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Salvi Anti-infective therapy of peri-implantitis with adjunctive local drug delivery or photodynamic therapy : 12-month outcomes of a randomized controlled clinical trial

Objective: The objective of the study is to compare the clinical, microbiological and host-derived effects in the non-surgical treatment of initial peri-implantitis with either adjunctive local drug delivery (LDD) or adjunctive photodynamic therapy (PDT) after 12 months. Materials and Methods: Forty subjects with initial peri-implantitis, that is, pocket probing depths (PPD) 4–6 mm with bleeding on probing (BoP) and radiographic bone loss ! 2 mm, were randomly assigned to two treatment groups. All implants were mechanically debrided with titanium curettes and with a glycine-based powder airpolishing system. Implants in the test group (N = 20) received adjunctive PDT, whereas minocycline microspheres were locally delivered into the peri-implant pockets of control implants (N = 20). At sites with residual BoP, treatment was repeated after 3, 6, 9 and 12 months. The primary outcome variable was the change in the number of peri-implant sites with BoP. Secondary outcome variables included changes in PPD, clinical attachment level (CAL), mucosal recession (REC) and in bacterial counts and crevicular fluid (CF) levels of host-
Clinical characteristics, treatment and 2-year outcomes in Malaysian and Bruneian patients with stable coronary artery within the worldwide CLARIFY registry.

INTRODUCTION The on-going, international, prospective, observational, longitudinal CLARIFY registry is investigating the demographics, clinical profiles, management and outcomes of patients with stable coronary artery disease (CAD). This paper assesses baseline characteristics, treatment, and clinical outcomes at two years' follow-up of Malaysian/Bruneian patients compared with the overall registry population. METHOD Between November 2009 and July 2010, outpatients from 45 countries who met the criteria for stable CAD were recruited into the registry. Baseline characteristics were documented at enrolment, and patients were reassessed during their annual visits over a five-year follow-up period. Key outcomes measured were sudden death and cardiovascular (CV) death, non-CV death and CV morbidity. RESULTS At baseline, 33,283 patients were available for analysis within the registry; 380 and 27 were Malaysians and Bruneians, respectively. The mean ages of Malaysian/Bruneian patients and the rest of the world (RoW) were 57.83 ±9.98 years and 64.23 ± 10.46 years, respectively (p<0.001). The median body mass index values were 26.6 (24.4-29.6) kg/m2 and 27.3 (24.8-30.3) kg/m2, respectively (p=0.014). Malaysian/Bruneian patients had lower rates of myocardial infarction (54.55% versus 59.76%, p=0.033) and higher rates of diabetes (43.24% versus 28.99%, p<0.001) and dyslipidaemia (90.42% versus 74.66%, p<0.001) compared with the RoW. Measured clinical outcomes in Malaysian and Bruneian patients at 2-years follow-up were low and generally comparable to the RoW. CONCLUSION Malaysian/Bruneian patients with stable CAD tend to be younger with poorer diabetic control compared with the RoW. However, they had similar outcomes as the main registry following two years of treatment.
Adolescent Drug Abuse Diagnosis (ADAD) vs. Health of Nation Outcome Scale for Children and Adolescents (HoNOSCA) in clinical outcome measurement.

BACKGROUND The Adolescent Drug Abuse Diagnosis (ADAD) and Health of Nation Outcome Scales for Children and Adolescents (HoNOSCA) are both measures of outcome for adolescent mental health services. AIMS To compare the ADAD with HoNOSCA; to examine their clinical usefulness. METHODS Comparison of the ADAD and HoNOSCA outcome measures of 20 adolescents attending a psychiatric day care unit. RESULTS ADAD change was positively correlated with HoNOSCA change. HoNOSCA assesses the clinic's day-care programme more positively than the ADAD. The ADAD detects a group for which the mean score remains unchanged whereas HoNOSCA does not. CONCLUSIONS A good convergent validity emerges between the two assessment tools. The ADAD allows an evidence-based assessment and generally enables a better subject discrimination than HoNOSCA. HoNOSCA gives a less refined evaluation but is more economic in time and possibly more sensitive to change. Both assessment tools give useful information and enabled the Day-care Unit for Adolescents to rethink the process of care and of outcome, which benefited both the institution and the patients.
La Frontera and Beyond: Geography and Demography in Mexican American History*

Abstract The recent publication of an expansive national dataset, the Integrated Public Use Microdata Sample, allows for new analyses of the historical geography and settlement of various immigrant and ethnic groups in the United States. The present research explores the growth, development, and geographic dispersion of the ethnic Mexican population, and outlines some of the demographic and social characteristics within significant clusters of this population in the United States across the first half of the twentieth century. The analysis does not attempt to overturn other geographies and ethnographies in Mexican American history, but through its ability to elucidate broad, national patterns it is able to create a more dynamic view of settlement, demonstrating the role of immigrants and of women immigrants in particular. Results indicate that place matters: the geographical context of arrival and settlement were key factors in differentiating communities and the lives of those who lived in them.
Monitoring the Coastal Environment; Part IV: Mapping, Shoreline Changes, and Bathymetric Analysis

This paper presents an overview of field methods, data collection, and analysis procedures applied to four key coastal data sets used in monitoring and baseline studies: aerial photography, satellite imagery, profile surveys, and bathymetric (hydrographic) records. Often, aerial photographs and satellite images, after rectifying and georeferencing, serve as base maps to interpret landform changes and quantify shoreline movement. Large-scale topographic and hydrographic maps are the primary sources for shoreline position and volumetric change computations. Profile surveys, available from many Federal and local agencies and universities, can also be used to evaluate shoreline changes and compute beach volume changes along and across the shore. Frequently, post-processing steps are required to normalize these data to the same coordinate system and vertical datum prior to quantifying changes for a coastal area. For example, project-specific bathymetric data in the United States is often plotted using State Plane coordinates, while hydrographic data from NOAA is supplied with latitude/ longitude coordinates. Maps, surveys, and aerial photographs are available from Federal agencies such as the USGS, NOAA, and the Corps of Engineers. These long-term data records can be used to evaluate natural and man-made changes to a coastal system. The resultant statistics and volumetric calculations should be presented in terms of the regional and local conditions, i.e., storm history, seasonality, wave climate, man-made environmental and engineering changes, and large- and small-scale landforms.
Economic valuation of land restoration: The case of exclosures established on communal grazing lands in Tigray, Ethiopia

Converting degraded grazing lands into exclosures is one option to restore soil nutrients and to sequester carbon from the atmosphere. We estimate the economic value of such a conversion and assess the perception of local communities concerning exclosures in the highlands of Tigray, Ethiopia. Our research combines a soil and vegetation study with a socio‐economic survey, and a financial analysis. Over a period of 30 years, sequestered carbon dioxide was 246 Mg ha−1, total soil nitrogen increased by 7·9 Mg ha−1 and additional available phosphorous stocks amounted to 40 kg ha−1. The Net Present Value of exclosure's ecosystem services under consideration was about 28 per cent (837 US $) higher than alternative wheat production. Carbon revenues alone added up to only about 44 per cent of the net revenues of wheat production. This indicates that (i) carbon market revenues only, would not generate sufficient incentives to establish additional exclosures, and (ii) if all benefits are taken into account and financially rewarded, exclosures are competitive to alternatives land uses. We also identified substantial opportunities to mobilize the local communities in efforts to establish exclosures, given that more than 75 per cent had a positive view on exclosures effectiveness to restore degraded soils and vegetation. We conclude that a comprehensive analysis is necessary to consider the ecological as well as economic and social impacts of exclosures. Our findings are important information for local decision makers and may provide incentives for the establishment of further exclosures in the Northern Highlands of Ethiopia, thereby contributing to a sustainable local development process. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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: Planners and policy makers require information about the regions for which they are responsible. However, it seems that many developing countries, including Nigeria, are not adequately prepared either for their current climates or for the impact of climate change because they lack sufﬁcient information. We have therefore examined the variations in the thermal condition in terms of the temperature, relative humidity, effective temperature (ET), temperature–humidity index (THI) and relative strain index (RSI). We studied the spatial and temporal (1951–2009, 1951–1980, 1981–2009, decadal, seasonal and monthly averages) variations in the thermal climate of Nigeria, and we divided Nigeria into thermal climate regions for effective climate change management. Mean annual minimum, mean and maximum temperatures (with their standard deviations) were 21.4 (3.5), 27.1 (2.7) and 32.8 (3.4) ◦ C, respectively, while the overall mean relative humidity was 62 (24.8)%. Mean ET, THI and RSI were 24.3 (0.85), 24.8 (1.83) and 0.2 (0.18) ◦ C, respectively. The ET, THI and RSI provided contrasting expressions of thermal comfort for Nigeria, because of its varied climate. We also found that elevation; the movement of the Inter Tropical Discontinuity and urbanization affect thermal comfort in Nigeria. We conclude that thermal stress has increased in Nigeria from 2000 at most stations, especially in the south and north-western regions, and that Nigerian thermal comfort climate is heterogeneous and requires analysis of multiple thermal indices.
Evaluating Description and Reference Strategies in a Cooperative Human-Robot Dialogue System

We present a human-robot dialogue system that enables a robot to work together with a human user to build wooden construction toys. We then describe a study which assessed the responses of naive users to output that varied along two dimensions: the method of describing an assembly plan (preorder or post-order), and the method of referring to objects in the world (basic and full). Varying both of these factors produced significant results: subjects using the system that employed a preorder description strategy asked for instructions to be repeated significantly less often than those who experienced the post-order strategy, while the subjects who heard references generated by the full reference strategy judged the robot's instructions to be significantly more understandable than did those who heard the output of the basic strategy.
The effects of graded levels of calorie restriction: VIII. Impact of short term calorie and protein restriction on basal metabolic rate in the C57BL/6 mouse

Under calorie restriction (CR) animals need to lower energy demands. Whether this involves a reduction in cellular metabolism is an issue of contention. We exposed C57BL/6 mice to graded CR for 3 months, measured BMR and dissected out 20 body compartments. From a separate age-matched group (n=57), we built 7 predictive models for BMR. Unadjusted BMR declined with severity of restriction. Comparison of measured and predicted BMR from the simple models suggested suppression occurred. The extent of suppression was greater with increased CR severity. However, when models based on individual organ sizes as predictors were used, the discrepancy between the prediction and the observed BMR disappeared. This suggested metabolic suppression was an artefact of not having a detailed enough model to predict the expected changes in metabolism. Our data have wide implications because they indicate that inferred metabolic impacts of genetic and other manipulations may reflect effects on organ morphology.
Novel Two-Stage Comb Decimator

A simple method for the design of a multiplier-less comb-based decimation filter is presented. The filter compensates the comb passband droop, and has the desired attenuation in the first folding band. The proposed structure has two decimation stages, both with simpler comb filters. The desired attenuation in the first folding band is achieved by an appropriate number of cascaded combs in the second stage. A simple compensation filter, working at a low output rate, provides the desired compensation in the pass band. The choice of the design parameters is presented along with a comparison of the proposed method to some other existing design methods. Keyword. Comb filter, decimation, folding bands, compensation.
Heart rate variability and heart rate recovery in patients with coronary artery ectasia

BackgroundCoronary artery ectasia (CAE) is characterized by an abnormal dilatation of the coronary arteries, which is a variant of coronary artery disease (CAD). Increased sympathetic activity or decreased vagal modulation of cardiac function assessed by heart rate variability (HRV) analysis has been associated with an increased risk of coronary artery disease and mortality and angiographic progression of coronary atherosclerosis, as well as arrhythmia and sudden cardiac death. Heart rate recovery index is a strong indicator of risk in asymptomatic and symptomatic CAD. To the best of our knowledge, no study has been conducted to investigate the relationship between HRV, heart rate recovery, and CAE. The purpose of this study was to examine the changes in heart rate recovery and HRV measurements in coronary artery ectasia. MethodsThe study population consisted of 50 consecutive patients (24 women; mean age 46±5 years) with CAE, and 35 asymptomatic healthy individuals comprised the control group (19 women; mean age 44±7 years). We performed electrocardiography, echocardiography, Holter analysis, exercise stress test, routine biochemical tests and evaluated the clinical characteristics. Time-domain parameters of HRV (mean R–R intervals; standard deviations of all N–N intervals; standard deviations of the averages of N–N intervals), the root mean square of the difference in successive R–R intervals, proportion derived by dividing the number of interval differences of successive N–N intervals greater than 50 ms by the total number of N–N intervals (pNN50) were evaluated. Heart rate recovery was defined as the difference in the heart rate from peak exercise to 1 min after peak exercise. ResultsStandard deviations of all N–N intervals (123.7±30.3 vs. 178.8±52.7, P<0.001), standard deviations of the averages of N–N intervals (95.2±27.1 vs. 120.2±39.6, P = 0.001), total number of N–N intervals (11.9±8.6 vs. 17.1±6.4, P = 0.004) were significantly lower in the CAE group than in healthy controls. The root mean square of the difference in successive R–R intervals was lower in CAE patients than controls, but the differences between groups were not statistically significant (47.5±23.1 vs. 56.2±23.6, P = 0.097). The heart rate recovery values measured during the recovery phase were significantly lower in the CAE group compared with the control group (21.3±11.1 vs. 29.3±11.9, P = 0.002). The incidence of abnormal heart rate recovery [22 (44%) vs. 5 (14%), P = 0.002] was greater in patients with CAE group than in controls. ConclusionThe results of this study showed that time-domain HRV parameters and heart rate recovery were reduced in patients with CAE.
Varied impact of land use on water and sediment parameters in fish ponds of the Dombes agro-ecosystem, France

Abstract Agricultural land use in the area of water bodies is generally considered to increase the nutrient status of the water body water and sediments, but is this also the case for already nutrient-rich fish ponds? We studied 83 fish ponds in the Dombes region, France, where 1100 ponds are located in a heterogeneous agricultural landscape. Different water and sediment parameters were analysed for ponds and in ditches after rainfall events. Land use was studied in the primary catchment of ponds and in a 100-m zone around ponds. Soil parameters of different land-use types were analysed and farmers interviewed about agricultural practices. Increasing cropping area in the catchment of the ponds is significantly correlated to higher PO4 3- concentration of pond water and to a lower degree, also to NO3 −, but only in certain years with higher rainfall and with a more uneven distribution in spring. Sediment parameters were not significantly influenced. High NO3- concentration in the water of a ditch during significant rainfall events was found for a cropland dominated catchment. Citation Wezel, A. , Arthaud, F. , Dufloux, C. , Renoud, F. , Vallod, D. , Robin, J., and Sarrazin, B. , 2013. Varied impact of land use on water and sediment parameters in fish ponds of the Dombes agro-ecosystem, France. Hydrological Sciences Journal, 58 (4), 854–871.
DETERMINAÇÃO DA FRAGILIDADE AMBIENTAL DE BACIAS HIDROGRÁFICAS

Determination of environmental fragility of watersh eds. The aim of this study was to promote the adaptation of new procedures for determining the en vironmental fragility of watersheds, based on the method proposed by Ross (1994), taking as a case st udy the Dourados river watershed. For the geoprocessing was used the Geographic Information System (GIS) and LANDSAT/TM 5 images as a cartographic base. The maps of potential and emergi ng fragility were generated. The first was prepared by the overlapping of layers of slope, ero sivity, erodibility and geology, and the emerging fragility map was obtained by cross referencing the map of potential fragility with the map of soil us e. Results showed that: the adaptation of the methodol ogical with the integration of factors of analysis such as slope, erodibility, erosivity and geology p romoted a significant differentiation in the production of the final map for environmental fragi lity; the use of continuous ratings by the weighted average allowed for an analysis of the environmenta l fragility according to the scale of work used; th e SPRING (GIS) software, combined with algorithms of map algebra, demonstrated effectiveness proved effective in the theoretical analysis of env ironmental fragility, confirming the possibility of applying the methodology in studies of environmental planning of watersheds.
Characterizing the resource-sharing levels in the UltraSPARC T2 processor

Thread level parallelism (TLP) has become a popular trend to improve processor performance, overcoming the limitations of extracting instruction level parallelism. Each TLP paradigm, such as Simultaneous Multithreading or Chip-Multiprocessors, provides different benefits, which has motivated processor vendors to combine several TLP paradigms in each chip design. Even if most of these combined-TLP designs are homogeneous, they present different levels of hardware resource sharing, which introduces complexities on the operating system scheduling and load balancing. Commonly, processor designs provide two levels of resource sharing: Inter-core in which only the highest levels of the cache hierarchy are shared, and Intra-core in which most of the hardware resources of the core are shared . Recently, Sun Microsystems has released the UltraSPARC T2, a processor with three levels of hardware resource sharing: InterCore, IntraCore, and IntraPipe. In this work, we provide the first characterization of a three-level resource sharing processor, the UltraSPARC T2, and we show how multi-level resource sharing affects the operating system design. We further identify the most critical hardware resources in the T2 and the characteristics of applications that are not sensitive to resource sharing. Finally, we present a case study in which we run a real multithreaded network application, showing that a resource sharing aware scheduler can improve the system throughput up to 55%.
Pharmacokinetic study of two acetylcholinesterase reactivators, trimedoxime and newly synthesized oxime K027, in rat plasma

K027 [1‐(4‐hydroxyiminomethylpyridinium)‐3‐(4‐carbamoylpyridinium)–propane dibromide] is a promising new reactivator of organophosphate‐ or organophosphonate‐inhibited acetylcholinesterase (AChE) with low acute toxicity and broad spectrum efficacy. The aim of the present study was to compare the pharmacokinetics of both compounds. Male Wistar rats (body weight = 320 ± 10 g) were administered a single intramuscular dose of K027 (22.07 mg kg−1) and an equimolar dose of trimedoxime. Blood was collected at various time intervals until 180 min. Plasma samples were analyzed by reversed‐phase HPLC with ultraviolet (UV) detection. The recovery of both oximes from the plasma was approximately 90% and a linear relationship (R2 > 0.998) was observed between the peak areas and concentrations of calibrated standards in the range 1–100 µg ml−1. Near‐identical plasma profiles were obtained for both compounds. No differences were found in the mean ± SD values of Cmax (18.6 ± 2.5 vs 20.0 ± 6.3 µg ml−1, P = 0.72) and AUC0–180min (2290 ± 304 vs 2269 ± 197 min µg ml−1, P = 0.84). However, the percentage coefficient of variation of the first‐order rate constant of absorption (ka) was 3‐fold higher (P < 0.01) providing evidence for more erratic absorption of intramuscular trimedoxime as compared with K027. In conclusion, oxime K027 might have superior pK properties that may be translated in its faster absorption and subsequent tissue distribution. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Storytelling Globalization from the Chaco and Beyond

About the Series Map List Preface Introduction. Globalization and the Struggle for Worlds and Knowledges Otherwise Part One. Puruhle/Genealogies 1. Laissez-Faire Progress: Invisibilizing the Yrmo 2. State-Driven Development: Stabilizing Modernity 3. Sustainable Development: Modernity Unravels? Part Two. Porowo/Moralities 4. Enacting the Yrmo 5. Taming Differences Part Three. Azle/Translations 6. Translating Neoliberalism 7. A World in which Many Worlds (Are Forced to) Fit 8. Becoming the Yshiro Nation 9. Reality Check Conclusion: Eisheraho/Renewal
Ensemble Kalman Filter Analyses of the 29–30 May 2004 Oklahoma Tornadic Thunderstorm Using One- and Two-Moment Bulk Microphysics Schemes, with Verification against Polarimetric Radar Data

AbstractThe performance of ensemble Kalman filter (EnKF) analysis is investigated for the tornadic supercell on 29–30 May 2004 in Oklahoma using a dual-moment (DM) bulk microphysics scheme in the Advanced Regional Prediction System (ARPS) model. The comparison of results using single-moment (SM) and DM microphysics schemes evaluates the benefits of using one over the other during storm analysis. Observations from a single operational Weather Surveillance Radar-1988 Doppler (WSR-88D) are assimilated and a polarimetric WSR-88D in Norman, Oklahoma (KOUN), is used to assess the quality of the analysis.Analyzed reflectivity and radial velocity in the SM and DM experiments compare favorably with independent radar observations in general. However, simulated polarimetric signatures obtained from analyses using a DM scheme agree significantly better with polarimetric signatures observed by KOUN in terms of the general structure, location, and intensity of the signatures than those generated from analyses using an .