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Comparison of effect of curcumin gel and noneugenol periodontal dressing in tissue response, early wound healing, and pain assessment following periodontal flap surgery in chronic periodontitis patients

Background: The study was designed taking into consideration the drawbacks of periodontal dressing and healing properties of curcumin. The aim was to assess and compare the effect of Curcumin gel (Curenext) and noneugenol periodontal dressing (Coe pak) on tissue response, wound healing in the early stages, and pain post periodontal flap surgery in patients diagnosed with chronic periodontitis. Materials and Methods: Twenty patients requiring periodontal flap surgery were allotted to two groups at random, one receiving periodontal dressing and the other receiving curcumin for this cross over split-mouth study. Flap surgeries were performed on 2 quadrants with 3 weeks' interval. After suture removal, postoperative sites were assessed for tissue response (tissue color [TC] and tissue edema [TE]) and early wound healing as primary outcomes of the study. The secondary outcome was pain assessment and the number of analgesics taken by the individuals. Results: The two groups showed no significant differences with respect to tissue response, early wound healing, and pain perception. Curcumin group consumed lesser number of analgesics as compared to the one with periodontal dressing. Conclusion: It was confirmed that periodontal dressing and curcumin are effective in reducing the TE, normalizing the TC, enhancing the wound healing and reducing the pain perception. Curcumin can thus be used as an alternative to periodontal dressing.
Managing Resources in Community Schools: An Accountability Practice in Paradox

Scholars have raised two contradictory issues of particular relevance to current debates of accountability in the utilization of resources for service delivery in public schools. First, that inadequate resource resulted in the poor performance; second, that school actors lack accountability in managing the resources at their disposal. Corresponding to these views, empirical evidence suggests that school head's proactive initiatives find ways to fill up the resource gap; and at the same time, in doing so, school head’s agency has created an invisible power structure putting his accountability practice in paradox. Building on these insights, this paper presents evidences from Nepali community schools on how head teacher’s accountability as managing resources manifests in paradoxes. I argue that under the performativity of market-based accountability narrative, the school head’s accountability is fluid and moving between the two paradoxical extremes of providing service or promoting dominance over other school actors.
In Search of a Silver Bullet: Evaluating Researchers’ Performance in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Background: Evaluating academic production and researchers’ impact has become a common practice in many areas of academic life. Researchers are being evaluated for many purposes such as getting employment, promotion, tenure and winning grants. Achieving full objectivity of the evaluation is a rather difficult, if not the impossible task. The goal of the present paper was to evaluate research performance of scholars from Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH and to propose a single number that captures several scientometric indices. Methods: We took data from 303 scholars from 4 public universities in BiH on their number of citations and h-indexes derived from four databases/services: Web of Science, Scopus, Google Scholar and Research Gate. In addition to this, we performed a Principal Component Analysis of number of citations and h-indexes from these indices to come up with a single number that best captures the scientific impact of the researchers. Results: The results of this study indicate a strong relationship between all indices of scholarly achievement as measured through citations and h-indexes. Principal component analysis has shown that it is possible to obtain a single number that captures researchers’ scientific impact. Conclusion: Many metrics can be useful in evaluating researchers’ scientific impact. As the researchers in BiH have a low scientific production, universities in BiH need to adapt a strategy to stimulate the increase in their scientific productivity.
p 35 nck 5 a and cyclin-dependent kinase 5 colocalize in Lewy bodies of brains with Parkinson ’ s disease

We examined the immunohistochemical localization of p35nck5a, the regulatory subunit of cyclin-dependent kinase 5 (cdk5), in brains obtained postmortem from patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD) and controls. We found p35nck5a immunoreactivity in Lewy bodies (LB) in the substantia nigra, locus ceruleus, and neocortex of brains from patients with PD. In addition, p35nck5a was colocalized with cdk5 immunoreactivity in LB. Cdk5 is the kinase most likely to be responsible for the phosphorylation of neurofilament proteins of LB, which is a crucial step for the formation of the insoluble LB fibrils. Since p35nck5a regulates the catalytic activity of cdk5 by forming a heterodimer with cdk5, the present results strongly support the hypothesis that a cdk5-p35nck5a complex is involved in the formation of LB fibrils.
Investigating the effects of wrestling gear in flatfoot deformity of wrestlers

Purpose: In this study, our aim was to determine the effects of wrestling shoes, wrestling mats and wrestling styles on postural deformation of the foot and to elaborate its possible causes. Material: Study group comprised of 158 athletes (109 males, 59 females) from 26 different countries who participated in the 12th World University Wrestling Championship. Of the athletes, 102 (59 females, 43 males) performed in freestyle and 56 performed in Greco-Roman style. The age range of the athletes was 19 to 31 years and they have done wrestling for 3 to 18 years. Were evaluated to determine the relationship between flatfoot deformity and gender, age, wrestling style and years in the sport. Footprint parameters were used to determine and evaluate the overall structure of the foot. The Staheli and the Chippaux-Smirak indexes were used in the study. Statistical analyses were performed using the SPSS v.21. 0 software, with the significance level set at α=0.05. Results: No significant relationship was found either between the gender of the wrestlers or their age and their pes planus state. A significant relationship was detected between the wrestling style performed and the wrestlers’ pes planus state, and between the years in the sport and their pes planus state. Conclusion: The fact that wrestlers wear the wrestling shoes for a long time can be a cause of pes planus. The center of mass of freestyle wrestlers shifts during continuous feet movement, and the surface of their soles extends the contact surface on the mat to maintain balance. This situation can also lead to a higher prevalence of pes planus in wrestlers. In addition, the wrestling shoes wrap around the Achilles tendon and thus the stretching of this tendon is restricted. Such restriction strengthens the opinion that freestyle wrestlers experience pes planus more.
TOWARDS AN ACCURATE LOW-COST STEREO-BASED NAVIGATION OF UNMANNED PLATFORMS IN GNSS-DENIED AREAS

Abstract. While lightweight stereo vision sensors provide detailed and high-resolution information that allows robust and accurate localization, the computation demands required for such process is doubled compared to monocular sensors. In this paper, an alternative model for pose estimation of stereo sensors is introduced which provides an efficient and precise framework for investigating system configurations and maximize pose accuracies. Using the proposed formulation, we examine the parameters that affect accurate pose estimation and their magnitudes and show that for standard operational altitudes of ∼50 m, a five-fold improvement in localization is reached, from ∼0.4–0.5 m with a single sensor to less than 0.1 m by taking advantage of the extended field of view from both cameras. Furthermore, such improvement is reached using cameras with reduced sensor size which are more affordable. Hence, a dual-camera setup improves not only the pose estimation but also enables to use smaller sensors and reduce the overall system cost. Our analysis shows that even a slight modification in camera directions improves the positional accuracy further and yield attitude angle as accurate as ±6’ (compared to ±20’). The proposed pose estimation method relieves computational demands of traditional bundle adjustment processes and is easily integrated with other inertial sensors.
United States Patent ( 10 ) Patent No . : US 7 , 510 , 831 B 2

(75) Inventors: Nigel Dunn-Coleman, Los Gatos, CA 5,750,386 A 5/1998 Conkling et al. (US); Frits Goedegebuur, Vlaardingen 5,750,871 A 5/1998 Moloney et al. (NL); Michael Ward, San Francisco, CA 5,773,269 A 6/1998 Somers et al. (US) 5,780,292 A * 7/1998 Nevalainen et al. . 435/256.8 5,780,708 A 7, 1998 Lundquist et al. (73) Assignee: Genencor International, Inc., Palo 5,907,080 A 5/1999 KaratZas et al. Alto, CA (US) 5,942.435 A 8/1999 Wheeler
Psychological Well-being and its Relationship with the Academic Achievement of Lithuanian Students

The present article aims to analyze the role of psychological well-being when predicting Lithuanian students’ academic achievement. The study was conducted using the quantitative method of questionnaire survey. Data of the survey were analyzed using correlation and multiple regression analyses. It was found that psychological well-being and all its dimensions had a significant positive relationship with academic achievement. Furthermore, such dimensions of psychological well-being as environmental mastery and self-acceptance were found to be significant predictors of students’ academic achievement.
Big Data Architecture Design for Patterns of Social Life Logging

The era for data-driven decision-making has been growing tremendously due to the use of technology along with the need to know on what the users need. Collecting massive amount of data is not a limitation anymore, however, providing meaningful data is a limitation people face today. With the increasing number of social network platforms, there has been a development in new social environments. When people are networking through these social platforms, many emotional aspects are also being transferred, also known as emotional contagion. When people are going through these emotional phases they are experiencing synchronization. Therefore, this study is to develop a new data process to predict user’s needs based on the user’s synchronization patterns in a social network context.
Posterolateral Approach for Dorsal Spine Fractures

Background: Despite the great evolution in neurosurgical techniques, management of fractures of the thoracic spine still represent a major conflict in neurosurgery due to the different causes leading to fracture and the different methods available for management. The thoracolumbar region anatomically from D11-L2 which loss the stabilization effect of the rib cage. The spinous processes are more horizontal, which provides increase mobility. Objective: The aim of this study is to evaluate the efficacy and success of posterolateral approach for treatment of dorsal spine fractures surgically. Patients and methods: This was a prospective study of 30 patients of both sexes having all types fractures in the dorsal region (whether traumatic or pathologic) managed in the period between October 2015 and September 2017 in Neurosurgery Department Minia and Al-Azhar University hospitals. The study was approved by the medical ethics committee of Minia and Al-Azhar University Hospitals and a written informed consent was obtained from all patients. Results: Among the 30 patients, 14 of them managed by transpedicular screws fixation, 11 patients managed by costotransversectomy with pedicular screws fixation, and 3 patients managed by costotransversectomy with pedicular screws fixation and interbody cage insertion while one case managed by LECA with pedicular screws fixation and another one case with LECA with both pedicular screws and interbody cage insertion. Among the 30 patients managed 25 of them improved and 5 patients did not show any improvement during management. Conclusion: The ideal methodology in managing fractures should be meticulous pre-operative, operative, and postoperative management. The preoperative management should entail detailed and through clinical neurological evaluation to point out the presence of preoperative neurological deficit and their extent.
Identification of Plant Response to the Human Behavior of Crushing Plants

We identified how plants affected by the human behavior of crushing plants respond and what kind of plants responded sensitively. We investigated Lactuca sativa “Gaesebadak", Syneilesis palmata and Peucedanum japonicum as plants that humans use for edible purposes, and Achyranthes japonica and Bidens bipinnata as wild plants that stick to people's clothes and disperse seed. Plants exposed to human breathing air were compared with those exposed to human breathing air after being crushed. Methyl jasmonate (MeJA), a chemical word, was measured using Syft/MS, which detects real-time VOC, and related genes were analyzed. The amount of MeJA of Syneilesis palmata and Peucedanum japonicum as edible plants was greater than that of non-edible plants that disperse seeds using humans. The amount of MeJA ranged from 0.20 ppb to 0.35 ppb when the control group were not exposed to human breathing air. On the other hand, MeJA decreased after increasing for the first hour in human breathing air. Also, MeJA affected by human breathing after crushing plants was higher than that affected by just human breathing air. Peucedanum japonicum showed the most distinctive difference between the treatment with human breathing after crushing plants and the treatment with just human breathing. In addition, the gene activity of JAR1 and JMT increased 3 hours after the treatment with human breathing after crushing plants. Therefore, in the treatment with human breathing after crushing plants, the concentration of MeJA and the activity of related genes showed the same tendency to increase. As a result, the plant that responded sensitively to human behavior was Peucedanum japonicum. Plants released MeJA as a chemical word in the treatment with human breathing air after crushing plants.
Predictive Model of Train Delays in a Railway System

Delay prediction is an important issue associated with train timetabling and dispatching. Based on real-world operation records, accurate estimation of delays is of immense significance in train operation and decisions of dispatchers. In the study, we establish a model that illustrates the interaction between and the factors affecting the same via train operation records from a Dutch railway system. Based on the main factors that affect train delay and the time series trend, we identify the independent and dependent variables. A long short-term memory (LSTM) prediction model in which the actual delay time corresponded to the dependent variable is established via Python3.6. Finally, the prediction accuracy of the random forest model and artificial neural network model is compared. The results indicate that the LSTM model outperforms other models.
Economic growth, globalization and income inequality: the case of Ukraine

Income inequality has been widely debated since the beginning of the economic development and this topic is especially present in today’s economic world. As hypotheses, as a rule, statements are tested: economic growth leads first to an increase, and then to a decrease in inequality; high income differentiation stimulates higher growth rates; the processes of globalization contribute to reducing inequalities in the world. The purpose of the empirical part of the present research is to analyze the relationships between income inequality and economic growth, income inequality and globalization. The study has employed a single-country regression to investigate the existence of the Kuznets curve hypothesis for the Ukraine economy over the period 1995-2016. The bounds testing (ARDL) approach to cointegration is applied to examine the long-run relationship between the variables. The results, when regressing Gini index and GDP per capita based on purchasing power parity, confirm the presence of hidden cointegration. The Granger causality test is also applied in order to test the existence of a causal relationship between the economic growth and income inequality. We examine the globalization-income inequality relationship and causality. Globalization is measured by the KOF globalization index. For case of Ukraine results show that globalization and income inequality are positively correlated, Granger causality was confirmed.
– Counts 80 % of total grade Evaluating the Performance of Norwegian Socially Responsible Investment Funds Navn :

This study investigates the financial performance of Norwegian SRI mutual funds over the time period January 2010 December 2017. The study is performed by comparing 32 SRI funds to 42 conventional funds with similar characteristics, as well as an index benchmark. Both a matching pair analysis of 11 SRI funds and 11 conventional funds and an analysis of the full fund sample at aggregated level, are performed. The findings show a pattern of SRI funds outperforming conventional funds. However, small performance gaps and few statistically significant results lead to the conclusion that there are no significant differences between the performance of SRI funds and conventional funds. The study further extends previous research by evaluating fund performance over two sub-periods: (I) 2010-2013 and (II) 2014-2017, finding no significant differences in performance of SRI funds over the two periods. 0999065 0927900 GRA 19502
Clinical efficacy analysis of somatostatin in adhesive intestinal obstruction

Objective To investigate clinical efficacy of somatostatin in adhesive intestinal obstruction . Methods42 patients suffering form adhesive intestinal obstruction were divided into experimental group( 22 patients) and control group( 20 patients) . Patients in the control group were treated with traditional therapy including effective gastroenteral decompression ,intravenous fluids to correct electrolyte imbalance,parenteral nutritional support ,antibiotics and bowel lavage. Patients in the experimental group were treated with traditional therapy plus somatostatin therapy. The outcomes of the two groups were compared. Results Compared with efficiency rate ( 80.0%) of the control group,the experimental group has better efficiency rate( 90. 9%) ( P 0.05) . The average volume of gastroenteral decompression,hospital stay time and Improvement of clinical symptoms time in the experimental group was lower than that in the the control group( P 0. 05) . Conclusion In traditional therapy plus somatostatin cure adhesive intestinal obstruction can significantly improve the clinical symptoms ,reduce surgical laparotomy rate ,and as soon as possible to restore bowel function.
Wide-Band Patch Antenna Array with Low Cross-Polarization Characteristics

In this letter, a two-element wide-band patch antenna array with low cross-polarization is presented. The patch is excited by a magnetic-coupled loop. The two elements are placed symmetrically about the center of the array. Compared to the conventional feeding structure, the proposed feeding structure has the advantages of simple structure and much lower cross polarization. Parametric studies show the usefulness of the proposed feeding structure. Prototypes for the element and array have been fabricated and tested. The antenna array can achieve an impedance of 29.1% for VSWR < 2 and a stable gain around 11.2 dBi. Unidirectional radiation patterns with low cross polarization less than −18 dB within the 3-dB beamwidths are obtained. The height of antenna is about 0. 12λ (where λ is the free-space wavelength referring to the center frequency of the working band). Moreover, the proposed antenna is dc grounded, which is suitable for outdoor base station applications.
The relationship between financial crisis and earnings management: Some evidence from the Italian context

The aim of this research is to investigate the relationship between the financial crisis and earnings management. Despite the wealth of research examining earnings management, we still have much to learn about the effects of macroeconomic factors on accounting discretional decisions; the recent financial crises may be one of such factors. Particularly, this study aims at investigating whether, in the Italian context, the precarious macroeconomic conditions and the consequent difficulties suffered by listed companies have constituted an incentive to implement earnings management or not. The research is based on a sample of 89 non-financial listed Italian companies and an investigation period (2005-2016) split out into three different sub-periods: a pre-crisis period (2005-2008), a crisis period (2009-2012) and a post-crisis period (2013-2016). The research is conducted using the Beneish Model, due to its capability to identify, although on the basis of likelihood, companies that potentially adopt earnings management. The results of this study suggest an overall low presence of companies at risk of manipulation throughout the period under investigation; however, the most consistent number of such companies is recorded during the pre-crisis period.
Anti-Disturbance Compensator Design for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

In this paper, an Anti-Disturbance Compensator is suggested for the stabilization of a 6-DoF quadrotor Unmanned Aerial vehicle (UAV) system, namely, the Improved Active Disturbance Rejection Control (IADRC). The proposed Control Scheme rejects the disturbances subjected to this system and eliminates the effect of the uncertainties that the quadrotor system exhibits. The complete nonlinear mathematical model of the 6-DoF quadrotor UAV system has been used to design the four ADRCs units for the attitude and altitude stabilization. Stability analysis has been demonstrated for the Linear Extended State Observer (LESO) of each IADRC unit and the overall closed-loop system using Hurwitz stability criterion. A minimization to a proposed multi-objective Output Performance Index (OPI) is achieved in the MATLAB environment to tune the IADRCs parameters using Genetic Algorithm (GA). The IADRC has been tested for the 6-DOF quadrotor under different tracking scenarios, including disturbance rejection and uncertainties elimination and compared with nonlinear and linear PID controllers. The simulations showed the excellent performance of the proposed compensator against the controllers used in the comparison.