Atraumatic, well-directed, and efficient tooth movement is interrelated with the therapeutic application of adequately dimensioned forces and moments in all three dimensions. The lack of appropriate monitoring tools inspired the development of an orthodontic bracket with an integrated microelectronic chip equipped with multiple piezoresistive stress sensors. Such a 'smart bracket' was construct...

Citronellal, a well-known plant-derived mosquito repellent, was previously reported to repel Drosophila melanogaster via olfactory pathways involving but not directly activating Transient Receptor Potential Ankyrin 1 (TRPA1). Here, we show that citronellal is a direct agonist for Drosophila and human TRPA1s (dTRPA1 and hTRPA1) as well as Anopheles gambiae TRPA1 (agTRPA1). Citronellal-induced ac...

De récentes données suggèrent que la neuropathie motrice multifocale avec blocs de conduction persistants (NMM) pourrait être définie comme une nodo-paranodopathie chronique auto-immune plutôt démyélinisante. Nous proposons étude rétrospective des patients atteints d’une NMM suivis à Liège et présentant (BC) rapidement réversibles afin comparer leurs caractéristiques ceux autres NMM. Les dossie...

Neural mass models provide a useful framework for modelling mesoscopic neural dynamics and in this article we consider the Jansen and Rit neural mass model (JR-NMM). We formulate a stochastic version of it which arises by incorporating random input and has the structure of a damped stochastic Hamiltonian system with nonlinear displacement. We then investigate path properties and moment bounds o...

OBJECTIVE To compare the strength of polylactide-co-glycolide fiber-reinforced calcium phosphate bone cement (FRC) with nonreinforced calcium phosphate bone cement (NRC) subjected to simulated dural pulsations in defects larger than 25 cm(2). METHODS Seven NRC and 7 FRC specimens were set in both medium (37.5 cm(2)) and large (50.0 cm(2)) model skull defects while subjected to simulated dural...

A general analytical method based on capillary electrophoresis with indirect UV detection has been developed to separate and quarntify N-methylmorpholine-N-Oxide (NMMO) and its main degradation products iV-methylmorpboline (NMM) and morpholine (M). The electrolyte is based on the two major components 4-methylbenzylamine and 2hydlroxy-2-methylpropanoic acid (hydroxyisobutyric acid, HIBA), tbe la...

Abstract Background Parkinson's disease (PD) is the most common degenerative movement disorder. It featured by motor manifestations and up till now clinical diagnosis based on them. Since progress in symptomatic treatment of PD longer survival patients, non-motor (NMM) were more recognized considered to be significant. The importance NMM that they reflect diffuse pathology may represent an oppo...

This study assessed the usefulness of replacement coarse aggregate partially with electronic waste (e-waste) plastic in lightweight concrete since developing countries have been challenged management e-waste as well high cost aggregates for production. Coarse were replaced at 5%, 10%, 15%, and 20% a class C20. The particle size distribution was determined slump, compressive strength, water abso...

The efficiency and accuracy are usually regarded as two general indices to check capability of a numerical method with respect to the time integration. The traditional numerical manifold method (NMM) employs implicit scheme to obtain high computational accuracy, but the efficiency is relatively low, especially when the iterations of contacts are involved. In this paper, the temporal coupled exp...