Members of the Bin/amphiphysin/Rvs (BAR) domain protein superfamily are involved in membrane remodeling in various cellular pathways ranging from endocytic vesicle and T-tubule formation to cell migration and neuromorphogenesis. Membrane curvature induction and stabilization are encoded within the BAR or Fer-CIP4 homology-BAR (F-BAR) domains, alpha-helical coiled coils that dimerize into membra...

BACKGROUND Shape-closed cemented implants rely on a stronger bond and have displayed inferior clinical outcomes when compared to force-closed designs. Implant contamination such as saline, bone marrow and blood prior to cement application has the potential to affect the cement-implant bond. The consequences of implant contamination were investigated in this study. METHODS Fifty Titanium alloy...

STATEMENT OF PROBLEM No clear consensus exists regarding the choice of luting agents for the retention of cast metal dowels used as a treatment alternative for endodontically treated teeth with excessive loss of coronal tooth structure. PURPOSE The purpose of this in vitro study was to investigate the retention of the dowel/luting agent/tooth complex while applying different luting agents to ...

A headed reinforcing bar is a new type of reinforcement with a T-shaped anchor connected to the end of a reinforcing bar. Conceptually, the bar is usually a tension member or compression one depending on structural engineering applications. The T-shaped anchor, referred to as head in the rest of this report is a relatively stiff steel "plate" in terms of its structural behavior. When embedded i...

BACKGROUND Bar code technology has decreased transcription errors in many healthcare applications. However, we have found that linear bar code identification methods are not failsafe. In this study, we sought to identify the sources of bar code decoding errors that generated incorrect patient identifiers when bar codes were scanned for point-of-care glucose testing and to develop solutions to p...

before constitution revolution, advocacy in our country governed by islamic law and lawyers introduced as a free profession in means of that law. after that revolution the government promulgated some rules for its regulation as an official profession. by act of bar association independence, this profession declared independent. many lawyers after islamic revolution have been filtrated and by th...

BACKGROUND Generation of membrane curvature is critical for the formation of plasma membrane protrusions and invaginations and for shaping intracellular organelles. Among the central regulators of membrane dynamics are the BAR superfamily domains, which deform membranes into tubular structures. In contrast to the relatively well characterized BAR and F-BAR domains that promote the formation of ...