It has been suggested that the Dark Triad (DT) personality constellation is an evolved facilitator of men’s short-term mating strategies. However, previous studies have relied on self-report data to consider the sexual success of DT men. To explore the attractiveness of the DT personality to the other sex, 128 women rated created (male) characters designed to capture high DT facets of personali...

We present, for the first time an in vivo implementation of dynamic light scattering (DLS) adapted to optical coherence tomography (OCT). Human bladder carcinoma tumors were grown in dorsal skin-fold window chambers fitted to male nude mice and imaged at a rate of 200 Hz using OCT. Maps of speckle decorrelation times (DT) were generated for regions of skin from individual mice as well as for re...

A dumbbell-type (DT) protein comprises two globular domains and one helical segment connecting these globular domains. DT protein plays an important role in the regulation of other proteins. Calmodulin (CaM), a typical DT protein, for example, is a soluble calcium-binding protein that regulates several enzymes such as smooth muscle, myosin light-chain kinase and Ca2+/CaM-dependent protein kinas...

The objective of this study was to propose a standardised methodology for assessing the accuracy three-dimensional printed (3DP) full-arch dental models and impact storage using two printing technologies. A reference model (RM) comprising seven spheres 3D-printed digital light processing (MAX UV, MAX) stereolithography (Form 2, F2) five times per printer. diameter (n = 35) represented dimension...

In this paper, the block processing of a discrete-time (DT) improper-complex second-order cyclostationary (SOCS) random process is considered. In particular, it is of interest to find a pre-processing operation that enables computationally efficient near-optimal post-processing. An invertible linear-conjugate linear (LCL) operator named the DT FREquency Shift (FRESH) properizer is first propose...

OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of two adhesive systems and the post space region on the degree of conversion of dual resin cement and its bond strength to root dentin. MATERIAL AND METHODS One three-step etch-and-rinse (All-bond 2, Bisco) and another one-step self-etch (Xeno III, Dentsply) adhesive systems were applied on 20 (n=10) crownless bovine incisors, at...

OBJECTIVES To verify the influence of different etching procedures of the post-surface on microtensile bond strength values between fiber posts and composite core materials. METHODS 60 DT Light Posts were divided into 10 subgroups using five different chemical surface treatments and two composite materials to build-up the abutment. Chemical surface treatments including etching with potassium ...