Background and aim. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the frequency, extension and severity of the gingival recession in a Greek adult population sample. Materials and methods. The study was performed on 800 patients, 336 males and 446 females between 18-77 years old, which sought dental treatment in a private dental practice. All measurements of recession depth and width were done w...

BACKGROUND Foreign body aspiration in children is commonly seen in emergency departments and carries a significant mortality. Abusive foreign body suffocation is not well described. METHODS We present a case-series of four infants who presented with aspiration of a baby wipe. RESULTS Each child was found to be a victim of child physical abuse with substantial morbidity and mortality associa...

This paper presents a new methodology for wipe transition identification.Shot transition detection is an important technique for making videos easier to handle. Due to the wide variety, wipe transition appears to be the most difficult one to be detected among all types of shot transitions. We propose an approach that takes advantage of the production aspect of video. Each video frame is first d...

In this paper, we present an improved wipe detection algorithm by analyzing spatio-temporal slices of videos. The algorithm is based on the observation that the regional boundaries of various shapes in spatiotemporal slices give rise to different wipe patterns. Wipes can be detected by locating these boundaries. Our algorithm thus exploits the structural and color information in slices to detec...

Residual metal impurities in carbon nanotubes (CNTs) provide a means to distinguish CNT from non-CNT sources of elemental carbon in environmental samples. A practical and cost-effective analytical approach is needed to support routine surface monitoring of CNT metal tracers using wipe sampling. Wipe sampling for CNT metal tracers is considered a qualitative indicator of the presence of CNTs, no...

The aim of the study was to investigate the efficacy of the use of xylitol-containing tooth-wipes in preventing dental caries in young children. In a double-blinded randomized controlled clinical trial, 44 mothers with active caries and their 6- to 35-month-old children were randomized to xylitol-wipe or placebo-wipe groups. The children's caries scores were recorded at baseline and 1 year. Sal...

Environmental surfaces contaminated with pathogens can be sources of indirect transmission, and cleaning and disinfection are common interventions focused on reducing contamination levels. We determined the efficacy of cleaning and disinfection procedures for reducing contamination by noroviruses, rotavirus, poliovirus, parechovirus, adenovirus, influenza virus, Staphylococcus aureus, and Salmo...