over the last two decades there have been numerous reports from different seismically active regions of the world that thermal infrared (tir) anomalies can be identified around the epicentral areas before major earthquakes [e.g. (tronin et al., 2002)]. the tir anomalies reportedly appear as early as 14 to 7 days before the seismic events and affect areas as large as 1000s to 100,000s km2 in siz...

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Background: Fluoride-releasing restorative materials are often selected because of the anti-caries effect that has been reported as a result of their fluoride release. Much of this effect has been reported as it relates to remineralization. Less work has been performed looking at the potential of fluoride released from glass-ionomer cements (GICs) to have an effect on cariogenic bacteria direct...

Background: Patients born with congenital defects of their periumbilical abdominal wall, such as gastroschisis and omphalocele, are left with scars in the center of their abdomen and no umbilicus. Attempts to recreate a neoumbilicus are challenging due to the lack of sufficient local subcutaneous tissue as well as the presence of scar. Objective: To describe a technique that allows for reconstr...

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M any pathogenic bacteria modulate the host actin assembly machinery to promote infection and spread. Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) O157:H7 is a food-borne pathogen that causes severe diarrhea that can be accompanied by hemolytic uremic syndrome with potentially fatal consequences. Pathogenesis of EHEC and a closely-related pathogen, enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC), is associated wi...

We present and analyze the correlations between mid-infrared (MIR), farinfrared (FIR), total-infrared (TIR), Hα, and FUV luminosities for star-forming galaxies, composite galaxies and AGNs, based on a large sample of galaxies selected from the Spitzer SWIRE fields. The MIR luminosities of star-forming galaxies are well correlated with their Hα, TIR and FUV luminosities, and we re-scaled the MIR...