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Vitals Rates And Seasonal Movements Of Two Isolated Greater Sage-Grouse Populations In Utah's West Desert, Jason D. Robinson, Terry A. Messmer Jan 2013

Vitals Rates And Seasonal Movements Of Two Isolated Greater Sage-Grouse Populations In Utah's West Desert, Jason D. Robinson, Terry A. Messmer

Human–Wildlife Interactions

Declines in greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus; hereafter, sage-grouse) populations in Utah over the last century parallel range-wide trends. However, little is known about the ecology of sage-grouse populations that inhabit Utah’s naturally fragmented habitats. Utah’s West Desert sage-grouse populations occupy sagebrush (Artemisia spp.) habitats that are geographically separated by the Great Salt Lake, and largely confined to the Sheeprock and Deep Creek watersheds. From 2005 to 2006, we monitored sage-grouse that were radio-collared in each watershed to determine the factors affecting the vital rates in these isolated populations. Livestock grazing by domestic cattle was the dominate land use, …

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Comment On Siemer Et Al. (2013), Heidi Perryman Jan 2013

Comment On Siemer Et Al. (2013), Heidi Perryman

Human–Wildlife Interactions

As a psychologist with special concern for public attitudes toward beaver (Castor canadensis) management, I read with interest the Siemer, Jonker, Becker, and Organ article appearing in your spring issue (Siemer et al. 2013). I was surprised to see that the article was based on data >10 years old and that the report did not even mention the Needham and Morzillo (2011) survey from Oregon that looked at such parallel issues with contrasting results. I was especially disheartened to see that the study did not address in any way the successful use of flow devices that has made …

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Foreword, Howard M. Erichson, Benjamin C. Zipursky Jan 2013

Foreword, Howard M. Erichson, Benjamin C. Zipursky

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.

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Moving Object Detection With Laser Scanners, Christoph Mertz, Luis E. Navarro-Serment, Robert Maclachlan, Paul Rybski, Aaron Steinfeld, Arne Suppe, Christopher Urmson, Nicolas Vandapel, Martial Hebert, Chuck Thorpe, David Duggins, Jay Gowdy Jan 2013

Moving Object Detection With Laser Scanners, Christoph Mertz, Luis E. Navarro-Serment, Robert Maclachlan, Paul Rybski, Aaron Steinfeld, Arne Suppe, Christopher Urmson, Nicolas Vandapel, Martial Hebert, Chuck Thorpe, David Duggins, Jay Gowdy

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

The detection and tracking of moving objects is an essential task in robotics. The CMU-RI Navlab group has developed such a system that uses a laser scanner as its primary sensor. We will describe our algorithm and its use in several applications. Our system worked successfully on indoor and outdoor platforms and with several different kinds and configurations of two-dimensional and three-dimensional laser scanners. The applications vary from collision warning systems, people classification, observing human tracks, and input to a dynamic planner. Several of these systems were evaluated in live field tests and shown to be robust and reliable. (C) …

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Decision Support For Assorted Populations In Uncertain And Congested Environments, Pradeep Reddy Varakantham, Asrar Ahmed, Shih-Fen Cheng Jan 2013

Decision Support For Assorted Populations In Uncertain And Congested Environments, Pradeep Reddy Varakantham, Asrar Ahmed, Shih-Fen Cheng

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

This research is motivated by large scale problems in urban transportation and labor mobility where there is congestion for resources and uncertainty in movement. In such domains, even though the individual agents do not have an identity of their own and do not explicitly interact with other agents, they effect other agents. While there has been much research in handling such implicit effects, it has primarily assumed deterministic movements of agents. We address the issue of decision support for individual agents that are identical and have involuntary movements in dynamic environments. For instance, in a taxi fleet serving a city, …

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The Pricing Model Of Cloud Computing Services, Jianhui Huang, Dan Ma Jan 2013

The Pricing Model Of Cloud Computing Services, Jianhui Huang, Dan Ma

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

Cloud computing service providers offer computing resource as a utility and software as a service over network. Many believe that Cloud computing is making an industry-wise paradigm shift for IT use. Besides its technique issues, the business feature of Cloud computing attracts our interests. Specifically the practice of Amazon EC2 introduces an interesting pricing scheme. Amazon provides users with virtual computing instances as a combination of interruptible service (i.e., spot instance) and uninterruptible service (i.e., on-demand and reserved instance). Spot instance is charged at a per use price which is dynamically changing over time; users of spot instance face the …

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Towards Next-Generation Multimedia Recommendation Systems, Jialie Shen, Shuicheng Yan, Xian-Sheng Hua Jan 2013

Towards Next-Generation Multimedia Recommendation Systems, Jialie Shen, Shuicheng Yan, Xian-Sheng Hua

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

Empowered by advances in information technology, such as social media network, digital library and mobile computing, there emerges an ever-increasing amounts of multimedia data. As the key technology to address the problem of information overload, multimedia recommendation system has been received a lot of attentions from both industry and academia. This course aims to 1) provide a series of detailed review of state-of-the-art in multimedia recommendation; 2) analyze key technical challenges in developing and evaluating next generation multimedia recommendation systems from different perspectives and 3) give some predictions about the road lies ahead of us.

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Hypergraph Index: An Index For Context-Aware Nearest Neighbor Query On Social Networks, Yazhe Wang, Baihua Zheng Jan 2013

Hypergraph Index: An Index For Context-Aware Nearest Neighbor Query On Social Networks, Yazhe Wang, Baihua Zheng

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

Social network has been touted as the No. 2 innovation in a recent IEEE Spectrum Special Report on “Top 11 Technologies of the Decade”, and it has cemented its status as a bona fide Internet phenomenon. With more and more people starting using social networks to share ideas, activities, events, and interests with other members within the network, social networks contain a huge amount of content. However, it might not be easy to navigate social networks to find specific information. In this paper, we define a new type of queries, namely context-aware nearest neighbor (CANN) search over social network to …

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Improving Internet Security Through Information Disclosure: A Field Quasi-Experiment, Qian Tang, Leigh L. Linden, John S. Quarterman, Andrew B. Whinston Jan 2013

Improving Internet Security Through Information Disclosure: A Field Quasi-Experiment, Qian Tang, Leigh L. Linden, John S. Quarterman, Andrew B. Whinston

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

Cybersecurity is a national priority in this big data era. Because of negative externalities and the resulting lack of economic incentives, companies often underinvest in security controls, despite government and industry recommendations. Although many existing studies on security have explored technical solutions, only a few have looked at the economic motivations. To fill the gap, we propose an approach to increase the incentives of organizations to address security problems. Specifically, we utilize and process existing security vulnerability data, derive explicit security performance information, and disclose the information as feedback to organizations and the public. We regularly release information on the …

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Seller Diversity On A Technology-Based Platform, Ruhai Wu, Mei Lin Jan 2013

Seller Diversity On A Technology-Based Platform, Ruhai Wu, Mei Lin

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

Managing a technology portfolio is one of the great challenges for sustained success, especially in high-technology industrieswhere technologies can be a major selling point. For engineers, this portfolio is more of a toolbox for solving design problems,but in large organizations there can be so many technologies used in different business areas that even the engineers may not beaware of all of them. When the same technologies are used in different types of products, knowledge about them can also begenerated by various groups within an organization. To improve the usefulness of a company's technology base, this paperproposes the use of a …

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Information Economics And Competitive Strategy, Eric K. Clemons, Kim Huat Goh, Robert John Kauffman, Thomas A. Weber Jan 2013

Information Economics And Competitive Strategy, Eric K. Clemons, Kim Huat Goh, Robert John Kauffman, Thomas A. Weber

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

This Special Issue represents the revised and expanded best papers from the TwentyFifth Anniversary Symposium on Competitive Strategy, Economics and Information Systems held at the 2013 Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences and the related conference mini-track. It also represents 25 years of continuing progress and evolution in the field, and many years of a pioneering partnership between the Journal of Management Information Systems and the field of information economics and competitive strategy. JMIS was perhaps the first academic venue to welcome the field, predating the Workshop on Information Systems and Economics (WISE), and has provided a welcome home as …

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An Initial Study Of Automatic Curb Ramp Detection With Crowdsourced Verification Using Google Street View Images, Kotaro Hara, Jin Sun, Jonah Chazan, David Jacobs, Jin Froehlich Jan 2013

An Initial Study Of Automatic Curb Ramp Detection With Crowdsourced Verification Using Google Street View Images, Kotaro Hara, Jin Sun, Jonah Chazan, David Jacobs, Jin Froehlich

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

In our previous research, we examined whether minimallytrained crowd workers could find, categorize, and assesssidewalk accessibility problems using Google Street View(GSV) images. This poster paper presents a first step towardscombining automated methods (e.g., machine visionbasedcurb ramp detectors) in concert with human computationto improve the overall scalability of our approach.

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Creating Scalable Location-Based Games: Lessons From Geocaching, Carman Neustaedter, Anthony Tang, Tejinder K. Judge Jan 2013

Creating Scalable Location-Based Games: Lessons From Geocaching, Carman Neustaedter, Anthony Tang, Tejinder K. Judge

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

Location-based games seek to move computer gaming out from behind the PC and into the “real world” of cities, streets, parks, and other locations. This real-world physicality makes the experience fun for game players, yet it brings the unique challenge of creating and orchestrating such a game. That is, location-based games are often difficult to create, grow, and maintain over long periods of time. Our research investigates how location-based games can be designed to overcome this challenge of scalability. We studied the well-established location-based game of Geocaching through active participation and an online survey to better understand how it has …

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Concert Recording 2013-02-13, Kailey Miller Erwin, Judd Burns, Kristine Mezines, Will Brani, S. Michael Shuman, Matthew Kamilos Jan 2013

Concert Recording 2013-02-13, Kailey Miller Erwin, Judd Burns, Kristine Mezines, Will Brani, S. Michael Shuman, Matthew Kamilos

Concert Recordings & Programs

La Cenerentola. Il duetto / Rossini -- Rustiques / Eugene Bozza -- Pitt County Excursions. March ; Serenade ; Air ; Ragtime / William Duckworth

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Competencies And Experiences Needed By Pre–Service Agricultural Educators To Teach Globalized Curricula: A Modified Delphi Study, Nathan Conner, T. Grady Roberts Jan 2013

Competencies And Experiences Needed By Pre–Service Agricultural Educators To Teach Globalized Curricula: A Modified Delphi Study, Nathan Conner, T. Grady Roberts

Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communication: Faculty Publications

The 21st century graduate must be able to interact with people from all over the world and must also be knowledgeable about the world (Longview Foundation, 2008). In order to produce graduates that are globally competent, The National Council for the Accreditation of Teachers (NCATE, 1982) has mandated that multi–cultural education be incorporated as part of the teacher–preparation curricula. The purpose of this study was to identify competencies and experiences needed by agricultural pre–service teachers in order to teach globalized curricula. A modified Delphi method was used and the panel consisted of 13 (n = 13) experts in the field …

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Dignity, History, And Religious-Group Rights, Frederick Mark Gedicks Jan 2013

Dignity, History, And Religious-Group Rights, Frederick Mark Gedicks

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

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Using Meta-Ethnography To Understand The Emotional Impact Of Caring For People With Increasing Cognitive Impairment., Jane Grose, Julia Frost, Janet Richardson, Heather Skirton Jan 2013

Using Meta-Ethnography To Understand The Emotional Impact Of Caring For People With Increasing Cognitive Impairment., Jane Grose, Julia Frost, Janet Richardson, Heather Skirton

School of Nursing and Midwifery

The majority of people with degenerative neurological conditions are cared for within their own families. Cognitive impairment can be a significant and increasing symptom of these conditions. In this article we report how a team of experienced researchers carried out a meta-ethnography of qualitative research articles focusing on the impact of caring for a loved one with cognitive impairment. We followed the seven-step process outlined by Noblit and Hare. Synthesized findings from 31 papers suggest emotional impact is complex and uncertain and varies from day to day. The benefit of using meta-ethnography is that the results represent a larger sample …

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An Interactive Channel Model Of The Basal Ganglia: Bifurcation Analysis Under Healthy And Parkinsonian Conditions, R Merrison-Hort, N Yousif, F Njap, Et Al Jan 2013

An Interactive Channel Model Of The Basal Ganglia: Bifurcation Analysis Under Healthy And Parkinsonian Conditions, R Merrison-Hort, N Yousif, F Njap, Et Al

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

Oscillations in the basal ganglia are an active area of research and have been shown to relate to the hypokinetic motor symptoms of Parkinson's disease. We study oscillations in a multi-channel mean field model, where each channel consists of an interconnected pair of subthalamic nucleus and globus pallidus sub-populations.To study how the channels interact, we perform two-dimensional bifurcation analysis of a model of an individual channel, which reveals the critical boundaries in parameter space that separate different dynamical modes; these modes include steady-state, oscillatory, and bi-stable behaviour. Without self-excitation in the subthalamic nucleus a single channel cannot generate oscillations, yet …

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Idiopathic Tophaceous Calcium Pyrophosphate Dihydrate Deposition Disease Of The Temporomandibular Joint In A Young Female, Bo-Jung Chen, Chia-Yu Wu, Chia-En Fang, Yun-Ho Lin Jan 2013

Idiopathic Tophaceous Calcium Pyrophosphate Dihydrate Deposition Disease Of The Temporomandibular Joint In A Young Female, Bo-Jung Chen, Chia-Yu Wu, Chia-En Fang, Yun-Ho Lin

Journal of Dental Sciences

No abstract provided.

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Efficacy Of Different Instrumentation Techniques On Reducing Enterococcus Faecalis Infection In Experimentally Infected Root Canals, Ebru Özsezer Demiryürek, Elif Kalyoncuoğlu, Esra Duran, Ahmet Yılmaz Çoban, Yeliz Tanrıverdi Çaycı Jan 2013

Efficacy Of Different Instrumentation Techniques On Reducing Enterococcus Faecalis Infection In Experimentally Infected Root Canals, Ebru Özsezer Demiryürek, Elif Kalyoncuoğlu, Esra Duran, Ahmet Yılmaz Çoban, Yeliz Tanrıverdi Çaycı

Journal of Dental Sciences

Abstract Background/purpose Enterococcus faecalis is the bacterium most commonly isolated from infected root canals. This study evaluated the effects of four instrumentation techniques on reducing E . faecalis in curved root canals. Materials and methods Sixty maxillary first molar teeth were used. After mesiobuccal canals had been instrumented with nickel–titanium (NiTi) K-files up to size 25, the teeth were autoclaved, immersed in a broth inoculated with E . faecalis , and incubated for 48 hours. The teeth were divided into four experimental groups ( n = 15). The mesial root canals were instrumented using ProTaper, RaCe, and Mtwo rotary instruments, …

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Upregulation Of Proteolytic Enzymes And Cyclooxygenase-2 In Human Gingival Fibroblasts Stimulated With Safrole, Yung-Chuan Ho, Ching-Chih Chen, Shun-Fa Yang, Fu-Mei Huang, Yu-Chao Chang Jan 2013

Upregulation Of Proteolytic Enzymes And Cyclooxygenase-2 In Human Gingival Fibroblasts Stimulated With Safrole, Yung-Chuan Ho, Ching-Chih Chen, Shun-Fa Yang, Fu-Mei Huang, Yu-Chao Chang

Journal of Dental Sciences

Abstract Background/purpose Areca quid chewing is associated with periodontal diseases. Many of the undesirable effects of areca quid have been attributed to safrole, a major polyphenolic compound in the inflorescence of Piper betle . Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs, a subclass of proteolytic enzymes), plasminogen activators (PAs), and cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) have been reported to play an important role in the pathogenesis of periodontitis. Therefore, this study was carried out to determine the biological effects of safrole on human gingival fibroblasts (HGFs). Materials and methods Five HGF strains were established from crown lengthening surgery. The cytotoxicity of safrole was measured by H33258 fluorescence …

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Intraobserver Reliability Of Landmark Identification In Cone-Beam Computed Tomography-Synthesized Two-Dimensional Cephalograms Versus Conventional Cephalometric Radiography: A Preliminary Study, Mu-Hsiung Chen, Jenny Zwei-Chieng Chang, Sang-Heng Kok, Yi-Jane Chen, Yao-Der Huang, Kai-Yuan Cheng, Chun-Pin Lin Jan 2013

Intraobserver Reliability Of Landmark Identification In Cone-Beam Computed Tomography-Synthesized Two-Dimensional Cephalograms Versus Conventional Cephalometric Radiography: A Preliminary Study, Mu-Hsiung Chen, Jenny Zwei-Chieng Chang, Sang-Heng Kok, Yi-Jane Chen, Yao-Der Huang, Kai-Yuan Cheng, Chun-Pin Lin

Journal of Dental Sciences

Abstract Background/purpose The aim of the study was to examine the intraobserver reliability of landmark identification in cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT)-synthesized two-dimensional (2D) lateral cephalograms versus conventional digital cephalograms. Materials and methods Twenty CBCT scans and the corresponding conventional lateral cephalograms were randomly selected. Two-dimensional lateral cephalograms were constructed from the three-dimensional CBCT scans by summing the voxels of the entire volume. All the images were imported into the computer using the analyzing software WinCeph version 8.0. Twenty landmarks in the CBCT-synthesized 2D cephalograms and conventional cephalograms were identified directly on the computer screen by an experienced orthodontist and the …

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Multiple Gingival Pregnancy Tumors With Rapid Growth, Wei-Lian Sun, Li-Hong Lei, Li-Li Chen, Zhong-Sheng Yu, Jian-Wei Zhou Jan 2013

Multiple Gingival Pregnancy Tumors With Rapid Growth, Wei-Lian Sun, Li-Hong Lei, Li-Li Chen, Zhong-Sheng Yu, Jian-Wei Zhou

Journal of Dental Sciences

Abstract Pregnancy gingivitis is an acute form of gingivitis that affects pregnant women, with a prevalence of 30%, possibly ranging up to 100%. Sometimes, pregnancy gingivitis shows a tendency toward a localized hyperplasia called gingival pyogenic granuloma. Pregnancy tumor is a benign gingival hyperplasia with the gingiva as the most commonly involved site, but rarely it involves almost the entire gingiva. A 22-year-old woman was referred to our clinic with a chief complaint of gingival swelling that had lasted for 2 days. The lesions progressed rapidly and extensively, and almost all the gingiva was involved a week later. Generalized erythema, …

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Influence Of Cervitec Gel On Periodontal Health Of Patients Wearing Fixed Orthodontic Appliances, Burcu Özdemir, Ahu Uraz, Duygu İşcan, Şeyma Bozkurt, Burcu Baloş Tuncer, Doruk Engin, Selcen Pehlivan, Hakan İşcan Jan 2013

Influence Of Cervitec Gel On Periodontal Health Of Patients Wearing Fixed Orthodontic Appliances, Burcu Özdemir, Ahu Uraz, Duygu İşcan, Şeyma Bozkurt, Burcu Baloş Tuncer, Doruk Engin, Selcen Pehlivan, Hakan İşcan

Journal of Dental Sciences

Abstract Background/purpose This double-blinded randomized placebo-controlled study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of 0.2% chlorhexidine containing Cervitec gel on periodontal health during orthodontic treatment. Materials and methods Twenty-five patients undergoing fixed orthodontic treatment were randomly assigned to the Cervitec ( n = 13) or control ( n = 12) groups. After clinical examination at first visit, all patients received professional prophylaxis, and 2 weeks later baseline (B) evaluations are performed. Later, oral hygiene procedures were refrained for 3 days until Day 0, during which the participants in the Cervitec group were instructed to brush with standard toothpaste (ST) (1 × …

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Influence Of Bone-Cut Position In Intraoral Vertical Ramus Osteotomy On Skeletal Stability After Mandibular Setback, Chun-Ming Chen, Steven Lai, Kun-Rong Hsu, Shiu-Shiung Lin Jan 2013

Influence Of Bone-Cut Position In Intraoral Vertical Ramus Osteotomy On Skeletal Stability After Mandibular Setback, Chun-Ming Chen, Steven Lai, Kun-Rong Hsu, Shiu-Shiung Lin

Journal of Dental Sciences

Abstract Background/purpose Postoperative skeletal stability is associated with osteotomy design of orthognathic surgery. The purpose of this study was to investigate osteotomy site-related factors of intraoral vertical ramus osteotomy (IVRO) related to skeletal relapse in a 2-year postoperative follow-up. Materials and methods Twenty-seven patients with mandibular prognathism underwent surgical mandibular setback with IVRO. Cephalometric radiographs of the patients were collected after completing preoperative orthodontic treatment (T1), at the stage immediately after surgery (T2), and in the 2-year postoperative follow-up (T3). Pir was located at the posterior most and inferior most ramus point. Io was the inferior most osteotomy point of …

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Retrospective Study Of Biopsied Oral And Maxillofacial Lesions In Pediatric Patients From Southern Taiwan, Frank Lei, Jing-Yi Chen, Li-Min Lin, Wen-Chen Wang, Hsieng-Cheng Huang, Chia-Hui Chen, Kun-Yen Ho, Yuk-Kwan Chen Jan 2013

Retrospective Study Of Biopsied Oral And Maxillofacial Lesions In Pediatric Patients From Southern Taiwan, Frank Lei, Jing-Yi Chen, Li-Min Lin, Wen-Chen Wang, Hsieng-Cheng Huang, Chia-Hui Chen, Kun-Yen Ho, Yuk-Kwan Chen

Journal of Dental Sciences

Abstract Background/purpose This study aimed to provide updated information on biopsied oral and maxillofacial (OMF) pediatric lesions in Southern Taiwan. The data were compared with our previous study (1985–1996) and also with previous studies from Northern Taiwan and other countries. Materials and methods Biopsied cases from a pediatric population (0–15 years old), between 1997 and 2011, were retrieved from the Oral Pathology Department of our institution. Age, sex, location, and histological diagnoses were recorded. The data were divided into three age levels: 0–5 years, 6–10 years, and 11–15 years. The OMF lesions were classified into four categories: tumor/tumor-like lesions, cystic/pseudocystic …

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Comparative Evaluation Of Platelet-Rich Fibrin Membrane And Connective Tissue Graft In The Treatment Of Multiple Adjacent Recession Defects: A Clinical Study, Ahu Uraz, Yasemin Sezgin, Mehmet Yalim, I. Levent Taner, Deniz Cetiner Jan 2013

Comparative Evaluation Of Platelet-Rich Fibrin Membrane And Connective Tissue Graft In The Treatment Of Multiple Adjacent Recession Defects: A Clinical Study, Ahu Uraz, Yasemin Sezgin, Mehmet Yalim, I. Levent Taner, Deniz Cetiner

Journal of Dental Sciences

Abstract Background/purpose The expanded mesh connective tissue graft (e-MCTG) is an effective method for the treatment of multiple adjacent recession-type defects (MARD). Platelet-rich fibrin (PRF) is a second-generation platelet concentrate. The aim of the present study was to assess the effectiveness and the predictability of the PRF membrane (PRF-M) for the treatment of MARD, and also to compare it with e-MCTG. Materials and methods A total of 106 buccal gingival recessions were treated with coronally advanced flap (CAF) + (e-MCTG) or with (CAF) + (PRF-M). Clinical measurements recorded at baseline and 6 months after surgery included plaque index and gingival …

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Research Performance Of Biomarkers From Biofluids In Periodontal Disease Publications, Pei-Huan Lin, Shu-Kai Yeh, Wei-Chen Huang, Hsuan-You Chen, Chien-Hsun Chen, Joen-Rong Sheu, Che-Tong Lin, Yung-Kai Huang Jan 2013

Research Performance Of Biomarkers From Biofluids In Periodontal Disease Publications, Pei-Huan Lin, Shu-Kai Yeh, Wei-Chen Huang, Hsuan-You Chen, Chien-Hsun Chen, Joen-Rong Sheu, Che-Tong Lin, Yung-Kai Huang

Journal of Dental Sciences

Abstract Background/purpose The biomarkers in biofluids are useful tools for evaluating the activity of periodontal disease. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the performance of publications on biomarkers and periodontal disease for four categories of biofluid. Materials and methods A total of 2455 documents of “original article” published in the Science Citation Index database between 1996 and 2010 were analyzed for this study. The biofluids in these original articles were subdivided into four categories of specimen: saliva, serum, plasma, and gingival sulcus fluid (GSF; including gingival crevicular fluid). The total number of articles and the number of citations …

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Maxillary Second Molar With Four Roots And Five Canals, Xinjia Sha, Hantang Sun, Jinwu Chen Jan 2013

Maxillary Second Molar With Four Roots And Five Canals, Xinjia Sha, Hantang Sun, Jinwu Chen

Journal of Dental Sciences

Abstract In this case report, we present a maxillary second molar variant, which had two palatal roots with two canals and two buccal roots with three canals, including a second mesiobuccal canal. A 44-year-old female patient complained about a tooth crown fracture and severe pain in her right maxillary second molar. A clinical intraoral inspection and radiography were carried out on the tooth, and a diagnosis of chronic apical periodontitis was made. Four roots (two buccal and two palatal) and five canals (three buccal and two palatal) were found. The anatomical variation of the tooth was further confirmed by cone-beam …

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Developing The External Engagement Process In Higher Education Through Effective Change And Technology, Irene Sheridan, Colm Barry-Murphy, Heather Madden Jan 2013

Developing The External Engagement Process In Higher Education Through Effective Change And Technology, Irene Sheridan, Colm Barry-Murphy, Heather Madden

Irish Business Journal

Engagement with external organisations and enterprises is increasingly part of the higher education mission and the contribution of universities to local and regional economic and social development remains an important, but difficult to evidence, metric for Higher Education Institutions (HEI). This paper explores the implementation of a Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system to support external engagement and to build business intelligence in one higher education institution in Ireland. Building on the findings of the Roadmap for Employment-Academic Partnership (REAP) project, through a structured process towards a professional case management approach to interactions this project focuses on the introduction of a …

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