has value of global warming potential (gwp) 1300, which is much higher than mac directive (gwp below 150) passed in july 2006. this prompted a search for alternative refrigerant with gwp value less than 150. r1234yf is a new refrigerant which has lower gwp value of 4. effect of blower speed has been compared and flammability issue of r1234yf has been addressed...

Pre-conditioning by ischemia, hyperthermia, hypothermia, hyperbaric oxygen (and numerous other modalities) is a rapidly growing area of investigation that is used in pathological conditions where tissue damage may be expected. The damage caused by surgery, heart attack, or stroke can be mitigated by pre-treating the local or distant tissue with low levels of a stress-inducing stimulus, that can...

PURPOSE This study investigated the effect of laser parameters and air-abrasion on the peel strength of silicon-based soft denture liner to different denture resins. MATERIALS AND METHODS Specimens (N=180) were prepared out of three different denture base resins (Rodex, cross-linked denture base acrylic resin; Paladent, heat-cured acrylic resin; Deflex, Polyamide resin) (75 mm × 25 mm × 3 mm)...

Background: GABAergic drugs can modulate the rewarding properties of morphine. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of isoniazid, as a GABAergic agent, on the rewarding effects of morphine. Methods: Eighteen groups of female mice (eight per group) were used in a conditioned place preference (CPP) study. On the conditioning phase of the CPP p...

We report experimental high power test results on a high gradient 17 G H z RF photocathode gun. The 1 2 cell, π -mode, copper cavity was tested with 5-10 MW , 100 ns, 17.145 G H z pulses from a 24 MW Haimson Research Corp. klystron. A maximum surface electric field of 250 MeV/m was achieved corresponding to an on-axis gradient of 150 MeV/m. The gradient was verified by a preliminary electron be...