Erosive tooth wear and wedge-shaped defects in 1996 and 2006: cross- sectional surveys of Swiss army recruits.

The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence and possible etiological factors of erosive tooth wear and wedge-shaped defects in Swiss Army recruits and compare the findings with those of an analogous study conducted in 1996. In 2006, 621 recruits between 18 and 25 years of age (1996: 417 recruits; ages 19 to 25) were examined for erosive tooth wear and wedge-shaped defects. Additional data was acquired using a questionnaire about personal details, education, dentitions subjective condition, oral hygiene, eating and drinking habits, medications used, and general medical problems. In 2006, 60.1% of those examined exhibited occlusal erosive tooth wear not involving the dentin (1996: 82.0%) and 23.0% involving the dentin (1996: 30.7%). Vestibular erosive tooth wear without dentin involvement was seen in 7.7% in 2006 vs. 14.4% in 1996. Vestibular erosive tooth wear with dentin involvement was rare in both years (0.5%). Oral erosive tooth wear lacking exposed dentin was also rare in those years, although more teeth were affected in 2006 (2.1%) than in 1996 (0.7%). The examinations in 2006 found one or more initial wedge-shaped lesions in 8.5% of the recruits, while 20.4% of the study participants exhibited such in 1996. In 1996, 53% consumed acidic foods and beverages more than 5 times/day; in 2006, 83.9% did so. In neither study did multivariate regression analyses show any significant correlations between occurrence and location of erosive tooth wear and wedge-shaped defects and various other parameters, e.g., eating and hygiene habits, or dentin hyper-sensitivity. Despite a significant increase in consumption of acidic products between 1996 and 2006, the latter study found both fewer erosive tooth wear and fewer wedge-shaped defects (i.e., fewer non-carious lesions.).

Ein von Moses Medelssohn an den Pastor Hesse im Jahre 1770 erlassenes Schreiben

Carl Leopold Goldschmidt

Intendedness of pregnancy among active duty women in the U.S. Army

Objective. The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of unintended pregnancy and the association between social and demographic factors among a population of active duty women in the U.S. Army giving birth to viable infants at a U.S. Army hospital at Fort Hood, Texas. Prevalence of unintended pregnancy in this group was 50.9% (95% CI 44.0 to 57.9) with 36.3% being mistimed (95% CI 29.8 to 33.2) and 14.6% being unwanted (95% CI 10.2 to 20.1). A further 14.2% of the women experienced ambivalence (95% CI 9.8 to 19.6). ^ The study population was a cross-sectional group of active duty pregnant women who represent the target population of all female soldiers that deliver viable infants in the Army. Using a survey based on previous studies, intendedness of pregnancy at conception was retrospectively determined. Unintended births are further characterized as mistimed or unwanted. Demographic and other exposures were described bivariately. Associations were evaluated using measures of relative risk and chi-square analysis. ^ The results of the research indicate that in the study population, race/ethnicity is not associated with unintended pregnancy and non-commissioned officers had a lower rate of unintended pregnancy than other rank groupings. ^

Breaking Points: Mutiny in the Continental Army

The mutinies of the Continental Army during the American Revolution threatened both the integrity of the army and the viability of the Revolution itself. They were complex phenomena, stemming from numerous underlying physical and psychological causes. Having slowly developed over the course of the war, the problems confronting the Continental Army eventually brought it to the breaking point. No less than four major mutinies, involving soldiers or officers, occurred between 1780-1783. This essay focuses on the reasons for the mutinies and how the participants justified their actions. It also examines responses from General Washington and other senior officers, and what effects these actions had on the army. Finally, this essay addresses the question of why so few major mutinies occurred given the miserable state of the Continental Army.

Hermann Hesse, Trost der Nacht [Rezension]

E. W.

Adolf Friedrich Hesse, Kniestück

Signatur des Originals: S 36/F00791

Adolf Friedrich Hesse, Ganzfigurbildnis

Signatur des Originals: S 36/F00792

Herbert Hesse als Giovanni Morone, Szenenfoto, in: Hans Pfitzner: Palestrina

Signatur des Originals: S 36/F04504

Herbert Hesse, {[N.N.], Szenenfoto, Doppelbildnis

Signatur des Originals: S 36/F04505

Herbert Hesse, Brustbild

Signatur des Originals: S 36/F04506

Herbert Hesse als Baron Scarpia, Rollenbild, Brustbild, in: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca

Signatur des Originals: S 36/F04507

Herbert Hesse als Sixtus Beckmesser, Rollenbild, Kniestück, in: Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg

Signatur des Originals: S 36/F04508

Herbert Hesse als Sixtus Beckmesser, Rollenbild, Kniestück, in: Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg

Signatur des Originals: S 36/F04509

Herbert Hesse als Kaspar, Matthias Mrakitsch als Bettler, Szenenfoto, Doppelbildnis, in: Werner Egk: Die Zaubergeige

Signatur des Originals: S 36/F04510