OBJECTIVES to assess the sensitivity and specificity of ARCUSdigma in diagnosing temporomandibular joint (TMJ) pathology (TMD). METHODS 102 TMJs were exmined with ARCUSdigma and "Cadiax Diagnostic" electronic axiography system. Free opening, free protrusion and mediotrusion were recorded with both devices. Guided opening and guided protrusion were examined with "Cadiax Diagnostic". Using free...

Migration frequently involves Rac-mediated protrusion of lamellipodia, formed by Arp2/3 complex-dependent branching thought to be crucial for force generation and stability of these networks. The formins FMNL2 and FMNL3 are Cdc42 effectors targeting to the lamellipodium tip and shown here to nucleate and elongate actin filaments with complementary activities in vitro. In migrating B16-F1 melano...

RhoA and RhoC GTPases share 92% amino acid sequence identity, yet play different roles in regulating cell motility and morphology. To understand these differences, we developed and validated a biosensor of RhoC activation (RhoC FLARE). This was used together with a RhoA biosensor to compare the spatio-temporal dynamics of RhoA and RhoC activity during cell protrusion/retraction and macropinocyt...

In this study of facial movements during speech, we found a consistent tendency for two native French speakers and an American English speaker (also reported in Toda et al. [1]): there exist two separate lip gestures for consonants involving ‘labialization’. The first one is a lip protrusion with rounding (narrow lip area) observed for /w/, and the second is a protrusion with a large lip openin...

The authors tested the hypothesis that certain maneuvers (neck flexion/extension and head protrusion/retrusion) alter the appearance of the submental area, jawline, and melolabial groove. They used a questionnaire survey of 20 naïve judges who assessed a standardized photograph album of three subjects. The subjects' faces (frontal and lateral views) were photographed in neutral, neck flexion/ex...

This study examined tooth size in a sample of thirty Northern Irish people with bimaxillary dental protrusion. The mesiodistal diameters of all permanent teeth (excluding second and third molars) were measured. The tooth sizes were compared with a control group who did not have bimaxillary dental protrusion. The results revealed that, on average, tooth size for the overall maxillary and mandibu...

A pre-existing plastic rabbit ear chamber was modified to be applicable for intravital-microscopic observations in pharmacological as well as pathophysiological studies on inflammation. The chamber consists of a base disk, a mica (or glass) cover-slip and a holder ring. The base disk has a round-table with a central protrusion in which a heat conductor of platinum wire is so implanted near the ...

Between 1972 and 1990, we performed 168 primary low-friction arthroplasties in 125 patients with acetabular protrusion. Twelve hips were lost to follow-up within eight years and eight which became infected were excluded from the final study. Of the 148 hips remaining, 62 with a mild protrusion were classified as group 1, 54 with moderate or severe protrusion as group 2 and, after 1985, 32 with ...