PURPOSE This study was performed to evaluate the relationship between anterior disc displacement and effusion in temporomandibular disorder (TMD) patients using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). MATERIALS AND METHODS The study subjects included 253 TMD patients. MRI examinations were performed using a 1.5 T MRI scanner. T1- and T2-weighted images with para-sagittal and para-coronal images wer...

environmental variables, including soil water content (swc), act as constraints on crop growth and productivity. therefore, open air (e0), perforated (e1) and non-perforated (e2) plastic housings were used with well-watered (w0), moderately-watered (w1) and water-stressed (w2) bush bean plants to explore the relationships between water-use efficiency (wue), carbon isotope discrimination (δ) and...

We also defined sequential and parallel versions of the structural operational dynamics, given by judgments e 7→seq e′ and e 7→par e′. These differ on the rules for evaluating pairs: while 7→seq evaluates the first component of a pair before the second, 7→par evaluates the two simultaneously. e1 7→seq e1 〈e1, e2〉 7→seq 〈e1, e2〉 (Pair-S1) e1 val e2 7→seq e2 〈e1, e2〉 7→seq 〈e1, e2〉 (Pair-S2) e1 7...

Two possible isomers of some 1,3-diaryl-H-benzo[f]chromene have been studied using density functional theory. Structures of E1 and E2 isomers were optimized at the B3LYP and MP2 levels with different basis sets. The total electronic energies show that E2 isomer is about 3-5 kcal/mol more stable than E1 isomer and this energy difference is attributed to the planarity of heterocyclic ring and mor...

introduction: the development of an effective vaccine against hepatitis c virus (hcv) is still a target of intensive vaccine research. the hcv envelope proteins e1 and e2 which can induce broadly neutralizing antibodies are the major candidate for this purpose. different types of expression systems have been used to express these glycoproteins. in this study, an expression system using pichia p...

two possible isomers of some 1,3-diaryl-h-benzo[f]chromene have been studied using density functional theory. structures of e1 and e2 isomers were optimized at the b3lyp and mp2 levels with different basis sets. the total electronic energies show that e2 isomer is about 3-5 kcal/mol more stable than e1 isomer and this energy difference is attributed to the planarity of heterocyclic ring and mor...

A lambda gt11 cDNA library from 10-day-old chicken embryo was screened immunologically using an antiserum against drebrins E1, E2 and A, proteins previously designated S5, S6 and S54, respectively. A cDNA clone for a common domain of drebrin was isolated. Northern blot analysis of chicken brain indicated that drebrin mRNAs are about 2.7 kilobases in molecular size and that expression of these p...

Abstract Each Galileo satellite provides coherent navigation signals in four distinct frequency bands. International GNSS Service (IGS) analysis centers (ACs) typically determine products based on the E1/E5a dual-frequency measurements due to software limitation and limited tracking capability of other early time. The goal this contribution is evaluate quality determined by using different (E1/...

Adenoviruses are used extensively to deliver genes into mammalian cells, particularly where there is a requirement for high-level expression of transgene products in cultured cells, or for use as recombinant viral vaccines or in gene therapy. In spite of their usefulness, the construction of adenoviral vectors (AdV) is a cumbersome and lengthy process that is not readily amenable to the generat...