OBJECTIVES The aim of this randomized clinical trial was to analyse and compare the volumetric changes after ridge preservation procedures using two different biomaterials and to evaluate associations between outcome variables and pristine three-dimensional aspects of the ridges. MATERIALS AND METHODS Twenty-eight patients subjected to single-tooth alveolar ridge preservation were enrolled in...

BACKGROUND Neointimal hyperplasia causes a high rate of hemodialysis synthetic graft failure. Thus, therapies that inhibit neointimal hyperplasia are urgently needed. The Coll-R is a sirolimus-eluting collagen matrix designed for intra-operative perivascular implantation around the graft-venous anastomosis. Sirolimus is an anti-proliferative drug that has proven clinical utility in suppressing ...

PURPOSE To develop a collimator trajectory optimization paradigm for volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) and evaluate this technique in paraspinal stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT). METHOD AND MATERIALS We propose a novel VMAT paradigm, Coll-VMAT, which integrates collimator rotation with synchronized gantry rotation, multileaf collimator (MLC) motion, and dose-rate modulation. A...

The IV Symposium on plant peroxidase (PO) was excellently organized by R. Ebermann, C. Obinger and coll. from the Institute of Chemistry in the Agricultural University, Vienna. It took its sources from an 11-year-old tradition, namely the I Symposium organized by H. in all these events the support of the Geneva University is to be underlined. Some 150 communications (oral presentations and post...

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L. M. Kiere, C. M. Hofmann (correspondence), T. W. Cronin, and K. E. Omland, Dept. of Biol. Sci., Univ. of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD 21250, USA. E-mail: [email protected]. Present address of LMK: Dept. de Ecol. Evol., Inst. de Ecol., Univ. Nacional Autónoma de México. Present address of CMH: Dept. of Biol., Univ. of Maryland, Coll. Park, MD 20742, USA. J. J. Price, Dept. of Biol., ...

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