Mandibular Border Positions in Eugnathic Subjects during the Second Bite Lifting

This research was aimed at performing a clinical functional analysis during the second bite lifting, in order to define mandibular border positions and possible differences by sex and/or age. Out of a total of 9680 examined children from the region of Me|imurje, Croatia, 103 were found to be eugnathic, with dentition in occlusion during the phase of the second bite lifting. All the eugnathic patients belonged to the class I by Angle, without any caries, fillings or extracted teeth. They were divided into three predefined groups for the sake of comparison. The obtained values of mandibular border positions in eugnathic subjects during the second bite-lifting phase vary with age and with the number of present permanent teeth in occlusion. Generally, all the values are higher in girls than in boys, which speaks in favour of the assumption that mandibular border positions are determined by sex, hormonal activity, growth and intercuspidation. Also, girls show a higher TMJ flexibility as well as a higher mandibular mobility. The knowledge of these facts will contribute to a more precise treatment in child prosthetics and pedodontics

Proportion of aluminium production workers in the overall morbidity from bronchial carcinoma in the Šibenik area

Analizirana je učestalost primarnih malignih tumora bronha i pluća na području Šibenika (razdoblje 1970--1984), s osvrtom na dob i spol bolesnika, naviku pušenja, postavljanje dijagnoze i duljinu trajanja simptoma. Paralelno je ocijenjen udio radnika iz proizvodnje i prerade aluminija u ukupnom morbiditetu od tog oblika karcinoma. Kao izvor podataka poslužila je medicinska dokumentacija Odjela za plućne bolesti (s dispanzerom) Medicinskog centra u Šibeniku. Dobiveni rezultati ne upućuju na to da je rad u proizvodnji (i preradi) aluminija povezan s većim rizikom obolijevanja od karcinoma bronha i pluća. Incidencija malignih tumora bronha i pluća u ovom ispitivanju imala je karakteristike (u odnosu na dob, spol, naviku pušenja, simptomatologiju) slične onima u drugim studijama ovog tipa.The incidence of primary malignant tumours of the bronchi and lungs has been studied with special reference to the way of establishing diagnosis and duration of symptoms. There has been no firm evidence in the available literature that work in the aluminium industry might be an occupational risk factor for developing bronchial carcinoma. Nevertheless, all the factors present in other smelting works are present in aluminium production too. Therefore it proved interesting ·to determine the proportion of aluminium production workers of the overall incidence of bronchial carcinoma in this area. The starting point was the fact that aluminium workers had significantly higher morbidity rates from chronic non-specific broncho-pulmonary diseases which, as chronic -irritants, might act as provocation factors. The proportion of these workers in the overall morbidity rate from pulmonary malignant diseases has not been established as significant in this stud

Between the Vinča and Linearbandkeramik worlds: the diversity of practices and identities in the 54th–53rd centuries cal BC in south-west Hungary and beyond

Szederkény-Kukorica-dűlő is a large settlement in south-east Transdanubia, Hungary, excavated in advance of road construction, which is notable for its combination of pottery styles, variously including Vinča A, Ražište and LBK, and longhouses of a kind otherwise familiar from the LBK world. Formal modelling of its date establishes that the site probably began in the later 54th century cal BC, lasting until the first decades of the 52nd century cal BC. Occupation, featuring longhouses, pits and graves, probably began at the same time on the east and west parts of the settlement, the central part starting a decade or two later; the western part was probably abandoned last. Vinča pottery is predominantly associated with the east and central parts of the site, and Ražište pottery with the west. Formal modelling of the early history and diaspora of longhouses in the LBK world suggests their emergence in the Formative LBK of Transdanubia c. 5500 cal BC and then rapid diaspora in the middle of the 54th century cal BC, associated with the ‘earliest’ (älteste) LBK. The adoption of longhouses at Szederkény thus appears to come a few generations after the start of the diaspora. Rather than explaining the mixture of things, practices and perhaps people at Szederkény by reference to problematic notions such as hybridity, we propose instead a more fluid and varied vocabulary including combination and amalgamation, relationships and performance in the flow of social life, and networks; this makes greater allowance for diversity and interleaving in a context of rapid change

Nation Branding, Cultural Relations and Cultural Diplomacy at Eurovision: Between Australia and Europe

This chapter explores Australia’s Eurovision history – and its ‘Asiavision’ future – as an articulation of the nation’s complex and ongoing relations with Europe. It considers the ideological dimensions of Eurovision’s own history and the impact this might have on the contest’s future in Asia. While Australia’s participation in Eurovision was tolerated as part of the sixtieth anniversary in 2015, its return performance in 2016 was greeted with some ambiguity, and even outright hostility. The announcement that an Australian broadcasting service (SBS), together with the European Broadcasting Union, would be collaborating on the establishment of a song contest for the Asia-Pacific region brought some commercial sense to the engagement, but also foregrounds a particular conceptualisation of Australia as a bridge between Europe and Asia

Proportion of aluminium production workers in the overall morbidity from bronchial carcinoma in the Šibenik area

Analizirana je učestalost primarnih malignih tumora bronha i pluća na području Šibenika (razdoblje 1970--1984), s osvrtom na dob i spol bolesnika, naviku pušenja, postavljanje dijagnoze i duljinu trajanja simptoma. Paralelno je ocijenjen udio radnika iz proizvodnje i prerade aluminija u ukupnom morbiditetu od tog oblika karcinoma. Kao izvor podataka poslužila je medicinska dokumentacija Odjela za plućne bolesti (s dispanzerom) Medicinskog centra u Šibeniku. Dobiveni rezultati ne upućuju na to da je rad u proizvodnji (i preradi) aluminija povezan s većim rizikom obolijevanja od karcinoma bronha i pluća. Incidencija malignih tumora bronha i pluća u ovom ispitivanju imala je karakteristike (u odnosu na dob, spol, naviku pušenja, simptomatologiju) slične onima u drugim studijama ovog tipa.The incidence of primary malignant tumours of the bronchi and lungs has been studied with special reference to the way of establishing diagnosis and duration of symptoms. There has been no firm evidence in the available literature that work in the aluminium industry might be an occupational risk factor for developing bronchial carcinoma. Nevertheless, all the factors present in other smelting works are present in aluminium production too. Therefore it proved interesting ·to determine the proportion of aluminium production workers of the overall incidence of bronchial carcinoma in this area. The starting point was the fact that aluminium workers had significantly higher morbidity rates from chronic non-specific broncho-pulmonary diseases which, as chronic -irritants, might act as provocation factors. The proportion of these workers in the overall morbidity rate from pulmonary malignant diseases has not been established as significant in this stud