Positional inconsistency: a new concept in social stratification

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The concept of integration

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The international division of industrial labour and the core-periphery concept

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A prospective study on implants installed with flapless-guided surgery using the all-on-four concept in the mandible

Aim: Clinical data are scarce on flapless-guided surgery in the mandible using the all-on-four concept. In addition, limited documentation exists on the latter under immediate loading conditions with a pre-fabricated implant bridge. The aim was to provide detailed documentation focusing on clinical and radiographic outcome and complications. Material and methods: Sixteen systemically healthy non-smoking patients (10 women, 6 men, average age 59 years) with sufficient bone volume in the mandible were operated via flapless-guided surgery using the all-on-four concept. Clinical and radiographic data and complications were registered at 3, 6 and 12 months. Results: The overall implant survival rate was 90% with a trend for higher failure of short implants (P = 0.098). The mean bone level after 12 months of function was 0.83 mm with a maximum of 1.07 mm. Technical complications were common (15/16 patients). These mainly related to a misfit between the pre-fabricated prosthesis and abutment(s) (13/16 patients). Conclusion: If immediate loading of implants is pursued fabrication of the implant bridge should be based on actual impression of the implants at the time of surgery and not on their virtual position. © 2011 John Wiley & Sons A/S.

A single chart with supplementary runs rules for monitoring the mean vector and the covariance matrix of multivariate processes

The MRMAX chart is a single chart based on the standardized sample means and sample ranges for monitoring the mean vector and the covariance matrix of multivariate processes. User's familiarity with the computation of these statistics is a point in favor of the MRMAX chart. As a single chart, the recently proposed MRMAX chart is very appropriate for supplementary runs rules. In this article, we compare the supplemented MRMAX chart and the synthetic MRMAX chart with the standard MRMAX chart. The supplementary and the synthetic runs rules enhance the performance of the MRMAX chart. © 2013 Elsevier Ltd.

The platform switching concept revisited. An experimental study in dogs

Objective: To evaluate the influence of the configuration of the marginal aspect of implants placed immediately into extraction sockets on peri-implant hard tissue adaptation. Material and methods: In 6 Labrador dogs, endodontic treatments of the mesial roots of 1M1 were performed and the distal roots were removed. 2P2 was extracted as well. Implants were immediately placed in the center of the distal alveoli. Cylindrical straight implants were installed in the right side of the mandible (Control), while, in the left side, implants with a reduced diameter in the coronal portion, yielding an indentation in the surface continuity (Test), were installed. Cover screws were affixed, and the flaps were sutured to allow non-submerged healing. After 4 months of healing, histological slides were obtained for assessments. Results: A buccal resorption of 1.58 ± 1.28 and 1.90 ± 1.93 mm at the control and of 0.26 ± 0.90 and 0.14 ± 0.66 mm at the test sites was observed at the premolar and molar regions, respectively. The buccal coronal level of osseointegration was located apically to the margin of the smooth/rough surface border by 2.40 ± 0.90 and 3.70 ± 0.87 mm at the control sites and 1.19 ± 0.45 and 2.16 ± 0.96 mm at the test sites at the premolar and molar sites, respectively. All differences yielded statistical significance. Conclusions: The use of implants with a reduced diameter in their coronal aspect may contribute to preservation of the buccal bony crest in a more coronal level compared with conventional implants. Thus, the study confirmed the efficacy of the platform switching concept. © 2013 John Wiley & Sons A/S.

Horizontal ridge augmentation of the atrophic anterior maxilla using rhBMP-2/ACS or autogenous bone grafts: A proof-of-concept randomized clinical trial

Aim To compare the effect of recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2 (rhBMP-2) in an absorbable collagen sponge carrier (ACS) with autogenous bone graft for augmentation of the edentulous atrophic anterior maxilla. Methods Twenty-four subjects were enrolled in a randomized, controlled, parallel-group, open-label clinical trial. Subjects either received rhBMP-2/ACS (1.5 mg/ml) or particulated autogenous bone harvested from the mandibular retromolar region. A titanium-mesh was used to provide space and wound stability. A guide was used to standardize clinical recordings using an analogue caliper. Alveolar ridge width was also assessed using cone-beam computed tomography. Results rhBMP-2/ACS yielded significantly greater radiographic horizontal bone gain compared with autogenous bone graft at immediate subcrestal levels (1.5 ± 0.7 versus 0.5 ± 0.9 mm; p = 0.01); non-significant differences were observed at mid- (2.9 ± 0.8 versus 2.9 ± 0.9 mm; p = 0.98) and apical (1.7 ± 0.9 versus 1.8 ± 1.1 mm; p = 0.85) crestal levels. No significant differences in clinical horizontal bone gain were observed at 6 months between rhBMP-2/ACS and autogenous bone graft (3.2 ± 0.9 mm versus 3.7 ± 1.4 mm; p = 0.31). Sixty-two implants were placed after 6 month of healing with no significant differences between groups for number of implants, implant size, primary stability and survival. Conclusions rhBMP-2/ACS appears a realistic alternative for augmentation of the edentulous atrophic anterior maxilla. © 2013 John Wiley & Sons A/S. Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

Poverty in the human development perspective: concept and measurement

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Equivalence scales: a brief review of concept and methods

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Mapeamento geomorfológico da Ilha do Maranhão

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Cartografemas: fragmentos autobiográficos de um artista-professor

Esta pesquisa, de cunho narrativo autobiográfico, aborda a trajetória de vida do artista plástico e professor Jorge Eiró. A pesquisa propõe-se a investigar as articulações entre as atividades desempenhadas e suas implicações em seu processo de formação. Incorpora como referência plástica e conceitual a poética visual de sua obra associada às suas afinidades estéticas e culturais enquanto produção de subjetividade. Neste movimento, a composição da escritura narrativa configura-se em uma cartografia e assume o sentido de função, segundo o conceito de Gilles Deleuze e Félix Guattari, alinhando-se numa perspectiva teórica pós-estruturalista. Nessa concepção, sujeito e objeto da cartografia autobiográfica convertem-se em superjecto. A narrativa transcorre em relatos fragmentados, dispersos mas articulados entre si, elaborados na forma de biografema, segundo o conceito de Roland Barthes. A função da cartografia articulada com a forma do biografema constituem o amálgama narrativo de cartografemas. A escritura é atravessada por referências culturais, musicais (trilha sonora) e literárias (lira literária) da memória afetiva do autor. A problematização consiste no modo como se articulam e se refratam os componentes autobiográficos, enunciados nos biografemas. De metodologia bibliográfica, esta pesquisa apresenta como categorias fundamentais a autobiografia em educação, a arte e a docência em arte. Na composição deste autorretrato, o quadro teórico-metodológico da cartografia é traçado por linhas cardeais de referência dos seguintes autores: Nietzsche, Deleuze e Guattari conceituam a cartografia numa perspectiva pós estruturalista; Barthes concebe a escritura narrativa na forma de biografemas; Larrosa e Rolnik alinham as coordenadas cartográficas para uma autobiografia em educação; Argan e Derdyk desenham o campo da história e filosofia da arte; finalmente, Corazza e Silva colorem a composição com a filosofia da diferença em educação e a poética de uma escrita-artista.

Gráficos de controle de X para monitoramento de processos autocorrelacionados

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