OBJECTIVE To evaluate the performance and cost efficacy of different first-trimester contingent screening strategies based on an initial analysis of biochemical markers. DESIGN Retrospective study. SETTING Swedish National Quality Register for prenatal diagnosis. POPULATION 35,780 women with singleton pregnancies. METHODS Serum values from first trimester biochemistry were re-analyzed i...

ABSTRACT Objectives: To evaluate the translucency, contrast ratio and masking ability of a translucent zirconia with different thicknesses. Methods: Disc shaped specimens (n= 3) 10 mm (Ø) x 1.5 mm, 1 0.7 (thickness) were manufactured simulating all-ceramic simplified restorations. Substrate discs 2; Ø: mm; thickness: 2 mm) simulated composite resin shades: A2 (positive control) C4; metal alloys...

This paper contributes to the explanation of human cooperative behaviour, examining the implications of Brian Skyrms’ modelling of the prisoner’s dilemma (PD). Augmenting a PD with signalling strategies promotes cooperation, but a challenge that must be addressed is what prevents signals being subverted by deceptive behaviour. Empirical results suggest that emotional displays can play a signall...

We report a case of a 23-year-old pregnant woman, who underwent amniocentesis after ultrasound (US) examination in the first trimester which revealed a nuchal translucency thickness of 2.9 mm. Cytogenetic analysis revealed complete tetrasomy of the short arm of chromosome 9. Further US evaluation in the second trimester revealed Dandy-Walker malformation, ventriculomegaly, bilateral clubfoot, l...

Ultrasound screening is performed during early pregnancy for assessment of fetal well being and prenatal diagnosis of fetal chromosomal anomalies including measurement of nuchal translucency (NT) thickness. The drawback of current NT measurement technique is restricted with inter and intro-observer variability and inconsistency of results. Hence, we present an automated detection and measuremen...

Increased Nuchal Translucency is an indicator of increased risk for Down syndrome, which is identified by measuring Nuchal Translucency from ultrasound fetal images during 11 to 13 weeks of gestation. Increased NT is associated with chromosomal abnormalities. In this study an efficient classification system based on Discrete Wavelet Transform (DWT) is proposed to detect the normal and abnormal ...

Fresh-cut cantaloupe cubes were placed in film-sealed containers in which the internal gas mixture was attained naturally (nMAP), was flushed with 4 kPa O 2 plus 10 kPa CO 2 (fMAP), or was maintained near atmospheric levels by perforating the film (PFP). While both nMAP and fMAP maintained the salable quality of melon cubes for 9 d at 5 C, fMAP maintained quality better than nMAP. The benefit o...

Latest trends in dental restorative ceramics involve the development of full-contour 3Y-TZP ceramics which can avoid chipping of veneering porcelains. Among the challenges are the low translucency and the hydrothermal stability of 3Y-TZP ceramics. In this work, different trivalent oxides (Al2O3, Sc2O3, Nd2O3 and La2O3) were selected to dope 3Y-TZP ceramics. Results show that dopant segregation ...