Comparison of interference from eccentric movements of dental crowns fabricated via dynamic jaw motion tracking and conventional methods: a double-blind clinical study.

Purpose: The purpose of this clinical study was to evaluate the extent of intraoral occlusal adjustment required for zirconia crowns designed with a dynamic jaw motion tracking method compared to a conventional approach.

Materials And Methods: Fifteen patients needing zirconia crown restorations in the anterior or posterior regions participated in this study. Following tooth preparation, dynamic jaw motion tracking records were gathered using a tracking device.

Conducting Super-Hydrophobic Thin Film for Electric Heating Applications.

Frost presents a serious problem for the human environment, resulting in such phenomena as downed power lines, damaged crops and stalled aircraft. In addition, frost and ice accumulation significantly decrease the performance of ships, wind turbines, and HVAC systems with high failure risk. Super-hydrophobic (SH) surface can be an appropriate solution for frost problems, due to its anti-icing properties that can prevent ice nucleation on the surface.

PPARdelta promotes wound healing by up-regulating TGF-beta1-dependent or -independent expression of extracellular matrix proteins.

Although the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR) delta has been implicated in the wound healing process, its exact role and mechanism of action have not been fully elucidated. Our previous findings showed that PPARdelta induces the expression of the transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta1, which has been implicated in the deposit of extracellular matrix proteins. Here, we demonstrate that administration of GW501516, a specific PPARdelta ligand, significantly promoted wound closure in the experimental mouse and had a profound effect on the expression of collagen types I and III, alpha-smooth muscle actin, pSmad3 and TGF-beta1, which play a pivotal role in wound healing processes.

Down-regulation of aldose reductase renders J774A.1 cells more susceptible to acrolein- or hydrogen peroxide-induced cell death.

Aldose reductase (AR) is abundantly expressed in a variety of cell lineages and has been implicated in the cellular response against oxidative stress. However, the exact functional role of AR against oxidative stress remains relatively unclear. This study investigated the role of AR in acrolein- or hydrogen peroxide-induced apoptosis using the J774.