Phonemic restoration is the perceptual synthesis of phonemes when masked by appropriate replacement sounds by utilizing linguistic context. Current models attempting to accomplish acoustic restoration of phonemes, however, use only temporal continuity and produce poor restoration of unvoiced phonemes, and are also limited in their ability to restore voiced phonemes. We present a schema-based mo...

The most common treatment in general dental practice is the replacement of restorations affected by secondary caries or marginal deficiencies. Alternative treatments to replacement of defective restorations, such as marginal sealing, refurbishment and repair, have demonstrated improvement of their clinical properties with minimal intervention. The aim of this clinical study was to estimate the ...

Background: Hypothyroidism (HT), a relatively common condition among general population is associated with lipid profile abnormalities. The present study was designed to determine the contributive role of HT in the development of hypercholesterolemia (HCH). Methods: One hundred thirty six consecutive patients with HT and 272 euthyroid controls entered the study. Serum total cholesterol (CH) lev...

background: hypothyroidism (ht), a relatively common condition among general population is associated with lipid profile abnormalities. the present study was designed to determine the contributive role of ht in the development of hypercholesterolemia (hch). methods: one hundred thirty six consecutive patients with ht and 272 euthyroid controls entered the study. serum total cholesterol (ch) lev...

In this paper, we address the problem of jointly estimating the latent image and the depth/blur map from a single space-variantly blurred image using dictionary learning. The approach taken is based on the central idea of dictionary replacement viz. the sparse representation of a blurred image over a blurred dictionary is equivalent to that over a clean dictionary. While most of the dictionary-...

Demands for networks of higher and higher capacities are increasing dramatically with the growth of the Internet and the World Wide Web. All-optical wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM) networks is the most promising candidate to fulfill the bandwidth requirement of the Broadband Integrated Services Digital Network (B-ISDN). In WDM networks, the huge bandwidth available on an optical fiber is...

Options for restoring a single tooth include fixed partial denture, resin-bonded restoration and single-tooth implant. In this paper, we discuss the advantages and disadvantages of these methods and factors that must be considered when choosing between them for the replacement of a single tooth. Although in some cases a fixed partial denture is the most appropriate choice, implants have the adv...

The objective of this study was to determine the knowledge and attitude of Nairobi University students towards dental health care in Kenya. A self administered questionnaire given to 400 students in person who responded and handed them over immediately. The students had a mean age of 22.4 years, 45.3% were males and 54.5% were females. Extractions, restorations and replacement of teeth were kno...