DENNIS J. WEBER II: Effectiveness and Efficiency of a Customized Versus Conventional Orthodontic Bracket System (Under the direction of Dr. Lorne Koroluk) The goal of this investigation was to compare the clinical effectiveness and efficiency of a customized versus a conventional orthodontic bracket system. Pre-treatment and post-treatment diagnostic records of 11 patients treated with conventi...

Specification of Distance Functions Using Semiand Nonparametric Methods With An Application to the Dynamic Performance of Eastern and Western European Air Carriers by Robin C. Sickles Rice University David H. Good Indiana University and Lullit Getachew Rice University In this paper we examine the productive performance of a group of three East European carriers and compare it to thirteen of the...

Gyrodactylus eyipayipi sp. n. is described from the skin, gills, flute and male brood pouch of captive specimens of the greater pipefish Syngnathus acus L., collected for and maintained at the Two Oceans Aquarium in Cape Town, South Africa. It is the first marine Gyrodactylus species reported from the African continent. The new species is compared to the three known Gyrodactylus species affecti...

The conditions under which Klebsiella pneumoniae forms its largest capsules were reported in an earlier publication (Hoogerheide, 1939). The underlying principle of that study was the hypothesis that capsular polysaccharide synthesis is brought about by the action of an enzyme system in the cell, the activity of which can be studied in the same way as that of other metabolic enzyme systems. In ...

The conditions under which Klebsiella pneumoniae forms its largest capsules were reported in an earlier publication (Hoogerheide, 1939). The underlying principle of that study was the hypothesis that capsular polysaccharide synthesis is brought about by the action of an enzyme system in the cell, the activity of which can be studied in the same way as that of other metabolic enzyme systems. In ...

A number of microorganisms have the ability to degrade cellulose, agar, bacterial polysaccharides, and blood group substances. The Myxococcus of Morgan and Thaysen (1933) was shown to split blood group A substance in horse saliva but not the A substance in peptone (Landsteiner and Chase, 1935a, b). It also attacked the specific polysaccharide of Shigella dysenteriae (Shiga and Flexner), pneumoc...

Mammography is a well-accepted diagnostic technique for the early detection of breast cancer and has been shown to reduce the breast cancer mortality rate in women who are 40-69 years old Boonlikit (2013). Some studies explained age and race related changes in mammographic parenchymal patterns (Zulfiqar et al., 2011). The radiology appearance of the female breast varies from completely fatty to...

ECG. Fine needle aspiration cytology, with immediate reporting in the outpatient diagnosis of breast cancer. Ann R Coll Surg Eng 1987;69:280-2. 3 Dixon JM, Clarke PJ, Crucioli V, Dehn TCB, Greenall M, Lee ECG. Reduction in biopsy rate in benign breast disease using fine needle aspiration cytology with immediate reporting. BrJ7 Surg 1987;74: 1014-6. 4 Lofgren M, Andersson I, Bondeson L, Lindholm...

Diabetes prevalence in Yogyakarta is the second highest Indonesia, and sufferers are prone to experiencing physical psychological disorders. Psychological disorders such as depression, stress, anxiety more at risk patients. This condition will be worsen prognosis outcome, so managing patients essential. One of efforts manage mental non-pharmacological therapy Benar Relaxation Therapy (BRT). It ...

the different model specifications have been proposed to estimate time-varying technical efficiency in the last two decades. these models have resulted different efficiency scores based on their built-in specifications. this study investigates the temporal pattern of technical efficiency based on cornwell, sickles, and schmidt (css, 1990) as well as lee and schmidt (ls, 1993) models. in order t...