purpose: to determine bacterial contamination of corneas and corneal storage media provided from the eye bank of i.r. iran to rasool akram medical center. methods: this descriptive study was performed on 70 corneoscleral rims and corneal storage media. one milliliter of corneal storage media and the corneoscleral rim were sent to microbiology laboratory at the time of penetrating keratoplasty a...

introduction: to examine the long-term effects of normal saline and a synthetic tissue fluid (phosphate buffered saline, pbs) on mineral trioxide aggregate (mta). materials and methods: root-ends of twelve extracted human teeth were resected; root-end cavities were prepared and filled with mta. samples were randomly divided into two groups of six each. teeth in group i were placed in normal sal...

Aim: To evaluate the effect of storage media and autoclaving on shear bond strength of composite to enamel. Materials and Methods: 100 human premolars were randomly divided into ten groups of ten as follows: C: freshly extracted teeth. A: Autoclaved freshly extracted teeth. CH-6: 6 month storage in 0.5 % chloramine T. CA-6: 6 month storage in 0.5 % chloramine T + autoclaving. T-6: 6 month stora...

statement of problem: accumulation of plaque and staining due to a rough surface,  and  penetration  of  colourant  agents  from  food  and  beverages  in to the resin composite results in an incomplete polymerization. there is a little information on the effect of finishing and polishing techniques on the discoloration of nanohybrid and microhybrid composites when exposed to staining solutions...

objective: both the length of extra-alveolar time and type of storage media are significant factors that can affect the long-term prognosis of replanted teeth. this study aims to compare propolis 50%, propolis 10%, hank’s balanced salt solution (hbss), milk and egg white on periodontal ligament (pdl) cell survival for different time points. materials and methods: in this in vitro experimental s...

In this paper, we review many of the technical issues that must be addressed in developing high-quality optical disk recording media. The geometric design of tracking grooves and embossed data on the disk substrate must be optimized to the characteristics of the optical drive to support robust data seeking, track following, and data addressing. To ensure adequate recording performance and drive...

In 1994, University of Southern California computer scientist Dr. Leonard Adelman solved the Hamiltonian Path Problem using DNA as a computational mechanism. He proved the principle that DNA computing could be used to solve computationally complex problems. Because of the limitations in discovery time, resource requirements, and sequence mismatches, DNA computing has not yet become a commonly a...