In the last few decades, dental clinicians face increasing demands and expectations for accurate color matching due to the increasing attention given by the media and patients to esthetic dentistry. Hence, precise color matching has become an even more critical success factor for esthetic restoration. The subjective color perception of an observer leads to variations and unpredictable differenc...

This paper analyzes how the Bogotá’s air quality and pollutant levels affects Boeing 737-800 take-off performance in terms of available runway distances maximum \newtext{take-off} weight, which are two most restrictive factors airlines' operation. The airport runway's physical characteristics, geographical position, surroundings, atmospheric conditions affect aircraft weight. study examines: (a...

perfectionism, in fact, is an irrational belief individuals have about themselves and their surroundings. perfectionists believe that they and their surroundings must be complete and any attempt in life must be without error. the aim of the present study was to determine the relationship of positive and negative perfectionism with competitive state anxiety. 100 soccer players completed positive...

This paper investigates the effectiveness of reputation in inducing a polluting firm to self-regulate its emissions when consumers have imperfect information. In particular, we ask to what extent must consumers reward and punish the firm before it chooses self-regulation as its dominant strategy? We find that if payoffs in the stage game are such that both the consumer and the polluting firm ha...

OBJECTIVES We sought to demonstrate the advantages of using individual-level survey data in quantitative environmental justice analyses and to provide new evidence regarding racial and socioeconomic disparities in the distribution of polluting industrial facilities. METHODS Addresses of respondents in the baseline sample of the Americans' Changing Lives Study and polluting industrial faciliti...