OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to investigate the association among gingival enlargement (GE), periodontal conditions and socio-demographic characteristics in subjects undergoing fixed orthodontic treatment. METHODS A sample of 330 patients undergoing fixed orthodontic treatment for at least 6 months were examined by a single calibrated examiner for plaque and gingival indexes, probing p...

The misfit dislocations and strain fields at a Ge/Si heterostructure interface were investigated experimentally using a combination of high-resolution transmission electron microscopy and quantitative electron micrograph analysis methods. The type of misfit dislocation at the interface was determined to be 60° dislocation and 90° full-edge dislocation. The full-field strains at the Ge/Si hetero...

The enteric methane conversion factor (Ym) is an important country-specific value for the provision of precise enteric methane emissions inventory reports. The objectives of this meta-analysis were to develop and evaluate the empirical Ym models for the national level and the farm level for tropical developing countries according to the IPCC's categorization. We used datasets derived from 18 in...

987 October 2013 To the Editor: I read with interest the case report by Seif and Olympio,1 who described the successful use of expiratory limb ventilation during a ventilatory emergency when removal of the absorbent canister from a GE Aestiva/5 anesthesia machine (GE Healthcare, Mickleton, NJ) resulted in a large leak in the circle breathing system. The authors note that with their arrangement ...

The paper describes models for representation and meth6d~ to handle lexicograp.hic_structures supplied .by the MORPHO-2 sfftem. It was built to m_~n.~ge mono "hfigual lexicons and to incorporate lexical proce~in~

The notion of a belligerent GE-filter in GE-algebra is introduced, and the relationships between will be given. Conditions for to are provided. product union GE-algebras discussed its properties investigated.

UNLABELLED N-methyl D-aspartate (NMDA) ion channels play a key role in a wide range of physiologic (e.g., memory and learning tasks) and pathologic processes (e.g., excitotoxicity). To date, suitable PET markers of NMDA ion channel activity have not been available. (18)F-GE-179 is a novel radioligand that selectively binds to the open/active state of the NMDA receptor ion channel, displacing th...

Herein, we report the formation of multisegment Si-Ge axial heterostructure nanowires in a wet chemical synthetic approach. These nanowires are grown by the liquid injection of the respective silicon and germanium precursors into the vapor phase of an organic solvent in which a tin-coated stainless steel substrate is placed. The Si-Ge transition is obtained by sequential injection with the more...