BACKGROUND The present study aimed at evaluating the efficacy of a novel technique, the bone lamina technique, in horizontal ridge augmentation clinically & radiographically using a combination of allogenic cortical shell, particulate xenograft and resorbable collagen membrane. MATERIAL AND METHODS Localized horizontal ridge defects, in ten patients (6 male, 4 female), with bucco-palatal ridg...

Since prognostic indicators are likely to take on increasing importance as a diagnostic tool for selection of patients for implant provision, this study investigated the influence of the shape and resiliency of the mandibular alveolar ridge on the retention and stability of conventional complete dentures. Ninety- three edentulous patients wearing both maxillary and mandibular conventional compl...

Abstract Top-shaped asteroids have been observed among near-Earth asteroids. About half of them are reported to moons (on the order ?1 wt.% top-shaped primary) and many an equatorial ridge. A recent study has shown that enigmatic figure (e.g., Ryugu, Bennu, Didymos) could result from axisymmetric landslide primary during a fast spin-up near breakup rotation period. Such would inevitably form pa...

The purpose of this study was to follow Acree’s 1999 theory and demonstrate that there are significant differences in the loop ridge count of male subjects compared to that of female subjects. This was based on the belief that women tend to have finer ridge detail, therefore more ridges, while men have coarse ridge detail, thereby fewer ridges [1]. This study, in contrast to Acree’s methodology...

OBJECTIVE It is believed that fingerprints and palm patterns may represent genetically determined congenital abnormalities in Cystic Fibrosis (CF). The main idea of this paper was to determine differences of fingerprints and palm patterns in CF and normal children. METHODS Forty-six CF children (27 males, 19 females) and 341 (113 males, 228 females) healthy individuals were recruited for this...

An efficient optical fiber-to-waveguide coupling technique is described, using a novel transcision cut, alignment ways, and D-shaped fibers. Fiber-to-waveguide coupling efficiencies as high as 96% have been achieved with multimode graded-index fibers and ridge polymer optical waveguides. Advantages of using this new coupling technique include ease of fiber-to-waveguide alignment interior to the...

C-shaped ridge apertures are used in contact nanolithography to achieve nanometer scale resolution. Lithography results demonstrated that holes as small as 60 nm can be produced in the photoresist by illuminating the apertures with a 355 nm laser beam. Experiments are also performed using comparable square and rectangular apertures. Results show enhanced transmission and light concentration of ...