this study aimed to evaluate enamel roughness after adhesive removal using different burs and an er:yag laser.the buccal surfaces of forty human premolars were sealed by two layers of nail varnish, except for a circular area of 3 mm in diameter on the middle third. the enamel surfaces were initially subjected to profilometry analysis and four parameters of surface irregularity (ra, rq, rt and r...

The aim of this study was to compare the in vitro wear and superficial roughness of four materials (Delton Dyract Flow, Dentsply; Filtek Flow, Vitremer, 3M ESPE) used as fissure sealant in 32 extracted human molars divided in four groups (n = 8) after abrasion with toothbrush/dentifrice. Impressions of each occlusal surface were made to analyze wear and circular specimens were prepared to analy...

In distributed systems, data replication provides better availability, higher read capacity, improved access efficiency and lower bandwidth requirements in the system. In this paper, we propose a significantly efficient approach of the data replication for serial isolation by using newly proposed Circular quorum systems. This paper has three major contributions. First, we have proposed the Circ...

Ti-6Al-4V alloy with TiO2 coating is the most commonly selected material to construct an aortic heart valve. Wear resistance is the main mechanical property to be evaluated for this purpose. In this paper, the wear resistance of TiO2 thin films obtained by anodic oxidation of Ti-6Al-4V is evaluated. Anodic oxidation was performed at 20 V to 70 V with a H2SO4 1 M electrolyte. The samples were th...

The third generation of superhard semiconductor materials, represented by single-crystal SiC, is used widely in microelectronics due to their excellent physical and mechanical properties. However, high hardness brittleness have become bottlenecks development. A diamond wire saw (DWS) has the mainstream tool for sawing hard brittle crystal materials. abrasive consolidated on core through resin o...