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Effect of Rapid Prototyped Upper Complete Denture on Retention and Patient Satisfaction

Purpose: This study aimed to evaluate the effect of rapid prototyped upper complete denture on retention and patient satisfaction. Material and methods: Eight completely edentulous patients were selected for this study with ages ranged from 40-50 years. All patients had received two complete dentures one fabricated by conventional heat compressed method and the other fabricated by rapid prototyping technology. Patients were classified into two groups, four patients each. Group I received the conventional denture first then the rapid prototyped denture while, Group II received the rapid prototyped denture first then the conventional denture. All patients were instructed to wear their dentures for equal periods of 1 month where retention and patient satisfaction were measured at insertion and after 1 month. After an interval of two weeks, as a wash out period, patients received their other denture. Results: The results of this study showed that there was a high statistical significant difference between the conventional and the rapid prototyped denture regarding retention and patient satisfaction while there was no significant difference between both groups, group I which received the conventional denture first and group II which received the rapid prototyped denture first. Conclusion: within the limitation of this study, it was concluded that retention and patient satisfaction of maxillary rapid prototyped denture were significantly higher than that of the conventional denture. The rapid prototyped dentures can be used as an alternative effective satisfactory treatment for completely edentulous patients rather than conventional dentures but furthermore studies are needed. Codex : 06/21.10 azhardentj@azhar.edu. eg http://adjg.journals. ekb.eg DOI: 10.21608/adjg.2021. 41596.1289 Restorative Dentistry (Removable Prosthodontics, Fixed Prosthodontics, Endodontics, Dental Biomaterials, Operative Dentistry)
A Hybrid Multivariate Deep Learning Networks for Multistep ahead Sea Level Anomaly Forecasting

The accumulated remote sensing data of altimeters and scatterometers have provided new opportunities for ocean state forecasting and have improved our knowledge of ocean-atmosphere exchanges. Studies on multivariate, multistep, spatiotemporal sequence forecasts of sea level anomalies (SLA) for different modalities, however, remain problematic. In this paper, we present a novel hybrid and multivariate deep neural network, named HMnet3, which can be used for SLA forecasting in the South China Sea (SCS). First, a spatiotemporal sequence forecasting network is trained by an improved convolutional long short-term memory (ConvLSTM) network using a channelwise attention mechanism and multivariate data from 1993 to 2015. Then, a time series forecasting network is trained by an improved long short-term memory (LSTM) network, which is realized by ensemble empirical mode decomposition (EEMD). Finally, the two networks are combined by a successive correction method to produce SLA forecasts for lead times of up to 15 days, with a special focus on the open sea and coastal regions of the SCS. During the testing period of 2016-2018, the performance of HMnet3 with sea surface temperature anomaly (SSTA), wind speed anomaly (SPDA) and SLA data is much better than those of state-of-the-art dynamic and statistical (ConvLSTM, persistence and climatology) forecast models. Stricter testbeds for trial simulation experiments with real-time datasets are investigated, where the eddy classification metrics of HMnet3 are favorable for all properties, especially for those of small-scale eddies.
A Study of Water Crystal Growing Based on Dilution and Succussion Theory of Homeopathy

By studying the formation of snowflakes, scientists have found that frequency data can be stored in water. Using the homeopathic principles of dilution and succussion, this study explored the relationship between aqueous information transmission and differences in the formation of water crystals. We utilized three different types of experimental solution: bali water, distilled water, and ionized water, and studied the water crystals sprouting from the resulting ice crystals. From the four significant phases of morphological change (mother tincture, 1X, 4c, and 30c), it was determined that at higher dilution ratios, crystals grown in either distilled or ionized water developed from crystallites into a single-body structure, approaching the higher energy form of straight edge hexagonals. This phenomenon demonstrates the features of coherent domains and water clusters, both of which match the homeopathic principles of energy waves and information transmission.
Sex-based differences in cognitive anxiety and felt arousal of elite archers: a field study

Abstract This study compares the levels of felt arousal and cognitive anxiety between male and female archers across different competition stages. Fifty-seven professional recurve archers (28 men, 29 women) who participated in the Asian Archery Championships were recruited as participants. Their levels of felt arousal and cognitive anxiety were recorded during the stages of qualifying, individual elimination, and team competition using the Sport Grid-Revised. The results showed no sex-based differences in competitive anxiety when competition stages were considered. However, the female archers demonstrated higher levels of felt arousal and cognitive anxiety than the male archers across the different stages. Further, all archers regardless of sex showed higher cognitive anxiety in the individual elimination and team competition stages than the qualifying stage. The findings show sex-based differences in felt arousal and cognitive anxiety before competitions. In addition, increasing cognitive anxiety is likely associated with fundamental differences in levels of competition pressure at various stages of a match. It seems beneficial for athletes to focus on reducing gender stereotypes through preventive interventions and developing effective coping strategies toward competitive anxiety.
Biological Motion and Nighttime Pedestrian Conspicuity

Two experiments were conducted in the laboratory to evaluate potential benefits of different retroreflective markings for nighttime pedestrian visibility. Video recordings of a jogger wearing four different markings were made from a vehicle in four different road environments. Subjects viewed composite tapes that included each of the 16 jogger marking/road environment combinations as well as travel with no targets. The task was to step on a pedal immediately upon seeing a jogger, which had no effect on the flow of the video playback. The time between depression of the pedal and the point of "impact" was the major dependent variable. Experiment I showed that performance was better for all retroreflective markings than for the dark control and that it was better with markings of the limbs than of the torso. Experiment 2, which included a secondary video tracking task, showed that performance was better for markings that incorporate biological motion than for a vest or arbitrarily positioned stripes on the limbs. Questionnaire data indicated that 85% of the subjects judged the biological motion markings to be "easiest to see. " Also, subjects reported more conservative estimates of nighttime visibility and greater willingness to take personal precautions at night after participating in the experiment.
The Effects of Track Turns on Lower Extremity Function

The mechanics of moving along a curved path suggest that runners must change their body positions and thus adjust their lower extremity function as they accomplish a track turn. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the changes in the kinetics and kinematics of the lower extremity as runners proceed around the turn of a 400-m track (radius 31.5 m). Five skilled runners served as subjects in the study and were required to perform 10 trials in three conditions, running at 6.31 m/s plus or minus 5% (4:15 min/mile pace). The right and left limbs on a track turn and the right limb on the straightaway were evaluated using ground reaction force data and kinematic data from high-speed film. Statistical analysis of the 18 ground reaction force variables and 4 kinematic variables suggested that the right and left limbs at the midpoint of the track turn were asymmetrical and that most of the differences occurred in the first portion of the footfall Significant differences were found in the touchdown an.
Treatment Continuation of Asenapine or Olanzapine in Japanese Schizophrenia Patients: A Propensity Score Matched Study

Objective Asenapine is a second-generation antipsychotic agent that is classified as a multi-acting receptor-targeted antipsychotic and is similar to olanzapine. Our study aimed to compare the treatment continuation rate and reason for discontinuation of asenapine or olanzapine in schizophrenia using real-world data. Methods This design was a retrospective study. The primary endpoint was Kaplan–Meier estimates of the continuation rate at six months, with the propensity score method applied to adjust for potential confounders. Results A total of 95 patients were analyzed in this study (asenapine, n = 46; olanzapine, n = 49). Matched data were adjusted to consider six covariates (age, sex, chlorpromazine equivalent, diazepam equivalent, history of clozapine use, and history of modified electro convulsive therapy). The continuation rate at six months was 27.3% (95% CI, 15.6–47.6) in the asenapine group and 50.8% (95% CI, 34.3–75.3) in the olanzapine group (hazard ratio, 0.41; 95% CI, 0.21–0.82; P = 0.0088 by the Log rank test) in matched data. Cases of discontinuation because of the lack of efficacy were almost as frequent for asenapine (13.0%) as for olanzapine (10.2%). Discontinuation due to bitter taste (6.5%) and burden of the dosing method (6.5%) were observed only with asenapine, whereas anticholinergic side effects such as dry mouth (4.1%) and constipation (2.0%) were observed only with olanzapine. Conclusion The low continuation rate of asenapine in real-world data may be related to specific factors such as bitter taste and burden of the dosing method.
The role of elite education in social reproduction in France, Belgium and Chile: Towards an analytical model

Using a societal analysis perspective that articulates structural, institutional and cognitive dimensions, this article outlines a model examining the contribution made by the schooling system to the social construction of elites. The model is put to the test by a comparative study of elitist educational pathways and their contrasting organisational modes in France, Belgium and Chile. The article shows that both the education of elites, and the role played by school in providing access to privileged social positions, continue to be marked by the distinctive historical construction of each society and education system, despite cross-cutting trends that are linked to globalisation.
Consolidated drained behaviour of PVA fibre reinforced cemented Toyoura Sand

ABSTRACT In this study, a series of consolidated drained (CID) compression tests were performed On unreinforced and reinforced cemented Toyoura sand specimens. Specimens were cured for 3, 7, 14, 28, 56 days, with cement contents of 0–3% (dry weight), and different Polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) fibre contents of 0, 0.5, 1, 2, and 3% (weight ratio). Samples were prepared to a target dry density value (e.g. = 1.489 g/cm3) of Toyoura sand using under-compaction moist tamping technique with 10% water content by dry weight of soil. Triaxial compression tests (CID) were carried out at a confining pressure of 100 kPa. The monotonic stress–strain, stiffness, volumetric change behaviour, dilatancy angle, peak strength, and residual strength and brittleness index of the samples were investigated in greater detail. Results show that peak strength increases due to increase in curing duration by approximately 50–700%, and 0–300% in residual strength at 30% axial strain, compared to Toyoura sand. For reinforced cemented specimens there is an increase in volumetric strain with increasing curing duration or in other words, the rate of dilation increases with the increase in curing period. The dilatancy behaviour increases due to the addition of fibres and cement, this dilative behaviour has been attributed to cemented particles forming highly interlocked clusters. Brittleness of the cemented specimens reinforced with 0.5%-1% fibres have been supressed significantly compared to the higher concentrations of fibre (2–3%). Hence, it shows that there might be a threshold fibre concentration range (0.5%-1%), where fibres are considered to be the most effective and beyond this concentration, fibre causes further adverse effects.
DC performance of InP/InGaAs p-n-p heterostructure-emitter bipolar transistor

The dc performance of a novel InP/InGaAs p-n-p heterostructure-emitter bipolar transistor is first demonstrated. Though the valence band discontinuity at an InP/InGaAs heterojunction is relatively large, the addition of a heavy doped as well as thin p/sup +/-InGaAs emitter layer between a p-InP confinement and n/sup +/-InGaAs base layers effectively eliminates the potential spike at emitter-base junction, lowers the emitter-collector offset voltage, and increases the barrier for electrons, simultaneously. Experimentally, a high current gain of 88 and a low offset voltage of 54 mV are achieved. To the author's knowledge, the offset voltage of the studied device is the lowest value among of the InP/InGaAs p-n-p heterojunction bipolar transistors.
Acceleration of cervical cancer diagnosis with human papillomavirus testing below age 30: Observational study

Several international cervical screening guidelines advise against using high‐risk human papillomavirus (HR‐HPV) testing in women younger than 30. The rationale for this in young women, lies in the potential for additional detection of both low‐grade and high‐grade cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) leading to unnecessary treatments without reducing the burden of cervical cancer. We studied 56 544 women screened at 24 to 29 with HR‐HPV testing and 116 858 screened with liquid‐based cytology (LBC) in the English HPV screening pilot. They were compared to 528 460 women screened at the age of 30 to 49. We studied the detection of cervical cancer and CIN2/3 across two consecutive screening rounds 3 years apart. At 24 to 29, a positive HR‐HPV test detected more cases of cervical cancer in the prevalence round than did a positive LBC test (1.36/1000 screened vs 0.82/1000, ORadj: 1.61, 95% CI: 1.18‐2.19). In women with a negative HR‐HPV test, cervical cancer was diagnosed before or at the incidence round in 0.07/1000. After a negative LBC test, cancer detection reached 0.47/1000 and 40% of these cases were diagnosed at FIGO stage IB+. HR‐HPV testing increased the detection of CIN2/3 diagnoses in two consecutive rounds combined by 30% (71.9/1000 vs 55.2/1000). The patterns of detection of cervical cancer and CIN2/3 were almost identical at older ages. These data support using HR‐HPV testing for screening of women younger than 30, which not only accelerates the diagnosis of cervical cancer but leads to a similar relative increase in CIN2/3 diagnosis to that found in women aged 30 to 49.
Morphling: A Reconfigurable Architecture for Tensor Computation

Tensor algebra plays a major role in various applications, including data analysis, machine learning, and hydrodynamics simulation. Different tensor algebra inherently varies in dimension, size, and computation, leading to different execution preference, including parallelization, data arrangement, and accumulation. Another critical aspect for tensor algebra is the involved tensors can be with varying mixes of dense and sparse representation. Such diversified applications are notoriously difficult to accelerate. Prior ASIC architectures do not meet the needs due to fixed dataflow and prior fine-grained fabrics (e.g., FPGAs) solutions offer limited performance and power improvement due to bit-level reconfigurable structure. In this article, we propose Morphling, a reconfigurable architecture that can flexibly handle both dense and sparse tensor computation. We first generalize a flexible execution model that decomposes tensor operations into three steps, including tensor vectorization, vector computation, and output reduction. The dense and sparse tensor computation share the same execution model, but differ in the vector computation step where the multiplications are conducted. Depending on the number of inputs and outputs that are linked together in the computation step, we define three parallel patterns, including many-to-one, one-to-many, and one-to-one, which correspond to different implementations for dense and sparse computation. Furthermore, to efficiently support sparse tensor, we design a tiled-BCSR format that enables high parallelism and balanced workload. At the architecture level, we propose a reconfigurable design to support the execution model. The hardware units can be reconfigured to support different datapath and enable different types of data reuse. We evaluate Morphling using various tensor operations and compare it with CPU, GPU, FPGA, and state-of-the-art ASIC designs. Overall, Morphling achieves 13.4X, 677.7X, 44.7X energy efficiency over Xilinx ZC706 FPGA, Intel i7-9700K CPU, and NVIDIA TitanX GPU.
Experimental Research and Finite Element Analysis on Behavior of Steel Frame with Semi-Rigid Connections

Most steel beam-column connections actually show semi-rigid deformation behavior that can contribute substantially to overall displacements of the structure and to the distribution of member forces. Steel frame structure with semi-rigid connections are becoming more and more popular due to their many advantages such as the better satisfaction with the flexible architectural design, low inclusive cost and environmental protect as well. So it is very necessary that studying the behavior of those steel frame under cyclic reversal loading. On the basics of connections experiments the experiment research on the lateral resistance system of steel frame structure has been completed. Two one-second scale, one-bay, two-story steel frames with semi-rigid connections under cyclic reversal loading. The seismic behavior of the steel frames with semi-rigid connections, including the failure pattern, occurrence order of plastic hinge, hysteretic property and energy dissipation, etc, was investigated in this paper. Some conclusions were obtained that by employing top-mounted and two web angles connections, the higher distortion occurred in the frames, and the internal force distributing of beams and columns was changed, and the ductility and the absorbs seismic energy capability of steel frames can be improved effectively.
Propulsion system with flexible/rigid oscillating fin

The purpose of this paper is to describe the feasibility research on an oscillating fin propulsion control system as a vehicle actuator. The system is designed and constructed in order to be combined with ship models. Tank cruising tests are conducted to confirm the system's feasibility. As a result, several advantages of the oscillating fin system are found. A neural network is successfully applied for an identification of the ship model with the oscillating fin, and its effectiveness is confirmed. >
Clinical and laboratory profile of systemic lupus erythematosus patients at a rural tertiary centre in South-South Nigeria: experience from a new rheumatology clinic

Objectives Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disorder with a poorly understood aetiology. It predominantly affects females and has a variety of clinical manifestations. In Nigeria, there are limited data on the prevalence and burden of the disease. This study aimed to determine the clinical and laboratory profiles of SLE patients seen in a new rheumatology clinic in South-South Nigeria. Material and methods This was a retrospective cross-sectional study conducted over five years (January 2016 to December 2020). The case files of patients that satisfied the diagnosis of SLE were reviewed. The diagnosis was based on the 1997 update of the American College of Rheumatology revised criteria for the classification of SLE. The sociodemographic, clinical, and immunological data were extracted from case records. Data analysis was carried out using IBM SPSS statistics® 2012 version 21.0. Results Fifty-two patients were diagnosed with SLE, giving a frequency of 4.7%. Forty-seven (90.4%) of the study participants were females, with a female-to-male ratio of 9.4 : 1. The mean age of the study group was 28.42 years. The mean duration of disease before diagnosis was 4.04 months with a range of 1–15 months. The patients had various organ system manifestations, with polyarthritis being the commonest (86.5%). Others included mucocutaneous (78.8%), haematological (69.2%), serositis (40.4%), renal (38.5%), and neurological (25%) manifestations. Antinuclear antibody (ANA) assay and anti-double-stranded DNA were positive in 100% and 69.2% of patients, respectively. All patients were placed on steroids, and 96.2% had hydroxychloroquine. None of the patients were on biologic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs. Conclusions This study’s results are consistent with data from other African countries. To fully understand the burden and epidemiology of SLE in Nigeria, a larger prospective study is needed.
Quality of Life of Patients with Meniere’s Disease in Alexandria - Egypt

Background: Meniere's disease is a rare disorder of the inner ear that causes dizziness, vertigo and balance problems. Some people have several attacks of Meniere’s disease in a short period of time, while other people only have an attack every few months or years. The aim of this study was to assess the quality of life of patients with Meniere’s disease. Subjects and Method: Setting: The study was carried out in ear, nose, and throat (ENT) department at Alexandria Main University Hospital, Egypt. Subjects: The study subjects comprised a convenience sample of 100 adults of Meniere’s disease’ patients. Tools: Two tools were used: Tool I: Socio-demographic and Clinical Data Structured Interview Schedule, and Tool II: Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQOL) of Meniere’s disease. Results: The mean age of the studied patient was 43.38±7.45 years. The majority of them were unemployed, coming from rural area and more than half of them had sufficient monthly income (65, 65 & 54%) respectively. Additionally, half of the studied patients (50%) had severe degree of Meniere’s disease and the majority of them had overall poor quality of life. Highly statistically significant relations between patient's physical, psychological as well as environmental domains and the severity of disease was detected. Furthermore, there was a statistically significant relation between quality of life domains of the studied patients and all of their sociodemographic characteristics. Conclusion: Meniere’s disease had a significant negative impact on the majority of patients 'quality of life. Accordingly, conducting a comprehensive assessment of patients' quality of life among patients with MD is necessary to determine the degree of suffering; this will help the nurses to predict their functional status and the effect of MD on their quality of life.