PURPOSE This study was performed to retrospectively evaluate treatment of deep caries in primary molars with formocresol pulpotomy (FP) and indirect pulp therapy (IPT). METHODS 133 primary molars with deep caries approaching the pulp were treated with FP (N = 78) or IPT (N = 55) and followed 2-7 years. All IPTs received immediate stainless steel crowns (SSCs); 61 FPs got an immediate SSC, 13 ...

BACKGROUND Improved adherence to inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) is recognized as an important factor in reduced morbidity, mortality and consumption of health care resources. The present study was designed to replicate previous reports of patient adherence with fluticasone/salmeterol in a single inhaler (FSC), fluticasone and salmeterol in separate inhalers (FP+SAL), fluticasone and montelukast ...

The N-terminal domain of HIV-1 glycoprotein 41,000 (gp41) participates in viral fusion processes. Here, we use physical and computational methodologies to examine the secondary structure of a peptide based on the N terminus (FP; residues 1-23) in aqueous and detergent environments. (12)C-Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy indicated greater alpha-helix for FP in lipid-detergent sodiu...

Flavopiridol (FP) inhibits gene expression and causes apoptosis, and these effects cannot be explained by inhibition of cyclin-dependent kinases that govern cell cycle. The simple and established notion that FP is an inhibitor of transcription predicts its effects. Because Mdm-2 targets p53 for degradation, FP, as predicted, dramatically induced p53 by inhibiting Mdm-2. Once p53 was induced, re...

Previously, we designed and constructed a hybrid of the mussel adhesive protein (MAP) fp-151, which is a fusion protein with six type 1 (fp-1) decapeptide repeats at each type 5 (fp-5) terminus. Through various cell-adhesion analyses, we previously demonstrated that fp-151 has the potential to be used as a cell or tissue bioadhesive. In the present study, to improve the cell-adhesion properties...

This handout discusses finite fields: how to construct them, properties of elements in a finite field, and relations between different finite fields (including their Galois groups). We write Z/(p) and Fp interchangeably for the field of size p. Here is an executive summary of the main results. • Every finite field has prime power order. • For every prime power, there is a finite field of that o...

We present our recent progress in filled pause (FP) modeling for a highly spontaneous medical transcription task. Our studies confirm that FP modeling is an important topic for spontaneous speech applications, which must be explicitly addressed in acoustic, lexical, and language modeling. We provide a framework for datadriven lexical modeling of FP acoustic variability with respect to phonemic ...

Since the report by Fietz and Webb (Phys. Rev.1968, 178, 657–667), who considered pinning force density, Fp→=Jc→×B→ (where Jc is critical current density B applied magnetic flux density), in isotropic superconductors as a unique function of reduced field, BBc2 Bc2 upper field), Fp→ has been scaled based on ratio, for which there widely used Kramer–Dew–Hughes scaling law Fp→B=Fp,maxBBc2p1−BBc2q,...

The aim of this double-blind single center study (the COPE study) was to investigate the effect of discontinuation of the inhaled corticosteroid fluticasone propionate (FP) on exacerbations and health-related quality of life in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. After 4 months of treatment with FP (1,000 microg/day), 244 patients were randomized to either continue FP or to rec...

The floor plate (FP), a signaling center and a structure rich in radial glia-like cells, has been traditionally thought to be devoid of neurons and neuronal progenitors. However, in the midbrain, the FP contains neurons of the dopaminergic (DA) lineage that require contact with radial glia-like cells for their induction. We, therefore, decided to explore the interaction relationship between rad...