EVALUATION OF RETENTION FORCE OF POLYETHERETHERKETONE (PEEK) AND CAST COBALT-CHROMIUM CIRCUMFERENTIAL CLASPS: A COMPARATIVE STUDY

Evaluation of Retention Force of Polyetheretherketone (PEEK) and Cast Cobalt-Chromium Circumferential Clasps: A comparative study

Aims: The aim of this in-vitro study was to compare the retention force of Polyetheretherketone (PEEK) Massage Oils and Candles and Cobalt-Chromium (Co-Cr) clasps by mechanical cycling test simulating ten years of use.Materials and Methods: 72 clasps samples were fabricated on a standardized e-max upper right first premolar, it is divided into 24 C

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Intra-accumbens Raclopride Administration Prevents Behavioral Changes Induced by Intermittent Access to Sucrose Solution

Overeating is one of the most relevant clinical features in Binge Eating Disorder and in some obesity patients.According to several studies, alterations in the mesolimbic dopaminergic transmission produced by non-homeostatic feeding behavior may be associated with changes in the reward system similar to those produced by drugs of abuse.Although it

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Real-time visualisation of developing chick embryos cultured in transparent plastic films from the blastoderm stage until hatching

Abstract Real-time visualisation of chick embryo development occurring inside an opaque eggshell is a major goal of developmental biology.This goal was partially achieved when 3-day-old embryos recovered from fertilised shelled eggs, preincubated in a conventional incubator, hatched after the egg contents had been transferred into shell-less embryo

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Reconciling model predictions with low reported cases of COVID-19 in Sub-Saharan Africa: insights from Madagascar

COVID-19 has wreaked havoc globally with particular concerns for sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), where models suggest that the majority of the population will become infected.Conventional wisdom suggests that the continent will bear a higher burden of COVID-19 for the same reasons it suffers from other infectious diseases: ecology, socio-economic conditi

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