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Dental standards: fifty years of development
Stresses how dental standards ensure quality and safety for dental care.
Highlights the significant role th...
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Effect of soy and milk protein supplementation on serum lipid levels: a randomized controlled trial
Previous clinical trials have documented that soy protein reduces low-density lipoprotein cholesterol and increases high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol compared with milk protein. However, the effect of...
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A Strength-Endurance Index for Power Grip
Introduction The purpose of this study was to quantify muscle strength and endurance in power grip. Method Workers (74 M and 74 F, 18–72 years) squeezed a dynamometer for a 60 s, 18-cycle...
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A Scandinavian tragedy
Dentistry's contribution to environmental pollution by mercury is negligible compared to other sources.
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Development of explicit criteria to measure adherence to hypertension guidelines
Measures of adherence to hypertension guidelines have historically been based on prescription data or physician survey data regarding treatment practices. These methods have limitations that decrease their acc...
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Cardiovascular disease risk factors in habitual exercisers, lean sedentary men and abdominally obese sedentary men
To investigate whether the favourable cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factor profile of habitual exercisers is attributable to exercise or leanness.
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Putting dental mercury pollution into perspective
This paper:
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Depletion and restoration of endogenous monoamines affects β-CIT binding to serotonin but not dopamine transporters in non-human primates
The radioligand [123I]β-CIT binds to dopamine transporters in striatum and to serotonin transporters in brainstem. Endogenous dopamine or serotonin may compete with radiol igand binding at monoamine transporters.
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Serotonin transporter availability correlates with alcohol intake in non-human primates
A low level of alcohol intoxication upon initial exposure and impulsive aggressiveness predispose humans to alcoholism. In non-human primates, central serotonin transporter availability and turnover rate were ...
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The cyanocarbonyl group: synthesis and crystal structure of an imidazole carbonyl cyanide, C12N5OH17
1-t-Butyl-5-N-(dimethylaminomethylene)aminoimidazole-4-carbonyl cyanide (BUNDAMIC) is the first acyl cyanide to be synthesized from an imidazole-4-carboxylic acid, diethylphosphorocyanidate, and triethylamine ...
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A Canadian perspective on the dental amalgam issue
This article provides a view of government reaction in Canada to public concern over the use of dental amalgam. It also addresses the basis of the irrational fears the general public may have regarding the imp...
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Differential cholinergic regulation in Alzheimer's patients compared to controls following chronic blockade with scopolamine: a SPECT study
The effects of low-dose chronic scopolamine on measures of cerebral perfusion and muscarinic receptors were tested in eight Alzheimer's disease (AD) subjects and eight elderly controls. Single photon emission ...
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Conformation and packing differences between two anomeric xylofuranosyl uracil nucleosides: Crystal structure of α-C14N2O7H18 monohydrate
5-Acetyl-1-(3,5-O-isopropylidene-α-D-xylofuranosyl) uracil monohydrate (α-AXU·H2O) crystallizes in an orthorhombic cell of dimensionsa=7.286(6),b 14.281(10),c=15.852(11) Å. Its structure has been determined by di...
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The mechanical properties of PMMA and its copolymers with ethyl methacrylate and butyl methacrylate
The mechanical properties of polymethyl methacrylate and copolymers formed with both ethyl methacrylate and butyl methacrylate were investigated. Six polymers were produced by bulk polymerization, measured for...
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Human-Environmental Influences and Interactions in Shifting Agriculture
A good deal of agriculture in the tropics is practiced on a rotational basis on environmentally fragile land (Gradwolh and Greenberg, 1988). Shifting, or rotational, agriculture is a feature of areas with low ...
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Measurement of fracture properties in liquid environments using a new testing fixture
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X-ray crystal structure analysis of nitroxazepine: 10-(3-dimethylaminopropyl)-2-nitro-10,11-dihydrodibenz [b,f][l,4]oxazepin-11-one
The title compound, C18H19O4N3,M r=341, the base (I) of the dibenzoxazepine anti-depressant drug Sintamil, crystallizes in the orthorhombic space group,Pbca withZ=8 in a cella=8.636(2),b=23.687(3),c=16.787(3)Å,V
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Effects of composition on selected physical properties of SiO2-K2O-Na2O glasses
Physical properties were used to characterize a range of five, three-component glass formulations (SiO2-K2O-Na2O) synthesized from spray-dried precursor powders in terms of their final bulk chemical compositions....
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Effects of composition on selected physical properties of SiO2-K2O-Na2O glasses
Physical properties were used to characterize a range of five, three-component glass formulations (SiO2-K2O-Na2O) synthesized from spray-dried precursor powders in terms of their final bulk chemical compositions....
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X-ray and neutron-diffraction studies of the crystal structures of the dicesium lithium hexacyanometallates of manganese(III) and chromium(III)
Crystallographic examination of samples of Cs2Li[M III (CN)6] (M III =Mn, Cr), prepared by an improved route, establishes the unit cells as ve...