Mobile Laser Scanning data were collected simultaneously with hyperspectral data using the Finnish Geodetic Institute Sensei system. The data were tested for tree species classification. The test area was an urban garden in the City of Espoo, Finland. Point clouds representing 168 individual tree specimens of 23 tree species were determined manually. The classification of the trees was done usi...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS The co-occurring of evergreen and deciduous angiosperm trees in Asian tropical dry forests on karst substrates suggests the existence of different water-use strategies among species. In this study it is hypothesized that the co-occurring evergreen and deciduous trees differ in stem hydraulic traits and leaf water relationships, and there will be correlated evolution in droug...

The objective of this study was to determine the association between dental caries and salivary characteristics (flow rate and pH) in the children with Down syndrome. A cross sectional study was conducted on 53 Down syndrome children at selected Down syndrome centres in Kelantan. Sociodemographic data was obtained, resting flow rate and pH were measured using Saliva-Check BUFFER® by GC co., Jap...

Temporal variations of ERS-1/2 backscattering coefficients acquired over a mixed deciduous forest are analyzed aimed at relating the observed radiometric variations to changes either in the vegetation seasonal cycle or in the structural parameters. Overall, the results are somewhat pessimistic. Temporal σ o plots show chaotic variations which are difficult to relate to the seasonal changes of f...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to compare the production of the chemokines CCL3 and CXCL12 by cultured dental pulp fibroblasts from permanent (PDPF) and deciduous (DDPF) teeth under stimulation by Porphyromonas gingivalis LPS (PgLPS). MATERIAL AND METHODS Primary culture of fibroblasts from permanent (n=3) and deciduous (n=2) teeth were established using an explant technique. After the f...

Although periodontal ligament (PDL) cells have previously been isolated from permanent teeth, they have not been isolated from deciduous teeth. Here, we used human telomerase reverse transcriptase (hTERT) induction to establish the first immortalized PDL cell lines derived from deciduous teeth. Cells were transfected with plasmids containing hTERT. Single-cell cloning was then performed using t...

The genus Pyrrhura includes small to medium-sized parakeets, which inhabit both low and dry alongside tall rainforests, mainly in South America. Pyrrhura molinae is still common, year round, in the markedly seasonal forests of western Brazil. This parakeet, as well as most Neotropical parrots, continues to be poorly understood. Hence, in the present study I examined their foraging ecology both ...

introduction: pulpectomy of primary teeth is commonly carried out with hand files and broaches; a tricky and time consuming procedure. the purpose of this in vitro study was to compare the cleaning efficacy and time taken for instrumentation of deciduous molars using hand k-files and flex master rotary system. materials and methods: in this study, 68 canals of 23 extracted primary molars with a...

introduction: the aim of this randomized controlled trial was to compare the radiographic and clinical success rates of direct pulp capping (dpc) using proroot mineral trioxide aggregate (mta) or calcium enriched mixture (cem). methods and materials: a total of 42 symptom-free carious vital primary molars (21 pairs) were selected in this split mouth trial and randomly pulpotomized in two experi...

a r t i c l e i n f o Airborne Laser Scanning (ALS) data for generating Digital Terrain Models (DTM) at national level are often collected during leaf-off seasons. Leaf-off data are useful for classifying evergreen and deciduous trees since echoes at lower intensity are returned from deciduous trees when compared to evergreen trees. In addition to this, the proportion of echoes from the ground ...