4%, respectively.
Conclusions: The lateral lip-splitting approach is an acceptable and optional approach for maxillectomy because of wide exposure, satisfied function, inconspicuous scar, and preservation of facial nerve. (C) 2009 American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons J Oral Maxillofac Surg 67:1197-1205, 2009″
“In this paper, we report large mid-wave infrared photoconductivity in highly textured, Belinostat nanocrystalline PbTe films thermally evaporated on Si at room temperature. Responsivity
as high as 25 V/W is measured at the 3.5 mu m wavelength. The large photoconductivity is attributed to the oxygen incorporation in the films by diffusion. Carrier concentration as low as 10(17) cm(-3) is identified to be the consequence of Fermi level selleckchem pinning induced by the diffused oxygen. The successful demonstration of IR-sensitive PbTe films without the need for high-temperature processing presents an important step toward monolithic integration of mid-wave PbTe infrared detectors on Si read-out integrated circuits (ROICs). (C) 2011 American Institute of Physics. [doi:10.1063/1.3653832]“
“Purpose: To investigate cell cycle effects and relative biological effectiveness (RBE) of alpha-particles from the clinically relevant radionuclide Astatine-211 (At-211), using X-rays as reference radiation. Double-strand breaks (DSB), non-DSB clusters containing oxidised purines and clonogenic survival were investigated.
Materials and methods: Asynchronous
V79-379A fibroblasts or cells synchronised with mimosine in G1, early, mid and late S phase or in mitosis
were irradiated with X-rays (100 kV(p)) or At-211 (mean linear energy transfer (LET) 110 CH5424802 nmr keV/mu m). Induction of DSB and clusters was determined using pulsed-field gel electrophoresis with fragment analysis. Cell survival was obtained with the clonogenic assay.
Results: In asynchronous cells RBE for DSB- and cluster-induction was 3.5 and 0.59, respectively. RBE for 37% cell survival was 8.6. In different cell cycle phases RBE varied from 1.8-3.9 for DSB and 3.1-7.9 for 37% survival (survival at 2 Gy was 6.9-38 times lower after alpha-irradiation). At-211 induced 6 times more DSB and X-rays induced 11 times more DSB in mitotic cells with highly compacted chromatin relative G1.
Conclusions: The radio-response is cell cycle dependent and differs between proliferating and non-cycling cells for both low- and high-LET radiation, resulting in a variation in RBE of alpha-particles between 1.8 and 8.6.”
“Purpose: The aim of this study was to assess the clinical efficacy of combined treatment with local anesthetic and subanesthetic ketamine for the relief or prevention of postoperative pain, swelling, and trismus after the surgical extraction of third molars.
Patients and Methods: Fifty patients undergoing the extraction of impacted mandibular third molars were included in the study. The patients were randomly divided into 2 groups: local anesthetic alone (LAA) and local anesthetic plus ketamine (LAK).