Aim Using two classifications, this study assessed root morphology and canal configuration and measured the Dentin thickness (DT) and canal shapes. Methods Cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) with 400 Mandibular Incisors was collected and assessed for the number, length, curvature of roots, number of canals, bifurcation level, configurations based on Vertucci's and Ahmed's classification, DT and canal shape at 3, 6, 9 mm from the apex. The collected data was subjected to statistical analysis with a level of significance at p<0.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Dental composite resins are commonly used due to their excellent physical and mechanical properties. However, exposure to beverages like Coca-Cola, Apple juice, and Black coffee can negatively impact these materials. This study examined the effects of these drinks on the surface microhardness and surface roughness of Nanohybrid, Giomer, and Dual-Cure Bulk-fill resin composites.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIndian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg
October 2024
Background: Primary acquired Cholesteatoma is a complex issue for otolaryngologists, with its development mechanisms still unclear due to the intricate anatomy of this region. It's aetiopathogenesis remains poorly understood and this aggressive clinical condition often leads to various complications. Recent research explores myofibroblast and fibronectin's potential roles in pathomechanisms of Cholesteatoma.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWe image local superfluid density in single crystals of Pd-intercalated ErTe_{3} below the superconducting critical temperature T_{c}, well below the onset temperature T_{CDW} of (disordered) charge-density-wave order. We find no detectable inhomogeneities on micron scales. We observe a rapid increase of the superfluid density below T_{c}, deviating from the behavior expected in a conventional Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer superconductor, and show that the temperature dependence is qualitatively consistent with a combination of quantum and thermal phase fluctuations.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe origin of the pseudogap in many strongly correlated materials has been a longstanding puzzle. Here, we present experimental evidence that many-body interactions among small Holstein polarons, i.e.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFgenus has been classified under the family Anaplasmataceae of order Rickettsiales, which contains the spp. , , and is accountable for a broad range of diseases in both man and animal medicine around the globe. A multiplex PCR procedure was designed to identify , , and simultaneously by employing species-specific primers targeting the 4 (), 16S rRNA (), and () genes.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThere is a vital role of B cells in the pathogenesis of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE). Belimumab (Bel), an inhibitor of B cell activating factor (BAFF), and Rituximab (RTX), a monoclonal antibody targeting Cd20 antigen, have been used to manage systemic lupus. Several randomized controlled trials (RCTs) have evaluated these two agents' clinical efficacy and safety in different manifestations of SLE.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe occurrence of superconductivity in proximity to various strongly correlated phases of matter has drawn extensive focus on their normal state properties, to develop an understanding of the state from which superconductivity emerges. The recent finding of superconductivity in layered nickelates raises similar interests. However, transport measurements of doped infinite-layer nickelate thin films have been hampered by materials limitations of these metastable compounds: in particular, a high density of extended defects.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEarly-season agricultural drought is frequent over South Asian region due to delayed or deficient monsoon rainfall. These drought events often cause delay in sowing and can even result in crop failure. The present study focuses on monitoring early-season agricultural drought in a semi-arid region of India over 5-year period (2016-2020).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPsychiatry is one of the many medical subspecialties that have benefited from the advent of telemedicine. Substance abuse treatment via telepsychiatry expeditiously increased with the start of the pandemic and has brought changes to its rules and regulations. In this study, we focused on the prognosis of substance abuse patients treated with telepsychiatry, the various changes that occurred during the pandemic, and the difficulties faced by clinicians using telepsychiatry.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA subset of hereditary white matter disorders called hypomyelinating leukodystrophies (HLD) is characterized primarily by the absence of myelin deposition. Although the clinical presentation can be mild and the development of symptoms can occur in adolescence or adulthood, the majority of severe cases present during infancy and early childhood with significant neurological impairments. The clinical features vary from muscle stiffness to seizures and developmental delay.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe eigenstate thermalization hypothesis (ETH) explains why nonintegrable quantum many-body systems thermalize internally if the Hamiltonian lacks symmetries. If the Hamiltonian conserves one quantity ("charge"), the ETH implies thermalization within a charge sector-in a microcanonical subspace. But quantum systems can have charges that fail to commute with each other and so share no eigenbasis; microcanonical subspaces may not exist.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDiabetes is one of the most well-known and well-researched non-communicable diseases known to humankind. The goal of this article is to show that the prevalence of diabetes is constantly increasing among indigenous people, a major population subgroup in Canada. The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines were used to conduct this systematic review, and the databases used were PubMed and Google Scholar.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPostmenopausal osteoporosis is a chronic condition with decreased bone mass and altered bone structure, leading to a greater risk of fractures among older women. Exercise has been proposed as a potentially effective non-pharmacological method to prevent this condition. In this systematic review, we investigate the effects and safety of high-impact and high-intensity exercises in improving bone density at popular sites of fragility fractures, namely, the hip and spine.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFProc Natl Acad Sci U S A
January 2023
Perturbative considerations account for the properties of conventional metals, including the range of temperatures where the transport scattering rate is 1/ = 2, where is a dimensionless strength of the electron-phonon coupling. The fact that measured values satisfy ≲ 1 has been noted in the context of a possible "Planckian" bound on transport. However, since the electron-phonon scattering is quasielastic in this regime, no such Planckian considerations can be relevant.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe two-dimensional Wigner crystal (WC) occurs in the strongly interacting regime (r_{s}≫1) of the two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG). The magnetism of a pure WC is determined by tunneling processes that induce multispin ring-exchange interactions, resulting in fully polarized ferromagnetism for large enough r_{s}. Recently, Hossain et al.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe stomach is a site for various pathological conditions like congestive hypertrophic pyloric stenosis, peptic ulcer, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), and carcinoma of the stomach. Further, for the treatment of obesity too, surgical manipulation of the stomach is done by a bariatric surgeon. With the availability of a wide range of diagnostic tools like barium meals, USG, CT scan, MRI, and endoscopy, it is possible to identify the variations in the position and shape of the stomach and developmental defects while diagnosing diseases.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The goal of root canal therapy depends on chemomechanical debridement and three-dimensional filling of the root canal system.[1].
Aim: The aim of this study is to assess the effect of NaOCl + Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) and Twin Kleen as a final irrigating solution on the depth of penetration of AH Plus and Perma Evolution sealers into the dentinal tubules.
Present study is a maiden attempt to assess net ecosystem exchange (NEE) of carbon dioxide (CO) flux from jute crop (Corchorus olitorius L.) in the Indo-Gangetic plain by using open-path eddy covariance (EC) technique. Diurnal variations of NEE were strongly influenced by growth stages of jute crop.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe complex epimorphic regeneration of zebrafish caudal fin tissue is hasty and absolute. This study was executed to understand the role of various genes/proteins involved in the regeneration of zebrafish caudal fin tissue through differential transcriptomics and proteomics analysis. Based on our study 1408 genes and 661 proteins were found differentially regulated in the regenerating caudal fin tissue for having at least 1-log fold change.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHerein we provide new information on Cnemaspis assamensis, the only species of Cnemaspis known from north-eastern India. Based on five new samples, morphological parameters are described. The species was found to have pre-cloacal and femoral pores, not accounted for in the original description.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe present study is a maiden attempt to assess jute crop lodging due to super cyclone Amphan (20 May 2020) by synergistic use of Sentinel-2 (optical) and Sentinel-1 (SAR) data over part of West Bengal, India. Pre-event Sentinel-2 data (9 April, 14 May) along with the ground information were used to map the jute crop of the affected districts with accuracy of 85%. The cross-polarized backscatter (σ) of Sentinel-1 was found to be sensitive to the sudden change in the canopy structure due to lodging and partial flooding.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDebilitating mental illness like depression and related mood disorders is due to the disruption in circuitry that controls emotion, motivation, and reward, characterized by disparate phenotypes like decrease in socialization, motivation, threshold for threat apprehension, etc. Chronic stress is a major factor in the etiology of these disorders. Here, using a chronic unpredictable stress (CUS) paradigm the characterization of an array of mood disorder phenotypes in adult zebrafish, in comparison to normal control unstressed fish, was achieved using a battery of behavioral assays including novel ones comprising social interaction test, feed approach test, threat response test and novel tank test.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: The efficacy of an adhesive agent is an important aspect in restoring noncarious cervical lesion (NCCL) as studies have proved that compromise in adhesive agent results in reduced bond strength. The purpose of this prospective randomized double-blind clinical trial was to evaluate the efficacy of the newly formulated "universal" dental adhesive in the restoration of NCCLs in permanent dentition using either a self-etch or a selective-etch approach.
Materials And Methods: The study was done following the consolidated standards of reporting trials.