OBJECTIVE This study aimed at evaluating the degree of conversion (DC) of four composite resins, being one nanofilled and 3 microhybrid resins, photo-activated with second- and third-generation light-emitting diodes (LEDs). MATERIAL AND METHODS Filtek™ Z350 nanofilled composite resins and Amelogen® Plus, Vit-l-escence™ and Opallis microhybrid resins were photo-activated with two second-genera...

Recently, the energy resources have been decreased while the global energy demand is expected to grow rapidly. This has led the authorities associated with traffic management to seek various solutions for enhancing energy efficiency of the huge numbers of lamps used in traffic light systems. Hence, many metropolitan areas, like Istanbul, have started using traffic lights equipped with LEDs inst...

background and aims. the aim of the present study was to compare the efficacy of quartz tungsten halogen (qth) and light emitting diode (led) curing lights on polymerization of resin composite. materials and methods. a hybrid resin composite was used to prepare samples which were cured using two qth and ten led light curing sources. twelve groups, each containing ten samples, were prepared usin...

The scope of the present paper is the derivation of a merit function which predicts the visual perception of LED spot lights. The color uniformity level Usl is described by a linear regression function of the spatial color distribution in the far field. Hereby, the function is derived from four basic functions. They describe the color uniformity of spot lights through different features. The re...

Four epidemiologic studies showed a twofold increase in risk of deep venous thrombosis with the use of oral contraceptives containing third-generation progestins, relative to second-generation products. These findings have been strongly debated ever since, and new studies have been added. In the current article we examine whether the findings can be explained by potential biases or other shortc...

Several important properties associated with light-emitting diode (LED) polymerization lights and dental materials treated using LED technology, such as compressive and flexural strength, bond strength, temperature rise, power density, and material thickness and opacity, have been reviewed in this paper.

We present a new theory of decision under uncertainty: third-generation prospect theory (PT). This retains the predictive power of previous versions of prospect theory, but extends that theory by allowing reference points to be uncertain while decision weights are specified in a rank-dependent way. We show that PT preferences respect a state-conditional form of stochastic dominance. The theory ...