Understanding our customers’ needs and requirements and providing amazing solutions is part of METTLER TOLEDO’s corporate vision. For many years the cosmetics industry has relied on the competence and knowledge of our sales and support organization. Every day, thousands of laboratories and manufacturing sites use our pH meters, titrators, thermal analyzers, densitymeters, refractometers and bal...

The aim of this study was to compare the effects of different porcelain polishing techniques on the color change and surface roughness of feldspathic porcelains and lithium disilicate glass-ceramic system. 80 porcelain specimens were divided into two subgroups, each subgroup was divided into 4 groups of 10 specimens. Surfaces were polished with different ceramic polishers. VITA Easyshade spectr...

The aim of this in vitro study was to evaluate the pH value of intact and carious dentin in primary teeth using a pH-imaging microscope (SCHEM-100, HORIBA Ltd., Kyoto, Japan). Bucco-lingual cut sections of extracted human primary teeth, which had either mild or severe dentinal caries lesions, were placed on the pH-imaging sensor of the microscope. The pH values were compared statistically by Le...

BACKGROUND Biomechanical factors are known to be important in knee osteoarthritis (OA) development and progression. This study was designed to determine changes of hamstrings muscle activation, knee adduction moment and ankle rotation angle in two knee osteoarthritis (mild and moderate) and a healthy control group. METHODS 16 females (10 with mild and 6 with moderate medial knee osteoarthriti...

The uptake of the vaccine in at-risk Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island adults in north Queensland in 2003 was determined using the state-wide computerised immunisation register. The uptake in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island adults > or = 50 years was 63 per cent, and assuming that a third of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island adults 15-49 years of age had a medical risk factor, 85 per ce...

INTRODUCTION The aims of this research were to use high-performance liquid chromatography to assess the bisphenol A (BPA) released from an orthodontic adhesive (Transbond XT; 3M Unitek, Monrovia, Calif) with various light-curing tip distances and to correlate the release to the degree of conversion. METHODS One hundred thirty-eight premolar brackets were divided into 3 groups of 40 each for t...

INTRODUCTION Current physiological measures of sexual arousal are intrusive, hard to compare between genders, and quantitatively problematic. AIM To investigate thermal imaging technology as a means of solving these problems. METHODS Twenty-eight healthy men and 30 healthy women viewed a neutral film clip, after which they were randomly assigned to view one of three other video conditions: ...

ABSTRACT Sousa APS, Ferreira HR, Fernandes Filho J. Dermatoglyphic Profile and Hand Grip Strength of the Finalists Athletes in the Brazilian Paracanoe Championship. JEPonline 2016;19(1):50-56. The aim of this study was to analyze the dermatoglyphic profile and hand grip strength of the finalists in the 2012 Brazilian Paracanoe Championship. The subjects consisted of 19 paracanoe athletes divide...