AIM The purpose of this study was to test a new root canal sealer (Epiphany) and 5 other root canal sealers (Diaket, Endomethasone, AH 26, Sealapex, Sultan) for their antimicrobial effect on Enterococcus faecalis. MATERIALS AND METHODS The antimicrobial effect of 6 root canal sealers was tested by the agar diffusion method. The freshly mixed sealers were placed in prepared wells of agar plate...

The Day of Epiphany is one of the seven principal celebrations of the church year, right up there with Christmas, Easter, Pentecost and All Saints’ Day, but because it rarely falls on a Sunday, it doesn’t get the same attention as those other holidays. The word “epiphany” means “to manifest” or "make known," and during this Epiphany season, all of our readings will, in some way, reveal the true...

The present study evaluated the radiopacity and flow of different endodontic sealers: AH Plus, Endo CPM, MTA Fillapex, Sealapex, Epiphany, and Epiphany SE. For the radiopacity test, six specimens measuring 10 mm in diameter and 1 mm in thickness were fabricated from each material. They were radiographed on an occlusal film alongside an aluminum step wedge. Radiographs were digitized to determin...

CONTEXT The study assesses the apical sealing ability of two obturating materials (resilon and gutta-percha) with their sealants by means of the dye penetration method using India ink. AIMS To compare the resistance to apical dye penetration between resilon (with Epiphany sealer; Epiphany, Pentron clinical technologies, USA) and gutta-percha (with AH Plus sealer; Dentsply, Maillefer, Germany)...

We present a theoretical analysis of active learning with more realistic interactions with human oracles. Previous empirical studies have shown oracles abstaining on difficult queries until accumulating enough information to make label decisions. We formalize this phenomenon with an “oracle epiphany model” and analyze active learning query complexity under such oracles for both the realizable a...

There is interest in exploring hybrid OpenSHMEM + X programming models to extend the applicability of the OpenSHMEM interface to more hardware architectures. We present a hybrid OpenCL + OpenSHMEM programming model for device-level programming for architectures like the Adapteva Epiphany many-core RISC array processor. The Epiphany architecture comprises a 2D array of low-power RISC cores with ...

The Adapteva Epiphany MIMD architecture is a scalable, two-dimensional (2D) array of RISC cores with minimal uncore functionality connected with a fast 2D mesh network on a chip (NoC). We apply a threaded MPI programming model for image processing kernels including a 2D Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) with high-pass filter for edge detection; local operators for Gaussian image smoothing; and a Sob...

PURPOSE Clinical and laboratory assessment of a new root canal filling material--Resilon-Epiphany system. MATERIAL AND METHODS In 21 patients, 48 root canals were filled using a single-cone method or lateral condensation technique of gutta-percha with addition of Epiphany sealer. Laboratory investigations were performed on 4 extracted one-root human teeth, which were prepared by means of a cr...

BACKGROUND The key to success of any root canal therapy is adequate obturation of the prepared root canal space. Root canal sealers are not dimensionally stable and might dissolve partially over a period of time. The objective of this in vitro study is to evaluate the push-out bond strength to intraradicular dentin of two endodontic obturation materials. MATERIAL AND METHODS Forty extracted s...

The low-power Adapteva Epiphany RISC array processor offers high computational energy-efficiency and parallel scalability. However, extracting performance with a standard parallel programming model remains a great challenge. We present an effective programming model for the Epiphany architecture basedon theMessagePassing Interface (MPI) standardadapted for coprocessoroffload.UsingMPIexploits th...