Influence of intraradicular post and crown ferrule on the fracture strength of endodontically treated teeth

The aim of this study was to investigate the fracture strength of endodontically treated teeth restored with different posts and variable ferrule heights. Sixty freshly extracted human canines were treated endodontically and randomly assigned to 6 groups (n=10), being restored with custom-made cast post-and-core (CP0 and CP3 groups), prefabricated post and composite resin core (PF0 and PF3 groups), and composite resin (CR0 and CR3 groups). The CP0, PF0 and CR0 groups presented no ferrule and the CP3, PF3 and CR3 presented 3 mm of coronal structure. All teeth were restored with full metal crowns. The fracture strength was measured in a universal testing machine at 45o to the long axis of the tooth until failure. Data were analyzed statistically by 2-way ANOVA and Tukey's test (?=0.05). When the mean fracture strength values were compared (CP0 group - 820.20 N, CP3 group - 1179.12 N; PF0 group - 561.05 N; PF3 group - 906.79 N; CR0 group - 297.84 N; and CR3 group - 1135.15 N) there was statistically significant among the groups (p<0.05), except for the three groups with 3 mm of coronal remaining, which were similar to each other. The results of this study showed that the ferrule in crowns promoted significantly higher fracture strength in the endodontically treated teeth.

Efeito da aplicação de águas residuais na produtividade e na qualidade de três genótipos de Miscanthus

Dissertação para obtenção do Grau de Mestre em Energia e Bioenergia

Friday Facts, August 14, 2009, vol. 32

Bureau of Nutrition and Health Promotion part of the Iowa Department of Public Health produces of weekly newsletter about the Iowa WIC Program for the State of Iowa citizen.

Quasilocal density functional theory and its application within the extended Thomas-Fermi approximation

In this paper we propose a generalization of the density functional theory. The theory leads to single-particle equations of motion with a quasilocal mean-field operator, which contains a quasiparticle position-dependent effective mass and a spin-orbit potential. The energy density functional is constructed using the extended Thomas-Fermi approximation and the ground-state properties of doubly magic nuclei are considered within the framework of this approach. Calculations were performed using the finite-range Gogny D1S forces and the results are compared with the exact Hartree-Fock calculations

L'Univers

1898/03/08 (Numéro 10999).

L'Écho de Paris

1914/09/26 (Numéro 10999).

Oeuvres complétes de Saint Jérome : prêtre et docteur de l’eglise

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L'évolution de la conception personnelle de la discipline infirmière d'étudiants en soins infirmiers

Peu d’écrits décrivent la conception personnelle de la discipline infirmière des étudiants ou son évolution. Pourtant, celle-ci guide la pratique des étudiants (Fawcett, 2002; Pepin, Kérouac, & Ducharme, 2010) et a des impacts sur leur persévérance dans leur formation (Spouse, 2000). Le but de cette recherche était d’explorer l’évolution de la conception personnelle de la discipline infirmière d’étudiants pendant leur formation collégiale. Ce mémoire présente une étude qualitative exploratoire fondée sur un cadre de référence liant le constructivisme radical (Glasersfeld, 1994) et le centre d’intérêt de la discipline (Pepin et al., 2010). Des entrevues individuelles ont été menées auprès de onze étudiants de première, troisième et cinquième sessions (n=11). Les données ont été analysées par questionnement analytique (Paillé & Mucchielli, 2010). Selon les participants, un soin « humain » est préalable aux « soins » de l’infirmier. Ils décrivent que l’infirmier guide une personne unique, détenant des capacités afin qu’elle accomplisse ses activités et prenne soin d’elle-même pour maintenir sa santé mentale et physique ; l’environnement hospitalier ne rejoint pas les conditions idéales identifiées par les participants. La compréhension des concepts centraux devient plus complexe durant leur formation. Les participants attribuent surtout ces changements à leurs expériences de stages. Finalement, la présente étude fournit des pistes aux enseignants afin qu’ils puissent soutenir l’apprentissage des conceptions de la discipline et orienter la construction d’une conception personnelle de la discipline infirmière utile à la pratique des étudiants.

Quasilocal density functional theory and its application within the extended Thomas-Fermi approximation

In this paper we propose a generalization of the density functional theory. The theory leads to single-particle equations of motion with a quasilocal mean-field operator, which contains a quasiparticle position-dependent effective mass and a spin-orbit potential. The energy density functional is constructed using the extended Thomas-Fermi approximation and the ground-state properties of doubly magic nuclei are considered within the framework of this approach. Calculations were performed using the finite-range Gogny D1S forces and the results are compared with the exact Hartree-Fock calculations

Física I : mecánica y fluídos.

Este manual está dividido en 13 temas: 1.La magnitud física y su medida, 2.Cálculo vectorial, 3.Cinemática del punto, 4.Cinemática del sólido rígido y del movimiento relativo, 5.Estática: fuerzas y equilibrios, 6.Dinámica del punto y de los sistemas de puntos, 7.Trabajo y energía, 8.Dinámica de rotación del sólido rígido, 9.Gravitación, 10.El estado sólido y la elasticidad, 11.Estática de fluídos, 12.Fenómenos capilares en los líquidos y 13.Dinámica de fluídos.

Combatant recruitment and the outcome of war

Why do some civil wars terminate soon, with victory of one party over the other? What determines if the winner is the incumbent or the rebel group? Why do other conáicts last longer? We propose a simple model in which the power of each armed group depends on the number of combatants it is able to recruit. This is in turn a function of the relative ëdistanceíbetween group leaderships and potential recruits. We emphasize the moral hazard problem of recruitment: Öghting is costly and risky so combatants have the incentive to defect from their task. They can also desert altogether and join the enemy. This incentive is stronger the farther away the Öghter is from the principal, since monitoring becomes increasingly costly. Bigger armies have more power but less monitoring capacity to prevent defection and desertion. This general framework allows a variety of interpretations of what type of proximity matters for building strong cohesive armies ranging from ethnic distance to geographic dispersion. Di§erent assumptions about the distribution of potential Öghters along the relevant dimension of conáict lead to di§erent equilibria. We characterize these, discuss the implied outcome in terms of who wins the war, and illustrate with historical and contemporaneous case studies.