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statement of the problem: the survival of pulpless teeth restored with different post and core systems is still a controversial issue. purpose: this study compared the retention of two different post and core systems and also the fracture resistance of teeth restored with these systems. material and method: eighty endodontically treated maxillary central incisors were sectioned perpendicular to...

BACKGROUND It is unclear whether participation in exercise programs specifically developed for elderly translates into a more active lifestyle. OBJECTIVES To compare the objectively measured level of physical activity in daily life (PADL) between physically independent elderly who participate or do not participate in community-based exercise programs; and to evaluate which factors are associa...

STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM The survival of pulpless teeth restored with different post and core systems is still a controversial issue. PURPOSE This study compared the retention of two different post and core systems and also the fracture resistance of teeth restored with these systems. MATERIAL AND METHOD Eighty endodontically treated maxillary central incisors were sectioned perpendicular t...

BACKGROUND We wished to determine the characteristics of patients with pelvic ring fractures (PGs) in England and Wales, make comparisons to major trauma patients without pelvic injury (NPGs), and determine factors predicting mortality, including the impact of presence of pelvic reconstruction facilities in the receiving hospitals on outcome. METHODS Prospective data from 106 trauma receiving...

Null mutations affecting members of the transforming growth factor-beta and neurotrophin families result in overlapping patterns of neuronal cell death. This is particularly striking in the cranial sensory nodose-petrosal ganglion complex (NPG), in which loss of either glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF), brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), neurotrophin-3 (NT-3), or neurotr...

Direct electrochemical electron transfer (DET) of oxidoreductases has attracted increasing attention in pure and applied bioelectrochemistry (e.g. biosensors biofuel cells) over the last decades. We report here a systematic study DET-type bioelectrocatalysis membrane-bound redox enzyme fructose dehydrogenase (FDH, Gluconobacter sp.), on variable-length variably terminated thiol self-assembled m...

Lactiplantibacillus plantarum strain UNQLp 11 is a lactic acid bacterium with the potential to carry out malolactic fermentation (MLF) in red wines. Recently, complete genome of was sequenced and this possesses four loci enzyme ?-glucosidase. In order demonstrate that these glucosidase enzymes could be functional under harsh wine conditions, we evaluated hydrolysis p-nitrophenyl-?-D-glucopyrano...

A suitable way to modify the electronic properties of graphene—while maintaining exceptional associated with its two-dimensional (2D) nature—is functionalisation. In particular, incorporation hydrogen isotopes in graphene is expected leading an energy gap opening, thereby rendering promising for a widespread applications. Hence, deuterium (D) adsorption on free-standing was obtained by high-ene...