Experimental marginal leakage of high- and low-Cu amalgam restorations placed in acrylic teeth, where the cavities were untreated or painted with denatured collagen and/or a CaP slurry, was assessed after specimens were stored in a 1% NaCl solution for ten days and for one yr. All specimens stored for ten days showed severe marginal leakage. High- and low-Cu amalgam restorations placed in untre...

Painted turtles (Chrysemys picta) have a natural history unlike that of other chelonians from the northern United States and southern Canada. Although neonates of other freshwater turtles usually emerge from their subterranean nests in late summer or autumn and move to nearby marshes, lakes, or streams to spend their first winter, hatchling painted turtles typically remain inside their shallow ...

based on their own specific social requirements, all societies have made use of music on numerous and various occasions. music has played a role in a wide range of social activities, including at prestigious events such as governmental receptions, court ceremonies and martial music, as well as during national and religious celebrations. the aim of this article is to examine martial musical inst...

We conducted individual and ecologic analyses of prospectively collected data from 839 injured bicyclists who collided with motorized vehicles and presented to Bellevue Hospital, an urban Level-1 trauma center in New York City, from December 2008 to August 2014. Variables included demographics, scene information, rider behaviors, bicycle route availability, and whether the collision occurred be...

PURPOSE The aim of this study is to see what medical students think about the role of spouse of a devoted medical doctor through the book reports of The Painted Veil (1925). METHODS The 53 medical students were asked to read Maugham's The Painted Veil and to have a discussion. In their book reports, following questions were asked to be included: What it is like to be married a devoted medical...

Introduction: Lesions in multiple sclerosis (MS) brain images are known to affect automated image registration and segmentation. Improved registration of MS brains has been demonstrated, by prior in-painting of lesions with white matter (WM) signal intensity (SI) derived from neighboring voxels [1]. Here we present an alternative fully-automated approach using the whole-brain histogram and imag...

This paper introduces new techniques and tools to draw, manipulate and animate stylised brush strokes in computer assisted animation production. We focus on eliminating the time-consuming and tedious process of drawing and managing the numerous brushes that are painted on top of each other, and on avoiding temporal aliasing artifacts such as brushes popping up in successive frames. Moreover, we...

Phenotypic plasticity is a key trait of successful pest species, and may increase the ability to cope with higher, more variable temperatures under climate change. We investigate the plasticity of preferred temperature in a widespread agricultural pest, the wingless grasshopper (Phaulacridium vittatum). Preferred temperature is a measure of thermoregulatory behaviour through habitat selection. ...