After reading this article, the reader should be able to: • describe the process of nightguard vital bleaching and discuss indications and contraindications. • list the situations amenable to at-home whitening, including extended bleaching times for tetracyclinestained teeth. • explain how to treat side effects, such as tooth sensitivity during whitening. • discuss treatment options for a singl...

Dengue fever virus (serotypes 1-4) belong to the family of Flaviviridae, which is widely distributed in the epidemic and endemic areas throughout tropical and subtropical regions of the world. Dengue virus infection is considered significant in terms of morbidity, mortality and economic cost associated with it an estimated 100 million cases of dengue fever occurring throughout the world yearly....

The Effects of Mainstream and Sidestream Environmental Tobacco Smoke Composition for Enhanced Condensational Droplet Growth by Water Vapor Xiaochen Tang a c , Zhongqing Zheng b c , Heejung S. Jung b c & Akua Asa-Awuku a c a Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Riverside, California, USA b Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, ...

Résumé. Ce papier présente une nouvelle approche de cartographie des connaissances stratégique/métiers guidée par apprentissage automatique en vue de définir la stratégie de gestion des connaissances à engager. La démarche que nous avons expérimentée s’appuie sur une nouvelle méthode cellulaire d’extraction de règles à partir des données nommée CASI (Cellular Automaton for Symbolic Induction). ...

The views expressed are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of the Solicitor General Canada. This document is available in French. Ce rapport est disponible en français sous le titre: Les prédicteurs dynamiques de la récidive sexuelle. Also available on Solicitor General Canada's Internet Site

Background: Cystic echinococcosis (CE), as a chronic parasitic disease, is a major health problem in many countries. The performance of the currently available serodiagnostic tests for the diagnosis of CE is unsatisfactory. Objective: The current study aimed at sub-cloning a gene, encoding the B8/1 subunit of antigen B (AgB) from Echinococcus granulosus, using gene optimization for the immunodi...