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The influence of soft acidic drinks in exposing dentinal tubules after non-surgical periodontal treatment: a SEM investigation on the protective effe…
2007
Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the different smear layer morphologies produced by instrumentation with a hand curette and a periodontal sonic scaler for potential removal by soft acidic solution. The effect of a new oxalate-containing phytocomplex spray in preventing tubules exposure after citric acid solution application was also evaluated. Methods: Thirty recently extracted human teeth were used to obtain root dentinal fragments and divided in two groups: Curette treatment (CRT) root planed applying 30 working strokes to each surface using a Gracey?s curette 5-6 and Ultrasonic scaler (USC) treated using a periodontal scaler mounted on an ultrasonic hand-piece for 30 s…
THE INVESTMENT POLITICS AND THE DIVERSIFICATION OF FINANCING RESOURCES IN ROMANIA
2011
A priority for Romania is to maintain an high investment rate, higher than the one of the EU member states, because these countries modernized their energetic, transport and public utility infrastructures, they developed their educational and the public health systems, they reduced the technological and informational differences, decades ago. Through the investment politics, Romania will continue to attract foreign investments, whose annual average was remarkable. For the financing of the investments, a diversification of the internal and external resources is necessary. The internal resources are based on the development of the saving instruments: the development of the market for transact…
Latest reforms in Finnish doctoral education in light of recent European developments
2017
Doctoral education as a policy field is an important link between educational, research and innovation policies. It is gaining importance in European and national policy discussions. Doctoral education policies are increasingly formulated at the supranational level, even though the European Commission does not possess formal competence in terms of authority over the educational policies. Consequently, policy steering is mostly performed at the national level. In this article, we examine Finnish doctoral education from the steering perspective in a European context. We describe the development and steering of Finnish doctoral education, as well as the current doctoral education policies and …
Recent advances in ground-based ultraviolet remote sensing of volcanic SO2 fluxes
2011
Measurements of volcanic SO2 emission rates have been the mainstay of remote-sensing volcanic gas geochemistry for almost four decades, and they have contributed significantly to our understanding of volcanic systems and their impact upon the atmosphere. The last ten years have brought step-change improvements in the instrumentation applied to these observations, which began with the application of miniature ultraviolet spectrometers that were deployed in scanning and traverse configurations, with differential optical absorption spectroscopy evaluation routines. This study catalogs the more recent empirical developments, including: ultraviolet cameras; wide-angle field-of-view differential …
Empirical Study on the Relationship between the Cross-Correlation among Stocks and the Stocks' Volatility Clustering
2013
In this paper we discuss univariate and multivariate statistical properties of volatility with the aim of understanding how these two aspects are interrelated. Specifically, we focus on the relationship between the cross-correlation among stock's volatilities and the volatility clustering. Volatility clustering is related to the memory property of the volatility time-series and therefore to its predictability. Our results show that there exists a relationship between the level of predictability of any volatility time-series and the amount of its inter-dependence with other assets. In all considered cases, the more the asset is linked to other assets, the more its volatility keeps memory of …
Theoretical and Empirical Research regarding the Performance of Financial Investment Companies based on Accounting Information
2016
Esta tesis examina el rendimiento de las empresas de inversión financiera y su condicionamiento al riesgo de los instrumentos financieros. La intención y contribución de esta tesis es ofrecer una visión más amplia y coherente de la evaluación del riesgo. En concreto, exploramos el impacto que tiene el riesgo derivado de los instrumentos financieros sobre las empresas de inversión financiera a través de tres modelos específicos. Abordamos esta investigación mediante un análisis de carácter teórico y empírico. En relación al enfoque teórico, mostramos las cuestiones relativas a los instrumentos financieros en el marco internacional en los últimos 30 años. En particular, los conceptos fundamen…
Finite element analysis of a Bionate ring-shaped customized lumbar disc nucleus prosthesis
2021
[EN] Study design: Biomechanical study of a nucleus replacement with a finite element model. Objective: To validate a Bionate 80A ring-shaped nucleus replacement. Methods: The ANSYS lumbar spine model made from lumbar spine X-rays and magnetic resonance images obtained from cadaveric spine specimens were used. All materials were assumed homogeneous, isotropic, and linearly elastic. We studied three options: intact spine, nucleotomy, and nucleus implant. Two loading conditions were evaluated at L-3-L-4, L-4-L-5, and L-5-S-1 discs: a 1000 N axial compression load and this load after the addition of 8 Nm flexion moment in the sagittal plane plus 8 Nm axial rotation torque. Results: Maximum nuc…
Diseño y validación de un cuestionario sobre fracaso escolar en alumnado de educación secundaria
2013
Resumen: El presente artículo expone los resultados del diseño y la validación de un cuestionario sobre fracaso escolar, dirigido al alumnado de Educación Secundaria. Se trabajó con una muestra de 200 estudiantes en el Centro de F.P.A (Formación de Personas Adultas) Germà Colón de Castelló de la Plana (España) durante el curso 2010/2011. El instrumento está compuesto por 35 ítems, divididos en cuatro dimensiones principales (centro educativo, aula, profesorado y situación personal y familiar). Se desarrolla la validación de contenido mediante un Comité de Expertos, el análisis factorial para validar el constructo y el análisis de fiabilidad del cuestionario. Los resultados muestran una buen…
User Orientation Through Experience: A Study of Hobbyist Knowing in Product Development
2007
Those who are involved in hobbyist communities and share the values and practices of these communities often also innovate new products. Users are important actors in innovations. Recently, a lot of attention has been paid to users in relation to product development processes and especially user innovations. This article points out that product development team members are often simultaneously users themselves and they can be important translators of “hobbyist knowing” into organizational practices. Hobbyist knowing refers to the practice of making sense of situations through concrete activities and participation in particular social and physical circumstances and practices. This article st…
Kredītiestāžu noregulējums un finanšu kapitāla tirgus komisijas darbība Latvijā pēc vienotā noregulējuma mahānisma spēkā stāšanās.
2018
Vienotais noregulējuma mehānisms rada bezprecedenta izmaiņas pieejā kredītiestādēm, kas rada gan juridiskas, gan sociālas, gan politiskas, gan ekonomiskas sekas. Tā potenciālie ieguvumi ES ekonomikai, politiskie kompromisi, pie kuriem nācās nonāk, lai tas stātos spēkā un iespēja atbrīvot nodokļu maksātājus no maksātnespējīgu kredītiestāžu glābšanas ir būtiskāko jautājumu starpā, kas apvij Vienoto noregulējuma mehānismu. Pēdējo divu gadu laikā par noregulējuma piemērošanu tika lemts attiecībā uz divām Latvijas bankām, taču ne Trasta Komercbankai, ne ABLV Bankai noregulējums piemērots netika, jo to glābšana nebija sabiedrības interesēs. Šajā darbā tiek apskatīti problēmjautājumi Vienotā noreg…