PURPOSE The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of provisional cements on the adhesion of resin bonded indirect restorations and determine the best method for avoiding adverse effects. MATERIALS AND METHODS Forty-five bovine incisors were selected, and the enamel removed with a 600-grit SiC abrasive disk to expose superficial dentin. Provisional restorations of acrylic resin were cem...

The implementation of sequential loops in dataaow computation had traditionally not received very much attention as it was assumed that most loops would be executed in parallel. This assumption was valid for earlier dataaow machines such as the MIT Tagged Token Dataaow Architecture (TTDA))2], Sigma-119] but not for the newest generation of dataaow machines including Monsoonn6], EM-4411] and Eps...

Juniperus deppeana has numerous disjunct populations that include four taxonomic varieties and three forms. All four varieties and two forms of Juniperus deppeana from the southwest United States, Mexico and Guatemala were analyzed by sequencing nrDNA (ITS), petN-psbM, trnS-trnG, trnD-trnT, trnL-trnF. A Bayesian tree gave support for clades of var. deppeana, NM, var. patoniana, and var. gamboan...

Low back pain (LBP) is a very prevalent disease and degenerative disc diseases (DDDs) usually account for the LBP. However, the pathogenesis of DDDs is complicated and difficult to elucidate. Alternative splicing is a sophisticated regulatory process which greatly increases cellular complexity and phenotypic diversity of eukaryotic organisms. In addition, the cartilage endplate-derived stem cel...

Bladder cancer is a complex disease with known environmental and genetic risk factors. We performed a genome-wide interaction study (GWAS) of smoking and bladder cancer risk based on primary scan data from 3002 cases and 4411 controls from the National Cancer Institute Bladder Cancer GWAS. Alternative methods were used to evaluate both additive and multiplicative interactions between individual...

The occurrence of adventitious roots is necessary for the survival cuttings. In this study, comparative transcriptome analysis between two ramie (Boehmeria nivea L.) varieties with different root (AR) patterns was performed by mRNA-Seq before rooting (control, CK) and 10 days water-induced (treatment, T) to reveal regulatory mechanism rooting. Characterization cultivars, Zhongzhu No 2 (Z2) Huaz...

Phytoremediation, as a bioremediation process in which plants are used to remove contaminants from an environment, has proved be practical and low-cost strategy for recovering mining-affected areas. This study aims assess the potential use phytoremediation of two willow species, Salix viminalis dasyclados, by testing their cleaning-up range soils with differing heavy metal concentrations: Pb (1...

PURPOSE Pedicle screw fixation of osteoporotic bone in the elderly is a challenge. Various augmentation methods have been studied by many authors. Although polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) augmentation is believed to be a standard method, its usage is fraught with complications. Butyl-2-cyanoacrylate is an alternative to PMMA as it is bioresorbable, biocompatible, inexpensive, and noninfective. Th...