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Specifically, the presence of argon helped to improve the plasma uniformity, making the reaction system more energy efficient by operating at a low specific energy input range allowing abundant formation of nitrogen vibrational species.Conductive hydrogels can be used in wearable electronics integrated with skin, but the bulk structure of existing hydrogel-based temperature sensors limits the wearing comfort, response/recovery speeds, and sensitivity. Here, stretchable and transparent temperature sensors based on a novel thin-film sandwich structure (TFSS) are designed, which display unprecedented thermal sensitivity (24.54%/°C), fast response time (0.19 s) and recovery time (0.08 s), a broad detection range (from -28 to 95.3 °C), high resolution (0.8 °C), and high stability. The thin hydrogel layer (12.15 μm) is encapsulated by two thin elastomer layers, which prevent the water evaporation and enhance the heat transfer, leading to the boosted stability and accelerated response/recovery speeds. The nondrying and antifreezing capabilities are further promoted by the hydratable lithium bromide (LiBr) incorporated in the hydrogel, enabling it to avoid dehydration in an extremely arid environment and freeze below subzero temperatures (freezing point below -120 °C). A comparative study reveals that the thermal sensitivity displayed by the TFSS sensor in capacitance mode is several times higher than that in conventional conductance/resistance mode above room temperature. Importantly, a new mechanism based on a horizontal plate capacitance model is proposed to understand the high sensitivity by considering the permittivity and geometry variations of TFSS. The thin TFSS, stretchability and transparency enable the sensor to be conformally and comfortably attached to human skin for real-time and reliable monitoring of various human motions, physical states, skin temperature, etc., without affecting the appearance.
To illustrate the features of tooth number 38 and 48 having acute operculitis employing clinical parameters and radiological distinctiveness.

50 subjects of both genders in the age range of 19-36 years with a diagnosis of acute operculitis comprised the group for study. After thorough clinical examination, uniform orthopantomograms (Rotograph 230 eur, Villa Italy) for each of the individual subject participating in the study was made. Four parameters were evaluated as plausible prognostic factors for the progression of acute operculitis. Chi-square test was used to foretell the role of individual factors studied in the progression of acute operculitis. Significance was set at p less than equal to 0.05. For all statistical analysis, the SPSS (version 16) software was used.

Based on the assessment of the parameters investigated in this study, most likely to be among the essential determinants of acute pericoronitis are vertical angulations, part (50%) encapsulation, eruption point underneath the occlusal plane and existence of an encroaching opposing 28 and 18.
Based on the assessment of the parameters investigated in this study, most likely to be among the essential determinants of acute pericoronitis are vertical angulations, part (50%) encapsulation, eruption point underneath the occlusal plane and existence of an encroaching opposing 28 and 18.
To make a quantitative assessment of the impact of predatory publishing has on a single author over a year, analyzing the number of invitations, the subject areas of the inviting journals and their characteristics.

An analysis of all invitations to publication, received during 12 months, was carried out in order to analyze their number, the area of specialization, the presence in reputable databases, publication criteria and presence in the Beall's list.

A total of 864 invitations had been received at the end of the 12 months, all with open access policies. Ninety-nine were from journals not on Beall's list. Eight were indexed on reputable databases. NX-2127 datasheet The thematic areas were distributed as follows 370 dental, 346 medical, 122 unspecified subject, 26 non-medical.

Predatory publishing is spreading in dentistry. Poor-quality articles and, at the same time, loss of potentially valuable researches could seriously pollute the scientific evidence that founds dental clinical practice.
Predatory publishing is spreading in dentistry. Poor-quality articles and, at the same time, loss of potentially valuable researches could seriously pollute the scientific evidence that founds dental clinical practice.
The aim of this study is to determine the knowledge of periodontal health and prevention of periodontal diseases of a pool of pharmacists working in Friuli Venezia Giulia.

A 22 questions questionnaire about oral health was sent by mail to all the pharmacies working in Friuli Venezia Giulia and to the most known associations of pharmacists. The data were collected and analysed by Google Forms software.

164 questionnaires were analysed. 91% of the pharmacists assert to give advices about prevention and treatment of oral affection during professional practice but 97% never attended university courses about it. Only 21% took part in post graduate courses about oral health. Most of them have not enough notions about periodontal disease.

The findings from this study highlight that pharmacists have not enough knowledge about periodontal disease and its treatment but every day they provide advices about oral health. It would be appropriate a better organization of post-graduate courses about oral health and prevention of periodontal diseases.
The findings from this study highlight that pharmacists have not enough knowledge about periodontal disease and its treatment but every day they provide advices about oral health. It would be appropriate a better organization of post-graduate courses about oral health and prevention of periodontal diseases.
There are increasing evidences of the influence of the oropharyngeal stimulations on the autonomic nervous system and an easy approach to evaluate the balance between parasympathetic and sympathetic system is the measurement of the pupil diameter. The aim of this analytic observational study is to define the effects of clenching and swallowing on pupil diameter, and how an oral appliance can affect the outcome of these tasks, to establish their influence on the sympathetic-parasympathetic balance.

We measured the pupil diameter in 30 healthy subjects during clenching and swallowing, both with and without oral appliance. We compared the results with the mandibular rest position. The respective positions with and without oral appliance were also compared.

Pupillometry showed a mydriatic effect of swallowing (rest=6.94 mm, swallowing=7.26 mm, p=0.04) and oral appliance, more relevant in scotopic conditions. On the contrary, clenching seemed to enhance miosis, especially in intense brightness condition (rest=3.
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