I N B R I E F We are used to thinking of intelligence as largely a matter of genetic inheritance, but that is not the whole picture. What we do aff ects our mental wellbeing: staying physically and mentally active helps us stay sharp as we age. Nevertheless, our personal eff orts to bolster cognitive enhancement cannot forestall all declines in our cognitive performance. What is especially surp...

In this letter we present analysis of BeppoSAX data from a long look at the Seyfert 1 galaxy NGC 7469. The presence of a soft excess below 0.8 keV is confirmed by our analysis and no warm absorber component is required to fit the spectrum. A complex iron emission line and the Compton reflection hump are clearly detected. The profile of the line is too broad to associate this feature with distan...

OBJECTIVES This in-vitro study investigated the marginal fit of two all-ceramic copings with 2 finish line designs. METHODS Forty machined stainless steel molar die models with two different margin designs (chamfer and rounded shoulder) were prepared. A total of 40 standardized copings were fabricated and divided into 4 groups (n=10 for each finish line-coping material). Coping materials test...

We present 3−79 keV NuSTAR observations of the neutron star low-mass X-ray binary 4U 1636−53 in the soft, transitional and hard state. The spectra display a broad emission line at 5−10 keV. We applied several models to fit this line: A gaussian line, a relativistically broadened emission line model, kyrline, and two models including relativistically smeared and ionized reflection off the accret...

Squares are experimental force versus extension data for 97 kb X-DNA dimers from figure 3 of (2); solid line is a fit of the entropic force required to extend a worm-like polymer. The fit parameters are the DNA length (L = 32.80 + 0.10 plm) and the persistence length (A = 53.4 ± 2.3 nm). Shown for comparison (dashed curve) is the freely jointed chain model (2) with L = 32.7 KILm and a segment l...

wheel numeric and different versions of mobility numbers are important models for predicting the rolling resistance. in this study, data related to the rolling resistance of cross ply and radial ply tires were compared with the resultant values from several models. also, the preciseness of models in rolling resistance prediction was evaluated. for this purpose f test and 1-1 line method (p≥ 0.0...

in the current study, two line with short-term divergent selection for high weight (hw) and low weight (lw) at 4 wk of age after 7 generation were analyzed in coturnix japonica quail. hw line was significantly higher than lw line at 28d of age (p<0.01). 21 females, and 11 male from the hw, 18 females plus 10 male from the lw lines were mated as reciprocal cross and within lines to produce hh, l...

Aim: The purpose of this study is to compare the marginal fit crowns manufactured using different CAD/CAM materials on 2 types finish line design.Material and Method: Tooth preparations were made by creating lines (rounded shoulder, chamfer) an acrylic mandibular second premolar model. Impressions taken each preparation polyvinylsiloxane impression material, blocks with three compositions inclu...