Mineral trioxide aggregate repair of lateral root perforation using intentiional replantation and bone grafting

Root perforation is a significant complication during root canal treatment. Root perforation can result in loss of integrity of the root structure and severe periodontal and bone defect. Repair of lateral root perforation presents a clinical challenge to the operator. This report is of root perforation during post space preparation in a right maxillary central incisor that has caused an extensive periodontal lesion. Since the bone lesion was large and unreachable from either a coronal access cavity or buccal surgical flap, a combination of mineral trioxide aggregate sealing, bone grafting, and intentional replantation was used as the method of treatment. The patient’s symptoms ceased and the existing lesions resolved during the 5-year follow-up.published_or_final_versio

Heavy metal and Pb isotopic compositions of aquatic organisms in the Pearl River Estuary, South China

Author name used in this publication: C. C. M. IpAuthor name used in this publication: X. D. LiAuthor name used in this publication: G. ZhangAuthor name used in this publication: C. S. C. WongAuthor name used in this publication: W. L. Zhang2005-2006 > Academic research: refereed > Publication in refereed journalAccepted ManuscriptPublishe

Cross-Task Transfer for Geotagged Audiovisual Aerial Scene Recognition

Aerial scene recognition is a fundamental task in remote sensing and has recently received increased interest. While the visual information from overhead images with powerful models and efficient algorithms yields considerable performance on scene recognition, it still suffers from the variation of ground objects, lighting conditions etc. Inspired by the multi-channel perception theory in cognition science, in this paper, for improving the performance on the aerial scene recognition, we explore a novel audiovisual aerial scene recognition task using both images and sounds as input. Based on an observation that some specific sound events are more likely to be heard at a given geographic location, we propose to exploit the knowledge from the sound events to improve the performance on the aerial scene recognition. For this purpose, we have constructed a new dataset named AuDio Visual Aerial sceNe reCognition datasEt (ADVANCE). With the help of this dataset, we evaluate three proposed approaches for transferring the sound event knowledge to the aerial scene recognition task in a multimodal learning framework, and show the benefit of exploiting the audio information for the aerial scene recognition. The source code is publicly available for reproducibility purposes.Comment: ECCV 202

TGF-β1-induced differentiation of SHED into functional smooth muscle cells

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The interplay of dental pulp stem cells and endothelial cells in an injectable peptide hydrogel on angiogenesis and pulp regeneration in vivo

Securing an adequate blood supply for the survival of cell transplants is critical for a successful outcome in tissue engineering. Interactions between endothelial and progenitor/stem cells are important for vascularization of regenerating tissue. Recently, self-assembling peptide nanofibers were described as a promising environment for pulp regeneration due to their synthetic nature and controlled physicochemical properties. In this study, the peptide hydrogel PuraMatrix™ was used as a scaffold system to investigate the role of dental pulp stem cells (DPSCs) in triggering angiogenesis and the potential for regenerating vascularized pulp in vivo. Human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs), DPSCs, or cocultures of both cell types were encapsulated in three-dimensional PuraMatrix. The peptide nanofiber microenvironment supported cell survival, cell migration, and capillary network formation in the absence of exogenous growth factors. DPSCs increased early vascular network formation by facilitating the migration of HUVECs and by increasing vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) expression. Both the DPSC-monoculture and coculture groups exhibited vascularized pulp-like tissue with patches of osteodentin after transplantation in mice. The cocultured groups exhibited more extracellular matrix, vascularization, and mineralization than the DPSC-monocultures in vivo. The DPSCs play a critical role in initial angiogenesis, whereas coordinated efforts by the HUVECs and DPSCs are required to achieve a balance between extracellular matrix deposition and mineralization. The findings of this study also highlighted the importance of a microenvironment that supports cell-cell interactions and cell migration, which contribute to successful dental pulp regeneration.published_or_final_versio

Charging-induced changes in reverse current-voltage characteristics of Al/Al-Rich Al 2O 3/p-Si Diodes

An Al-rich Al 2O 3 thin film was deposited on a p-type silicon substrate by radio frequency sputtering to form Al/ Al-rich Al 2O 3/p-Si diodes. The current-voltage (I-V) characteristics of the diodes were determined by carrier injection from either the Si substrate or the Al gate and by carrier transport along the tunneling paths formed by Al nanocrystals distributed in the oxide layer. The reverse I-V characteristics were greatly affected by the charge trapping in the oxide layer, i.e., the electron trapping significantly reduced the reverse current while the hole trapping enhanced the current significantly. However, the charge trapping did not produce a large change in the forward I-V characteristic. © 2009 IEEE.published_or_final_versio

β-Ga2O3 solar-blind deep-ultraviolet photodetector based on a four-terminal structure with or without Zener diodes

A four-terminal photodetector was fabricated on the (2⎯⎯⎯012¯01)-dominant β-Ga2O3 thin film which was deposited in a plasma-assisted molecular beam epitaxy system. The suitability of this film for solar-blind DUV detection was proved by its transmission spectra. Moreover, the device operating in a specific voltage-current mode can accurately detect the DUV radiation both qualitatively and quantitatively. Accordingly, a dark/photo voltage ratio of 15 was achieved, which is comparable to that of previously-reported β-Ga2O3 interdigital metal-semiconductor-metal photoconductor. More importantly, the aperture ratio of our proposed device exceeds 80%, nearly doubling that of the conventional interdigital metal-semiconductor-metal devices including photoconductor and Schottky-type photodiode, which can intensively benefit the detection efficiency. Furthermore, it was found the dark/photo voltage ratio was nearly trebled with the assistance of two Zener diodes, and further enhancement can be expected by increasing the operating current and/or adopting Zener diodes with smaller Zener voltage. Therefore, this work provides a promising alternative for solar-blind DUV detection.published_or_final_versio

Wireless power transfer and fault diagnosis of high-voltage power line via robotic bird

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Tectonic affinity of the west Qinling terrane (central China): North China or Yangtze?

[33] Neogene (̃14 Ma) basaltic magmatism has occurred in west Qinling, at the northeastern corner of the Tibetan Plateau. Furthermore, U-Pb ages and Hf isotopic data of xenocrystic zircons indicate that the unexposed Neoarchean (2.7-2.5 Ga) basement beneath the Phanerozoic outcrops in west Qinling has affinities with the southern margin of the north China block. The basement has a complex evolution, including the addition of juvenile mantle material at ̃2.7- 2.4 Ga and 1.1-0.8 Ga and reworking at ̃1.8 Ga and possibly at 1.4 Ga. Phanerozoic thermal events at 320-300 Ma, 230 Ma, and 160 Ma also have affected the basement. We interpret the west Qinling orogenic terrane as originally separated from the north China block, joined to the northern Yangtze block during the Meso-Neoproterozoic, and finally involved in the northward subduction and collision of the Yangtze block in the Paleozoic and early Mesozoic and subsequent lithospheric extension in the Jurassic. © 2010 by the American Geophysical Union.published_or_final_versio