The use of dental implants to assist in the treatment of partial and complete edentulism is well documented. Most of the implant literature, however, reports results associated with implant survival and success when there has been adherence to rigid placement and loading protocols. Conventionally, these protocols call for the undisturbed healing of the implant—3 months in the mandible and 4 to ...

In an era of high-profile hacks, information leaks and cybercrime, cybersecurity is the focus of much corporate and state-funded research. Data visualization is regarded as an important tool in the detection and prediction of risk and vulnerability in cybersecurity, but discussion tends to remain at the level of the usability of visualization tools and how to reduce the cognitive load on the co...

Introduction: In the U.S., residency programs are accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education based on their capacity to provide residents with the fundamental training required to advance their knowledge and skills in the core principles of obstetrics and gynecology. In this paper we study the relationship between faculty structure and basic training of residents in ...

1Dialysis Department, Federal State Budgetary Institution, Russia 2Department of Gynecology, Federal State Budgetary Institution, Russia 3Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Neonatology; Clinic of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Russia 4Department of Internal Medicine and Nephrology of the Federal State Budget Educational Institution of Higher Professional Education “North-West State Medical Un...

From the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT (C.J.L.); the Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology (A.S.N.), Pediatrics (M.E.K.), and Pathology (D.J.R.), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston; and the Departments of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Biology (A.S.N.), Medicine (M.E.K.), and Pathology (D.J.R.)...

1Division of Reproductive Endocrinology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Patras Medical School, Patras; 22nd Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Pediatric, Adolescent Gynecology and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Athens, Medical School, Aretaieion Hospital, Athens, 31st Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes Centre, “Alexandra” Hospital, Athens HORM...

Copyright © 2006 Heldref Publications Abstract: This article explores the often contradictory relationship between films and comic book art. Adaptations of superhero comics have reinforced a commercialistic blockbuster mentality among the Hollywood studios. Adaptations of graphic novels have explored alternate visions of visual style and representation. Complications of these polarized effects ...

Materials and Methods: In this two phased cross-sectional study 337 and 310 adults were evaluated respectively. Before the smoking ban was implemented we visited 84 workplaces in city center, after 18 months later 97 workplaces were visited in the same region. In both phases, the participants’ opinions about the necessity/applicability of the ban were evaluated. In the second phase, they were a...

SLE is more common by a ratio of 12 : 1 in women aged 15 to 45 years and by a ratio of 2 : 1 in younger and older women. The overall prevalence of this disease is about 1 in 1000. In most studies of SLE, about 90% of enrollees are women. In the United States, the disease is three times more common in black women than in white women. In addition to genetic factors, age, sex, race, and socioecono...