Accurate reconstruction of the inner and outer cortical surfaces of the human cerebrum is a critical objective for a wide variety of neuroimaging analysis purposes, including visualization, morphometry, and brain mapping. The Anatomic Segmentation using Proximity (ASP) algorithm, previously developed by our group, provides a topology-preserving cortical surface deformation method that has been ...

The aim of this retrospective study was to evaluate the effect of removable partial dentures in periodontal abutment teeth in relation to the type of denture support and design of RPD in a five-year worn period. Methods : A total of 64 patients with removable partial dentures (RPDs), participated in this study. It were examined ninety-one RPDs. There were seventy-five RPDs with clasp-retained a...

BACKGROUND Laparoscopy-assisted low anterior resection (LAR) of colorectal cancer, using a posterior surgical approach, is a difficult and controversial procedure to perform. We report successful operations on 13 patients with clear surgical margins and no serious complications. METHODS Thirteen patients [10 males and three females, age range: 48 to 69 years (median: 61 years)] with low adeno...

provide role functions on event tokens that yield the parameters of the event, the parameters lling the roles are basic terms, and therefore no structural matching is performed on them. In general, events are terms rather than structures, and terminological inferences are not of concern. There are only few systems known to me that exploit subsumption to perform reasoning about plans: SUDO-PLANN...

AIMS The aim of this study was to evaluate the stress on the abutment teeth and framework ina unilateral maxillary defect which was restored by an obturator retained by resin-bonded extra coronal attachment. METHODS A three-dimensional finite element model of the human unilateral maxillary defect was constructed. Traditional obturator framework with four casting circumferential clasp was esta...

plus end–binding protein CLASP. Mitochondrial aggregation could not be recapitulated by mutants of either the motor protein dynein or other plus end–binding proteins. The Peg1 mutation did not affect the cytoskeleton, and the changes were independent of the cell cycle, suggesting the aggregation was not due to other changes in microtubules. Peg1 was found to be a mitochondrial peripheral membra...

The aim of this case study was to report a potentially convenient approach instead of a conventional orthodontic procedure for correcting severe rotation of anterior tooth of an 11-year-old Indian boy, with a mixed dentition class I malocclusion. The child reported seeking treatment for severely rotated upper right central incisor with mesiodens and a single tooth crossbite. The supernumerary t...

The molecular mechanisms by which microtubule-associated proteins (MAPs) regulate the dynamic properties of microtubules (MTs) are still poorly understood. We review recent advances in our understanding of two conserved families of MAPs, the XMAP215/Dis1 and CLASP family of proteins. In vivo and in vitro studies show that XMAP215 proteins act as microtubule polymerases at MT plus ends to accele...