Modification of a digital image by adding or removing some of its elements using a wide variety of image processing tools results in image forgery. As a result authentication of originality of a digital image is becoming a challenging task. Copy-paste forgery is one of the forgeries belonging to context based forgery. Copy-Paste Forgery Detection (CPFD) aims at finding regions that have been co...

INTRODUCTION Enamel demineralization is a problem in orthodontics. Fluoride is partially effective in addressing this problem, but additional treatment options are needed. The objective of this prospective randomized controlled trial was to determine the effectiveness of a new product, MI Paste Plus (GC America, Alsip, Ill), in the prevention or reduction of white spot lesions in orthodontic pa...

Concrete is the second most used material worldwide and the first used man-made material. Its production entails large emissions of GHG due to lime decarbonation during the clinkering process, as well as large consumption of non-renewable minerals and natural aggregates. Currently legislative pressure aiming at preserving natural resources is growing tighter on natural aggregates extraction, wh...

Thermal pastes play an important role in transmitting heat generated by an integrated circuit chip from its back side to a cooling cap or heat sink which transfers the heat to the environment. Most thermal pastes are formulations of solid, thermally conducting particles in a liquid matrix loaded to very high solids content. The mixing process for such pastes is complex but important, since it d...

Traditional soybean paste from Shandong Liangshan and Tianyuan Jiangyuan commercial soybean paste were chosen for analysis and comparison of their bacterial and fungal dynamics using denaturing gel gradient electrophoresis and 16S rRNA gene clone libraries. The bacterial diversity results showed that more than 20 types of bacteria were present in traditional Shandong soybean paste during its fe...

Modification of a digital image by adding or removing some of its elements using a wide variety of image processing tools results in image forgery. As a result authentication of originality of a digital image is becoming a challenging task. Copy-paste forgery is one of the forgeries belonging to context based forgery. Copy-Paste Forgery Detection (CPFD) aims at finding regions that have been co...

The aim of this study was to evaluate the in vitro antimicrobial activity of Brazilian brown propolis as an intracanal medication against Enterococcus faecalis. Thirty dentin discs prepared from intact freshly extracted bovine maxillary central incisors were infected with E. faecalis for 21 days. The specimens were distributed into six groups according to the medicament used as follows: G1- cal...

this study is concerned with the synthesizing of cu-zn nano-ferrite particles in the laboratory applying simple techniques. the morphology of the synthesized nano-particles was analyzed using transmission electron microscopy (tem), and the minerals were identified using x-ray diffraction (xrd). the nano material was used to replace 1- 4 percent by weight of portland cement in cement pastes and ...

According to the U.S. Office of Science and Technology Policy, research misconduct is fabrication, falsifi cation, and plagiarism.1 Plagiarism is defi ned as “the appropriation of another person’s ideas, processes, results, or words without giving appropriate credit.” It is an act of deception. It involves stealing someone else’s work and lying about it afterward. The digital age has made it ea...

This paper presents a comparative study on the effects of high temperature (~500°C) on carbonated calcium silicate-based cement (CSC), hydrated ordinary Portland cement (OPC), and hydrated OPC with 20% fly ash (FA) paste samples. The CSC is primarily composed of calcium–silicate minerals with different calcium to silica atomic ratios, such as wollastonite, rankinite, and pseudowollastonite. The...