Despite the progress made in the field of pulp biology, the technique and philosophy of direct vital pulp capping remains a controversial subject. Clinicians are well aware of the immediate and long-term success rates after root canal therapy, but are less certain of the success of vital pulp capping. Researchers have demonstrated that exposed pulps will heal and form reparative dentin. It is r...

This paper puts forward and tests a simple model of how the median voter in a local authority (LA) may determine the level of its expenditure in relation to its needs, to see what lessons may be learned. For Scottish LAs, variations in spending in relation to need are very small, but the model explains these variations well; it also suggests that the Scottish National Party leads to the lowest ...

The U.S. high cost loop support (HCLS) program, formerly referred to as the Universal Service Fund (USF), has been a key component of the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) program to promote telephone access in rural, high cost areas. This study uses data from 1140 rural telecom firms in 50 states between 1991 and 2002 to test the impact of the HCLS subsidy system on reported costs. Our...

/n-situ capping, the placement of a subaqueous covering or cap of clean isolating material over an in-situ deposit of contaminated sediment, is a potentially economical and effective approach for remediation of contaminated sediment. A number of sites have been remediated by in-situ capping operations worldwide. EPA has developed detailed guidelines for planning, design, construction, and monit...

We explicitly construct a collection of bad 3-orbifolds, $${\mathscr {X}}$$ , satisfying the following properties: Conversely, any 3-orbifold {O}}$$ contains some $$X \in {\mathscr as sub-orbifold; we call removing $$X$$ and capping resulting boundary cut-and-cap. Then by cutting-and-capping finitely many times obtain good orbifold.

introduction: the aim of the present study was to evaluate the expression of fibronectin (fn) and tenascin (tn) after direct pulp capping (dpc) in dogs’ teeth with either mineral trioxide aggregate (mta), propolis or platelet-rich plasma (prp), by means of immunohistochemistry. methods and materials: a total of 48 sound molars and premolars with mature apices from four dogs, were included. the ...

Actin polymerization in cells occurs via filament elongation at the barbed end. Proteins that cap the barbed end terminate this elongation. Heterodimeric capping protein (CP) is an abundant and ubiquitous protein that caps the barbed end. We find that the mouse homolog of the adaptor protein CARMIL (mCARMIL) binds CP with high affinity and decreases its affinity for the barbed end. Addition of ...