THE INFLUENCE OF THE OPERATOR EXPERIENCE ON THE ACCURACY OF IMPLANT PLACEMENT: AN IN VITRO STUDY Jeffrey Garcia, DDS Marquette University Purpose: The aim of this study is to evaluate the influence of operator experience in the fully... more
THE INFLUENCE OF THE OPERATOR EXPERIENCE ON THE ACCURACY OF IMPLANT PLACEMENT: AN IN VITRO STUDY Jeffrey Garcia, DDS Marquette University Purpose: The aim of this study is to evaluate the influence of operator experience in the fully guided placement of implants in dentate patients. Methods: Three different providers with different level of experience in implant surgery (unexperienced, moderate experienced = 2 years of experience, and experienced = more than 5 years of experience in implant surgery) placed each n=20 implants fully guided or free hand in identical replicas, produced from a CBCT of a partially edentulous patient case. The achieved implant position was digitized by using a laboratory scanner and compared with the planned position. Trueness (planned versus actual position) and precision (difference among implants) were determined. The 3D-offset at the crest of the implant (Root mean square between virtual preoperative planning and postoperative standard triangulation fi...
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Atividades Do Enfermeiro Nos Sistemas De Triagem Classificacao De Risco Nos Servicos De Urgencia Revisao Integrativa Revision Integrativa Sobre Las Actividades Del Enfermero en Los Sistemas De Clasificacion De Riesgo en Servicios De Urgencia Activities of the Nurse Involved in Triage Risk Classif...more
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The study examines four exemplary occasions in the Gospel of Luke where Jesus is reported to utilize the Hebrew Scriptures: “Jesus’ Preaching at the Synagogue of Nazareth” (4:18-19), “Jesus’ Witness Concerning John” (7:27), “And You Shall... more
The study examines four exemplary occasions in the Gospel of Luke where Jesus is reported to utilize the Hebrew Scriptures: “Jesus’ Preaching at the Synagogue of Nazareth” (4:18-19), “Jesus’ Witness Concerning John” (7:27), “And You Shall Love…” (10:25-37) and “Jesus and Caiaphas” (22:66-71). The citations from the Hebrew Bible preserved in the Third Gospel are sometimes elliptical (e.g., 19:45-46) or preserve the fusion of two disparate passages that prima facie are literarily and contextually varied (e.g., 4:18-19). Scholarly opinions concerning these pericopae have assumed a Greek or Aramaic linguistic environment for their understanding of the way in which these passages were used. On the other hand, the authors argue that the exegetical ingenuity attributed to Jesus can only be fully appreciated by engaging the verses’ Hebrew idiom and the contours of emerging Jewish thought in the Second Temple period. Indeed, when read within their inherent religious and linguistic milieu the exegetical complexes often reflect the hermeneutical methods of the day. The authors’ two-pronged approach of Hebrew language and contemporary Jewish thought achieves fruitful results for understanding Luke’s Gospel, which itself reflects the larger interpretive tendencies and practices, as well as the expectations and hopes, of the Jewish people in the first century CE. Though limited in scope, this modest study indicates that there is further room for research concerning the linguistic environment of Jesus and the need to take more seriously the Third Gospel as a historical witness, particularly its testimony regarding Jesus’ use of the Hebrew Scriptures.
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The development of a decade long havruta between Adi Ophir and Ishay Rosen-Zvi—a philosopher and talmudist, respectively—Goy sets out to address a “striking lacuna,” namely, the category of “Gentile” in rabbinic literature or, more... more
The development of a decade long havruta between Adi Ophir and Ishay Rosen-Zvi—a philosopher and talmudist, respectively—Goy sets out to address a “striking lacuna,” namely, the category of “Gentile” in rabbinic literature or, more specifically, to “reconstruct the transformation of ‘gentile’ from ‘people to non-Jew’” (p. 5). The primary contention of the volume is that the “Gentile” (יוֹגּ)—a collective and individualized category for every non-Jew—as it appears in the literature of the Tannaim is novel to the rabbis and can only be seen in its embryonic stage in earlier discourses regarding Israel and its Other. The authors argue that the rabbinic יוֹגּ as a category is a discursive formation that is part of a framework of shifting alterities attested in a nearly thousand-year corpus—if the earliest layers of the Hebrew Bible are dated to the eighth or seventh century BCE—that includes the Hebrew Bible, Second Temple literature, and the undisputed letters of the Apostle Paul (primarily Romans and Galatians). The study is not simply a terminological analysis of יוֹגּ, םיִוֹגּ, or the Greek parallel ἔθνος, ἔθνη, however, although it forms a “point of entry” of sorts. The authors are also concerned with the discursive goy that moves beyond the parameters of language. Their perspective is admittedly influenced by a modified version of Foucault’s theory of discourse—drawing inspiration from Reinhart Koselleck—so that the Tannaitic goy is thought to be a “basic concept” that is critical to their exploration. This is particularly key to their reconstruction of the goy from collective to individual. Accordingly, the work examines modes of othering and types of others. It also attempts a genealogical reconstruction that is presented simulta-
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This chapter examines the interpretive techniques demonstrated in five Synoptic pericopae and the manner in which they reflect the first-century C.E. linguistic milieu. In part, the impetus for such a study is because the Synoptic Gospels... more
This chapter examines the interpretive techniques demonstrated in five Synoptic pericopae and the manner in which they reflect the first-century C.E. linguistic milieu. In part, the impetus for such a study is because the Synoptic Gospels are a distinct source for Jewish methods of exegesis in late antiquity. Scholarly focus of late has been on comparisons between Qumranic exegesis and the interpretive style preserved in the Gospels, though more recent trends indicate that attention is now turning to Rabbinic exegesis and the Gospels. The five Synoptic narratives that examined in the chapter are, "Jesus' Preaching in the Nazareth Synagogue" (Luke 4:18-19), "Jesus' Witness Concerning John" (Luke 7:27; Matt 11:10), "And You Shall Love" (Luke 10:25-37), "The Cleansing of the Temple" (Luke 19:45-46; Mark 11:11-17; Matt 21:12-13), "Jesus and Caiaphas" (Luke 22:66-71), preserve rabbinic exegetical techniques that appear for the first time in written record. Keywords: Hebrew Bible; Jesus; Jewish; Rabbinic exegesis; Synoptic Gospels
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Several mixed cation effects in the electrical conductivity and mechanical loss spectra of mixed alkali and mixed alkali−alkaline earth glasses are identified, and their interrelation is analyzed. Apart from the classical mixed cation... more
Several mixed cation effects in the electrical conductivity and mechanical loss spectra of mixed alkali and mixed alkali−alkaline earth glasses are identified, and their interrelation is analyzed. Apart from the classical mixed cation effects in the ionic diffusivities, we find characteristic effects in the frequency response of the complex electrical conductivity and in the magnitudes of mechanical loss peaks. We observe that the latter two effects are the more pronounced, the less the diffusivities of the faster and the slower ions differ. This suggests that these two mixed cation effects are fingerprints of an incomplete decoupling between the transport of the faster and the slower ions.
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Current challenges in adhesive dentistry include over-hydrophilic bonding formulations, which facilitate water percolation through the hybrid layer and result in unreliable bonded interfaces. This study introduces nanogel-modified... more
Current challenges in adhesive dentistry include over-hydrophilic bonding formulations, which facilitate water percolation through the hybrid layer and result in unreliable bonded interfaces. This study introduces nanogel-modified adhesives as a way to control the material’s hydrophobic character without changing the basic monomer formulation (keeping water-chasing capacity and operatory techniques unaltered). Nanogel additives of varied hydrophobicity were synthesized in solution, rendering 10- to 100-nm-sized particles. A model BisGMA/HEMA solvated adhesive was prepared (control), to which reactive nanogels were added. The increase in adhesive viscosity did not impair solvent removal by air-thinning. The degree of conversion in the adhesive was similar between control and nanogel-modified materials, while the bulk dry and, particularly, the wet mechanical properties were significantly improved through nanogel-based network reinforcement and reduced water solubility. As preliminary...
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ABSTRACT We report on the effect of alloy composition and temperature on the large positive magnetoresistance of p-In1−xMnxAs/n-InAs dilute magnetic semiconductor heterojunctions. The junction magnetoconductance with magnetic field and... more
ABSTRACT We report on the effect of alloy composition and temperature on the large positive magnetoresistance of p-In1−xMnxAs/n-InAs dilute magnetic semiconductor heterojunctions. The junction magnetoconductance with magnetic field and current parallel is well-described by an analytical expression for the total conductance Gtot of two spin split bands. From the junction, magnetoconductance an effective g-factor, due to a large Zeeman effect, was determined for varying Mn concentration. The effective g-factor increases with increasing Mn concentration from 98 to 131 for xMn = 0.01 to xMn = 0.06. There is an excellent agreement between the calculated curve for the g-factor and the experimentally derived values.
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WEIGHT-BASED DISCRIMINATION AND THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT: IS THERE AN END IN SIGHT? I. Introduction The existence of various forms of discrimination is far from a recent development in the United States.1 As society has become... more
WEIGHT-BASED DISCRIMINATION AND THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT: IS THERE AN END IN SIGHT? I. Introduction The existence of various forms of discrimination is far from a recent development in the United States.1 As society has become more developed, ...