introduction: retreatment is performed in teeth with unsuccessful root canal therapy or persistent apical lesion. the most important factor for achieving successful retreatment is thorough cleaning and reshaping. niti files and rotary instruments are widely used for the removal of obturatants. this study compared the ability of mtwo and d-race retreatment systems to remove residual gutta-percha...

oral supplementation with potassium bromide (10, 20 and 40 ?g/ml) to fifth instar larvae of csr2, csr4 and csr2xcsr4 crossbreed races of the silkworm, bombyx mori resulted in a significant increase in the fat body glycogen in all the treated groups and in all the three races of the silkworm, b. mori. the fat body protein content was increased with 20 and 40 ?g/ml treated groups in csr2 and csr4...

Three periods can be distinguished in university patenting at the U.S. Patent and Trade Office (USPTO) since the Bayh-Dole Act of 1980: (1) a first period of exponential increase in university patenting till 1995 (filing date) or 1999 (issuing date); (2) a period of relative decline since 1999; and (3) in most recent years—since 2008—a linear increase in university patenting. We argue that this...

E-HRM is coming to a more full-grown stage within organisational life. Much is assumed and expressed about the advantages of e-HRM, however scientific proof of these advantages is scarce. No clarity exists about the answer to the question whether e-HRM contributes to HRM effectiveness. In this paper we present results from the first quantitative study on the contribution of e-HRM to HRM effecti...

Demographic correlates of subjective religiosity are examined using data from five large national probability samples (i.e., Americans Changing Lives, n = 3,617; General Social Survey, n = 26,265; Monitoring the Future, n = 16,843; National Black Election Survey, n = 1,151; and National Survey of Black Americans, n = 2,107). In analyses of data involving both Black and White respondents, race e...

the aim of this study was to determine short-term changes of blood rheology after intensive endurance exercise in national triathlon athletes. nine national athletes of triathlon (mean age=20.12±2.15 years, weight 70.12±8.54 kg) took part in this study voluntarily. subjects performed triathlon race which is one of the branches of multiple sports (which consisted of 2 kilometers running, 7 kilom...

The goal of the present study was to examine the relationship of social justice beliefs, gender, religiousness, and ethnicity on environmental attitudes among college students at a private university. Participants in the current research with higher scores on social justice measures also had higher scores on three environmental measures: attitudes toward the environment, conscientiousness about...