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Effect of Exposure to Positive Images of Dentistry on Dental Anxiety among 7 to 12 Years Old Children

To evaluate the effect of exposure to positive images of dentistry on dental anxiety among 7 to 12 years old children.Controlled trial. Assessment of anxiety and analysis of data were conducted blind to experimental condition. Assessment of anxiety was carried out in the waiting room prior intervention, postintervention into the operatory during the treatment and again after the completion of treatment. Anticipatory anxiety was recorded by Venham's picture test (VPT).Sixty children of 7 to 12 years age group.PARTICIPANTS were randomly assigned to one of two conditions. In both conditions the participant was asked to look at photographs for 2 minutes in the waiting area prior to their appointment. The intervention consisted of viewing positive images of dentistry and dental treatment (study group), the (control group) consisted of neutral images. The assessment of anticipatory dental anxiety was made blind to experimental condition and statistical analysis was conducted blind to group membership. Anticipatory anxiety assessed by the VP T.A total of 60 subjects participated in the study and were equally and randomly allotted to study group (positive image) and control group (neutral image). The mean anxiety score found at waiting area before intervention, after intervention (OPD) and postoperative was statistically significant in study group. Post hoc comparison of anxiety score in study group showed high statistical significance.Positive dental images have an effect on reducing anxiety as compared to neutral images when measured by the VPT. How to cite this article: Gangwal RR, Badjatia SR, Dave BH. Effect of Exposure to Positive Images of Dentistry on Dental Anxiety among 7 to 12 Years Old Children. Int J Clin Pediatr Dent 2014;7(3):176 -179.
Dupilumab in children aged 6 months to younger than 6 years with uncontrolled atopic dermatitis: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 3 trial

Current systemic treatments for children younger than 6 years with moderate-to-severe atopic dermatitis that is uncontrolled with topical therapies might have suboptimal efficacy and safety. Dupilumab is approved for older children and adults with atopic dermatitis and for other type 2 inflammatory conditions. We aimed to evaluate efficacy and safety of dupilumab with concomitant low-potency topical corticosteroids in children aged 6 months to younger than 6 years with moderate-to-severe atopic dermatitis.This randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-group, phase 3 trial was conducted in 31 hospitals, clinics, and academic institutions in Europe and North America. Eligible patients were aged 6 months to younger than 6 years, with moderate-to-severe atopic dermatitis (Investigator's Global Assessment [IGA] score 3-4) diagnosed according to consensus criteria of the American Academy of Dermatology, and an inadequate response to topical corticosteroids. Patients were randomly assigned (1:1) to subcutaneous placebo or dupilumab (bodyweight ≥5 kg to <15 kg: 200 mg; bodyweight ≥15 kg to <30 kg: 300 mg) every 4 weeks plus low-potency topical corticosteroids (hydrocortisone acetate 1% cream) for 16 weeks. Randomisation was stratified by age, baseline bodyweight, and region. Patient allocation was done via a central interactive web response system, and treatment allocation was masked. The primary endpoint at week 16 was the proportion of patients with IGA score 0-1 (clear or almost clear skin). The key secondary endpoint (coprimary endpoint for the EU and EU reference market) at week 16 was the proportion of patients with at least a 75% improvement from baseline in Eczema Area and Severity Index (EASI-75). Primary analyses were done in the full analysis set (ie, all randomly assigned patients, as randomly assigned) and safety analyses were done in all patients who received any study drug. This study was registered with ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT03346434.Between June 30, 2020, and Feb 12, 2021, 197 patients were screened for eligibility, 162 of whom were randomly assigned to receive dupilumab (n=83) or placebo (n=79) plus topical corticosteroids. At week 16, significantly more patients in the dupilumab group than in the placebo group had IGA 0-1 (23 [28%] vs three [4%], difference 24% [95% CI 13-34]; p<0·0001) and EASI-75 (44 [53%] vs eight [11%], difference 42% [95% CI 29-55]; p<0·0001). Overall prevalence of adverse events was similar in the dupilumab group (53 [64%] of 83 patients) and placebo group (58 [74%] of 78 patients). Conjunctivitis incidence was higher in the dupilumab group (four [5%]) than the placebo group (none). No dupilumab-related adverse events were serious or led to treatment discontinuation.Dupilumab significantly improved atopic dermatitis signs and symptoms versus placebo in children younger than 6 years. Dupilumab was well tolerated and showed an acceptable safety profile, similar to results in older children and adults.Sanofi and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals.
Model-Based Stochastic Optimal Air–Fuel Ratio Control With Residual Gas Fraction of Spark Ignition Engines

In this paper, a stochastic optimal control scheme for the air-fuel ratio is proposed, which considers the cyclic variations of the residual gas fraction (RGF). Initially, a cylinder pressure-based measurement of the RGF is derived by following the physics of inlet-exhaust process. Then, a dynamical model is presented to describe the cyclic variation of the air charge, fuel charge, and combustion products under a cyclically varied RGF, where the RGF is modeled as a Markovian stochastic process. Using this model, a feedback control law is derived, which optimizes the quadratic cost function in the stochastic sense with respect to the stochastic property of the residual gas. The cost function reflects the tradeoff between the accuracy of the regulation of the air-fuel ratio with the fluctuation in the fuel injection. Finally, a sampling process-based statistical analysis for the RGF is presented based on the experiments conducted on a full-scaled gasoline engine test bench, and the proposed control law is validated based on a numerical simulation and experiments.
Risks for HIV Infection Among Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex with Men in Moscow and St. Petersburg, Russia

The majority of early cases of HIV in Russia were among men who have sex with men (MSM). Despite this and the current resurgence of HIV among MSM globally, little systematic work has been done to assess current HIV risks. We conducted a rapid assessment of HIV and associated risk behaviors among MSM in Russia. An anonymous, cross-sectional study was performed among MSM in Moscow and St. Petersburg (January 2008). Participants were enrolled by local NGO partners via peer-recruitment, underwent a brief behavioral survey, and were offered rapid, oral HIV screening. Factors associated with HIV infection were assessed using logistic regression. A total of 401 participants were enrolled. HIV prevalence was comparable in the two cities (6.0% in Moscow, 5.5% in St. Petersburg). Approximately half (49.3%) were under age 25, 75.1% of all men reported unprotected anal intercourse (UAI), and 21.5% reported engaging in unprotected exchange sex in the prior 12 months. HIV infection was the highest (7.7%) among the youngest MSM, those aged 18-22 years. Never having tested for HIV (AOR=6.2; 95% CI: 1.8, 21.9) and ever injecting drugs (AOR=11.3; 95% CI: 2.6, 50.4) were independently associated with HIV infection. We found significant overall HIV prevalence among MSM in Moscow and St. Petersburg, particularly among the youngest men. The majority of men reported ongoing high-risk behaviors, indicating the potential for further spread. HIV prevention efforts need to specifically focus on urban MSM in Russia, encourage testing, and target injection risks to address this epidemic.
Mobile demersal megafauna at artificial structures in the German Bight – Likely effects of offshore wind farm development

Within the next few decades, large underwater structures of thousands of wind turbines in the northern European shelf seas will substantially increase the amount of habitat available for mobile demersal megafauna. As a first indication of the possible effects of this large scale habitat creation on faunal stocks settling on hard substrata, we compared selected taxa of the mobile demersal megafauna (decapods and fish) associated with the foundation of an offshore research platform (a wind-power foundation equivalent) with those of five shipwrecks and different areas of soft bottoms in the southern German Bight, North Sea. When comparing the amount of approximately 5000 planned wind-power foundations (covering 5.1 � 10 6 m 2 of bottom area) with the existing number of at least 1000 shipwrecks (covering 1.2 � 10 6 m 2 of bottom area), it becomes clear that the southern North Sea will provide about 4.3 times more available artificial hard substratum habitats than currently available. With regard to the fauna found on shipwrecks, on soft substrata and on the investigated wind-power foundation, we predict that the amount of added hard substrata will allow the stocks of substrata-limited mobile demersal hard bottom species to increase by 25e165% in that area. The fauna found at the offshore platform foundations is very similar to that at shipwrecks. Megafauna abundances at the foundations, however, are lower compared to those at the highly fractured wrecks and are irregularly scattered over the foundations. The upper regions of the platform construction (5 and 15 m depth) were only sparsely colonized by mobile fauna, the anchorages, however, more densely. The faunal assemblages from the shipwrecks and the foundations, respectively, as well as from the soft bottoms clearly differed from each other. We predict that new wind-power foundations will support the spread of hard bottom fauna into soft bottom areas with low wreck densities. 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
A relação entre o isolamento social e a evolução da COVID-19 em Três Lagoas-MS no ano de 2020

O presente estudo teve por objetivo analisar a relação entre o isolamento social e a evolução da Covid-19 no município de Três Lagoas, no Mato Grosso do Sul, e a influência das políticas públicas na evolução e controle da doença. Os dados de casos confirmados da doença e a da taxa de isolamento social foram correlacinoados por meio da aplicação do coeficiente de correlação (R). Foram analisados também os decretos da Prefeitura do Município publicados no ano de 2020. Os resultados evidenciam que o ano foi marcado pelo crescimento exponencial de casos confirmados de Covid-19 com a flexibilização das políticas públicas de enfrentamento à Pandemia, revelando um coeficiente de correlação muito forte entre a evoluçaõ dos casos confirmados da doença e a variação da taxa de isolamento social
Sheet construction and methods of making and using the same

A sheet construction including a first material, and methods of making and using the same. The first material can include a leading edge, a trailing edge, a first longitudinal edge, and a second longitudinal edge. The first material can define a first print-receptive medium. The sheet construction can also include a leading margin extending from the first longitudinal edge to the second longitudinal edge and bounded at least by the leading edge, the first longitudinal edge, the second longitudinal edge, and the print-receptive medium. The sheet construction can also include a first side margin bounded at least in part by the leading margin, the first longitudinal edge, and the first print-receptive medium. The first side margin can include at least one compressed region.
Subvención de capital de trabajo para P.P.H. KOSTRZEWA Sp. j.

El proyecto se refiere al apoyo del empresario a proporcionar liquidez financiera y apoyo a las actividades actuales debido a las dificultades financieras experimentadas por el empresario como consecuencia del brote de COVID-19. Ayuda financiera concedida en el marco del programa n.º SA.57015 (2020/N)
Network for strengthening and improving the implementation of the IPPC European Directives regarding the Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control in the Mediterranean

MED-IPPC-NET is a 30 month-project whose main goal is the identification of crucial aspects in the implementation of the IPPC Directives 96/61/EC and 2008/1/EC concerning Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control within the Mediterranean space, in order to establish a set of common criteria that should be taken into account by all Mediterranean regions wishing to enhance their implementation. These common criteria will constitute the inputs for the development of a common methodology for the implementation of the IPPC Directives within the Mediterranean area, which will help turn the Mediterranean into a point of reference regarding the environmental behaviour of its industrial facilities. To achieve this goal, project partners will be brought together in a Mediterranean network for strengthening and improving the implementation of the IPPC European Directives. Once created, a comparison among the different regions taking part in the project will be done, which will allow the detection of eventual strengths and weaknesses of the implementation of the Directives in the Mediterranean regions, facilitating the transfer of knowledge and experience among them and thus strengthening a more competitive and environmentally friendly Mediterranean space. The methodology developed within the project will be validated in a relevant sector in each partner region, ensuring this way its adequacy to the target geographic area and its positive impact on their environmental policies.
Transparency and obfuscation: politics and architecture in the work of Foster + Partners

This dissertation examines the obfuscatory potential of transparency in the work of architectural practice Foster & Partners. Transparency, as a narrative of Western culture, has been used unthinkingly and uncritically by architects to equate clarity with rationality, accessibility and democracy. Through a close analytical reading of the practice's output, using a framework which draws from Henri Lefebvre's The Production of Space (1974), Jean Baudrillard's Simulacra and Simulation (1981), Marshall McLuhan's Understanding Media (1964), and Reinhold Martin's The Organisational Complex (2003), the political, cultural and social significance of Foster & Partners' transparent architecture is discussed. The dissertation works with two definitions of transparency: one drawn from Foster & Partners' use of transparent techniques and rhetoric as found in their built and published work; one based on a critical approach to materials which locate the place of transparency in architectural and spatial history and theory. Three case-studies from the practice are read for their transparent capacity and are placed in their respective historical-geographical contexts, following the methods of David Harvey. These projects, The Palace of Peace and Concord in Kazakhstan (2004-2006); HACTL Super Terminal in Hong Kong (1992-1998); and the Philological Library of the Free University Berlin (1997-2005), are analysed to examine the technological, material, aesthetic, formal and spatial qualities of their organisation. By placing these projects in their respective contexts, the position of transparency as an active architectural and cultural device is discussed, and its role in shaping the structure of social, political and institutional forms is explored. The thesis concludes by questioning widespread assumptions in architecture and culture that transparency acts to open-up and decrypt the hidden
Competitive Strategies Issues on Performance of Manufacturing Industries: Partial Least Square (PLS) Approach

The aim of this study is to examine the competitive strategies on performance of manufacturing industries. Competitive strategies are assumed to be one of the most imperative requirements for business to survive and flourish in unstable and volatile environments. This study examines competitive advantage and organizational performance in a manufacturing industry in Nigeria. The data for this study were collected from the Managers/owners in Kano State Nigeria. Out of 250 distributed questionnaires, 158 usable questionnaires were returned. Before examining the effect of competitive advantage on the performance of Manufacturing Industries, the validity and reliability of the measurement, outer, model was investigated and confirmed in line with the standardized reporting style of PLS structural equation modeling. The results of the study concerning to the impact of competitive advantage on the performance of Manufacturing Industries was confirmed in line with the existing literature. The last section of the study discusses the findings and provides further insights into the future research were also discussed.
PRESERVATIVE FREE BIMATOPROST AND TIMOLOL SOLUTIONS

The present invention is directed to preservative-free solutions of bimatoprost and timolol for lowering intra-ocular pressure and treatment of glaucoma.
Image compression using multilevel thresholding based Absolute Moment Block Truncation Coding for WSN

Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) is one of the promising platforms for a variety of applications such as military based applications to health-oriented applications. However transmission of image content through WSN has several bottlenecks including limited bandwidth, low power and less memory space. Therefore, image transmission over WSN needs special attention than other applications. To overcome the above drawbacks, the field of image processing introduced many image compression algorithms. Among them, Absolute Moment Block Truncation Coding (AMBTC) have the additional qualifications of increasing the lifetime of the sensor node by reducing the computational time, better image quality and high compression ratio when compared to the existing compression techniques. In this paper, an attempt has been made to realize the effectiveness of the AMBTC by utilizing the histogram based multilevel thresholding. From the simulation results, the proposed AMBTC method achieves efficient image compression and suitable for WSN. Performance metrics such as quality of the image, computational Time (T), Peak Signal to Noise Ratio (PSNR) and Compression Ratio (CR) are determined and analyzed by using MATLAB.
Kinetic modeling of esterification of cardanol-based epoxy resin in the presence of triphenylphosphine for producing vinyl ester resin: Mechanistic rate equation

In this study, cardanol-based epoxidized novolac resins and methacrylic acid were used to produce cardanol-based epoxidised novolac vinyl ester resins. The reactions were conducted under nonstoichiometric condition using triphenylphosphine as catalyst in the temperature range of 80–100°C with an interval of 5°C. The first-order rate equation and mechanism based rate equation were examined. Parameters were evaluated by least square method. A comparison of mechnism based rate equation and experimental data showed an excellent agreement. Finally, Arrhenius equation and activation energy were presented. The specific rate constants, based on linear regression analysis, were found to obey Arrhenius equation. The values of activation energy, frequency factor, enthalpy, entropy, and free energy of the reaction revealed that the reaction was spontaneous and irreversible and produced a highly activated complex. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci, 2010
PROCESS FOR IDENTIFYING CONTROLLING ELEMENTS DURING THE CROSS-SECTION REGULATION OF A CONTINUOUSLY PRODUCED WEB OF MATERIAL

A plurality of controlling elements to be identified are adjusted by the same amounts which at the end of the web intervene only within the noise level. A series of cross-section measurements are then carried out, from which a previously determined mean value of the cross-section is subtracted and the results are superimposed until a number of measurement signals corresponding to one of the controlling elements to be identified clearly detach themselves by their amplitude and/or shape from the superimposed noise components of the cross-section.
The myosuit – mobility assistance for everyday life

Mobility impairments can affect a person’s quality of life by making simple everyday tasks difficult or impossible to perform. These impairments may be the result of genetic disorders, a neurological injury, or simply ageing. Since many of these conditions cannot be cured with the current state of medical care available, the best option to regain—or maintain—mobility is to use assistive technologies.

In Europe, 9.7% of the population of working age (15-64 years old) report difficulties with walking, sitting, standing, or lifting and carrying objects. For those over 65 years old—a segment of the population with a spending capacity of over €3,000 billion—age-related impairments are expected to grow from 68 million in 2005 to 84 million in 2020.

To address this growing need for assistive devices that support users in their daily lives we have created the MyoSuit. The MyoSuit is a lightweight garment-like device that combines robotics with functional textiles to function as a wearable muscle. This wearable muscle uses novel algorithms and sensing technology to deliver continuous force assistance in an e-bike-like manner. With these intelligent algorithms, the MyoSuit detects the user’s movement patterns and provides optimal support to the lower limbs across activities of daily life such as walking, stair negotiation, and sitting transfers.

We envision a future where technology for mobility assistance is simple, intuitive and—borrowing from the WHO’s approach to ageing and health—allows people to do the things they value for as long as possible.
The RNA-binding protein Spo5 promotes meiosis II by regulating cyclin Cdc13 in fission yeast

Meiosis comprises two consecutive nuclear divisions, meiosis I and II. Despite this unique progression through the cell cycle, little is known about the mechanisms controlling the sequential divisions. In this study, we carried out a genetic screen to identify factors that regulate the initiation of meiosis II in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe. We identified mutants deficient in meiosis II progression and repeatedly isolated mutants defective in spo5, which encodes an RNA-binding protein. Using fluorescence microscopy to visualize YFP-tagged protein, we found that spo5 mutant cells precociously lost Cdc13, the major B-type cyclin in fission yeast, before meiosis II. Importantly, the defect in meiosis II was rescued by increasing CDK activity. In wild-type cells, cdc13 transcripts increased during meiosis II, but this increase in cdc13 expression was weaker in spo5 mutants. Thus, Spo5 is a novel regulator of meiosis II that controls the level of cdc13 expression and promotes de novo synthesis of Cdc13. We previously reported that inhibition of Cdc13 degradation is necessary to initiate meiosis II; together with the previous information, the current findings indicate that the dual control of Cdc13 by de novo synthesis and suppression of proteolysis ensures the progression of meiosis II.