OBJECTIVE To assess the feasibility of using a novel form of multichannel electrical stimulation, termed Sensory Barrage Stimulation (SBS) for the treatment of spasticity affecting the elbow flexor muscles and to compare this with conventional single-channel TENS stimulation. MATERIALS AND METHODS Altogether ten participants with spasticity of the flexor muscles of the elbow of Grade 2 or abo...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Recent research suggests that safety behaviors (SB) may not preclude treatment gains in exposure-based therapy for obsessive-compulsive disorder. However, it is relatively unknown what specific types of SBs may be detrimental to the therapeutic process, with some arguing that SBs be classified based on their function. The current study sought to examine the extent to w...

We develop a general framework of evaluating the Stimulated Brillouin Scattering (SBS) gain coefficient in optical waveguides via the overlap integral between optical and elastic eigen-modes. This full-vectorial formulation of SBS coupling rigorously accounts for the effects of both radiation pressure and electrostriction within micro- and nano-scale waveguides. We show that both contributions ...

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of silanes, thermal cycling and acid etching on the shear bond strength (SBS) of metallic brackets to feldspathic ceramic. Feldspathic ceramic cylinders (Groups 1, 2, 5 and 6) were etched for 60 s with 10% hydrofluoric acid and Groups 3, 4, 7 and 8, without acid etching. Two layers of silane Clearfil Ceramic Primer (CCP, Groups 1 to 4) and two la...

Three types of experimental resin cements with different curing systems, dual, light, and chemical, were designed. The relationship between the flexural strengths of the three experimental and five commercial (Beauty Ortho Bond, Transbond™ XT, Light Cure Bond, Kurasper® F, and Super Bond) orthodontic resin cements on the tensile bond strength (TBS) and shear bond strength (SBS) of metal bracket...

In recent years, a number of studies have introduced methods for identifying papers with delayed recognition (so called " sleeping beauties " , SBs) or have presented single publications as cases of SBs. Most recently, Ke et al. (2015) proposed the so called " beauty coefficient " (denoted as B) to quantify how much a given paper can be considered as a paper with delayed recognition. In this st...

PURPOSE There is an increasing concern about sick building syndrome (SBS), especially in Asia. The aim of this study is to investigate associations between SBS and the home, school environment and personal factors among Japanese junior high school students. METHODS We investigated students in four junior high schools in Hyogo in Kansai area, Japan. A questionnaire study was performed among st...

OBJECTIVE To test the null hypothesis that no difference exists between the effects of at-home bleaching and in-office bleaching on shear bond strength (SBS) with bracket bonding at 4 different time intervals after dental bleaching. METHODS Ninety extracted human premolars were randomly divided into 9 groups (n = 10) according to the bleaching methods used (at-home bleaching and in-office ble...