OBJECTIVES to assess the conditioning effect (CE) of self-etch adhesives of different acidity applied to thick and thin smear layer (SL), the corresponding resin tags (RT) and hybrid layer (HL). METHODS Twenty-seven molars had their occlusal dentin exposed and were sectioned into two halves. Each of them was ground with a 60 or 600-grit SiC paper, respectively for thick and thin SL production...

Search in and presentation of multimedia collections is an important and complex task. Often it involves various search strategies and the visualization of found object collections. Technically, search strategies can be formulated using distance measures between object pairs. In this paper we propose the use of a projection based method to dynamically arrange a set of objects (here images) give...

For entertainment applications, a successful virtual experience based on a head-mounted display (HMD) needs to overcome some or all of the following problems: entering a virtual world is a jarring experience, people do not naturally turn their heads or talk to each other while wearing an HMD, putting on the equipment is hard, and people do not realize when the experience is over. In the Electri...

INTRODUCTION Little research exists regarding hospice medical directors (HMD). This project describes the HMD's background and training, clinical roles, and current function within the hospice organization and their interdisciplinary groups. METHODS A survey was mailed to each licensed hospice that was also a member of the state hospice association in one state. Thirty-one HMDs from 31 hospic...

The present study assessed the beneficial skeletal muscle‑preserving effects of extracellular polysaccharides from Aureobasidium pullulans SM‑2001 (Polycan) (EAP) on dexamethasone (DEXA)‑induced catabolic muscle atrophy in mice. To investigate whether EAP prevented catabolic DEXA‑induced muscle atrophy, and to examine its mechanisms of action, EAP (100, 200 and 400 mg/kg) was administered orall...

Hexamethyldisiloxane (MM or HMDS) and decamethylcylclopentasiloxane (D(5)) are examples of a linear and a cyclic siloxane, respectively. These volatile low molecular weight siloxanes are of significant commercial importance. To aid in the pharmacokinetic investigations, major metabolites of MM and D(5) were identified in urine collected from Fischer (F-344) rats administered [(14)C]MM and [(14)...

In many construction building systems courses, two-dimensional (2D) diagrams are used in text books and by the instructors as teaching aid. This conventional approach may not be sufficient enough to convey the actual representation of the building system. It can lead to confusion and misunderstanding to students who are particularly new to the subject matter in hand. Research has suggested that...

BACKGROUND/AIM Over the period of 19 years to 1999, cataract surgery numbers increased 6% per annum in Western Australia (WA), promoted by the convenience, efficacy, and general safety of outpatient phacoemulsification surgery. Although endophthalmitis is an uncommon complication, it is a major cause of post-cataract surgery blindness. The present population study investigates not only the prev...

We study the problem of predicting the Field-of-Views (FoVs) of viewerswatching 360° videos using commodityHead-MountedDisplays (HMDs). Existing solutions either use the viewer’s current orientation to approximate the viewed tiles in the future, or extrapolate the FoVs using the historical orientations and dead-reckoning algorithms. In this paper, we develop €xation prediction networks that con...

Indium nitride has attracted increasing attention in the last few years because of its properties of potential value in optoelectronic devices and other technologies. There have been several efforts to prepare InN nanostructures, but the results reported are not altogether complete and satisfactory. Nanocrystals of InN have been produced by the reaction of InCl3 and Li3N at 250 8C, but the mate...