OBJECTIVE To find a correlation between the severity of enamel microcracks (EMCs) and their increase during debonding and residual adhesive removal (RAR). MATERIALS AND METHODS Following their examination with scanning electron microscopy (SEM), 90 extracted human premolars were divided into three groups of 30: group 1, teeth having pronounced EMCs (visible with the naked eye under normal roo...

. This paper discusses possible extensions of energy monitoring and control systems (EMCS) to a high level control for many buildings over a large area (large scale EMCS). Extensions of current EMCS approaches appear to be emerging technologies. lnitial awareness of possibilities for such extensions was generated as a resuIt of a study conducted on the effectiveness of EMCS used by the U.S. Arm...

BACKGROUND To evaluate the extent of the difference in elective (ELCS) and emergency (EMCS) caesarean section (CS) rates between nulliparous women in public maternity hospitals in Ireland by model of care, and to quantify the contribution of maternal, clinical, and hospital characteristics in explaining the difference in the rates. METHODS Cross-sectional analysis using a combination of two r...

Between August-December 2014, Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) patients from Tonkolili District were referred for care to two Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Ebola Management Centres (EMCs) outside the district (distant EMCs). In December 2014, MSF opened an EMC in Tonkolili District (district EMC). We examined the effect of opening a district-based EMC on time to admission and number of suspect cases ...

PURPOSE The purpose of this paper is to develop a novel capsulorhexis system. SETTING Mechatronics Laboratory, University of Erciyes and Kayseri Maya Eye Hospital. DESIGN A 3D model was created and simulations were conducted to develop a new device which was designed, fabricated and tested for continuous curvilinear capsulorhexis (CCC). The name of this system is the electro-mechanical caps...

Extraskeletal mesenchymal chondrosarcoma (EMCS) is a rare malignant cartilaginous tumor arising from the soft tissues. The most common areas of extraskeletal origin are the lower extremities, the orbits and the central nervous system, among others. In this study, the case of primary EMCS arising from the right buccal region in a 26-year old female is presented. Histological and immunohistochemi...

in this work, we present a new strategy of direct adaptive control denoted: Extended minimal controller synthesis (EMCS). This algorithm is designed for an induction motor, which includes both electrical and mechanical dynamics under the assumptions of linear magnetic circuits. The main motivation of the EMCS control is to enhance the robustness of the MRAC algorithms, i.e. the rejection of bou...

Introduction: Endometrial Carcinoma is one of the most common malignancy of female genital tract and third most common worldwide. No widely accepted screening test for endometrial carcinoma exists. However, cervical cytology has been found to be useful in detecting endometrial disease. The 2001 Bethesda system recommends the reporting of endometrial cells in women of 40 years and more, regardle...

In recent years, intra-hospital computerisation including picture archiving and communication system (PACS) and electronic medical chart system (EMCS) has been rapidly introduced in Japan. The current system has, however, encountered many problems, such as, storage format of images, quality of diagnostic monitors, and compatibility of PACS and EMCS introduced by multi-vendors. In 2003, Saitama ...

The objectives of this study were to characterize asphalt parking lot (APL) runoff quality, to determine influent factors to predict nutrient concentrations and loads from eight sites in North Carolina and to assess two grassed bioretention cell efficiencies to remove APL runoff pollutants. From the eight APL sites, event mean concentrations (EMCs) and loads were measured and statistically anal...