calcium sulfate/atrophy

Microorganisms generally degrade wood when moisture, oxygen and other environmental factors provide favorable growing conditions. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) were used to study the development and transformation of the products formed during

BACKGROUND Maxillary sinus floor augmentation is a procedure that is indicated in cases when the volume of the posterior maxillary bone is inadequate. The goal of this treatment is to obtain sufficient amount of bone tissue in order to gain osseointegration of endosseous implants. OBJECTIVE The

Choledocholithiasis (CDL) is known to be associated with gastric problems, such as disturbances of secretory function of the stomach. A frequent occurrence in this pathological condition is chronic gastritis with atrophy of gastric mucosa. It was shown that consumption of Uvinskaya mineral water

Consequences of intradiscal cement leakage--often occurring after vertebral cement augmentation for the treatment of vertebral compression fractures--are still unknown. In this study, we have investigated the influences of vertebroplasty filler materials (polymethylmethacrylate-, calcium phosphate-

Partially or totally edentulous jaws frequently undergoes from moderate to severe bone atrophy with problems of prosthetic rehabilitation. The inability to make a prosthetic rehabilitation on implants may led to the use of a partial or total removable denture with difficulties in eating and speech,

Black crusts are recognized to have been, up to now, one of the major deterioration forms affecting the built heritage in urban areas. Their formation is demonstrated to occur mainly on carbonate building materials, whose interaction with an SO2-loaded atmosphere leads to the transformation of

The Cathedral of Seville is one of the most important buildings in the whole of southern Spain. It suffers, like most of the historical buildings located in urban environments, from several degradation phenomena related to the high pollution level. Undoubtedly, the formation of black crusts plays a

A systematic study on the influence of pigments and sample aging on casein identification was performed on 30 reconstructed paints. The protein in all the paints was extracted into solution for analysis. The amount of protein that can be retrieved for solution-based analysis in each of the

OBJECTIVE To observe the effective of the injectable artificial bone combined with plate fixation for reconstructing the collapse tibial plateau fracture. METHODS From June 2005 to January 2008,21 cases of collapse tibial plateau fracture of type Schatzker II, III were treated by injectable calcium

Ensuring food security is becoming increasingly difficult due to limited freshwater resources. Low-quality irrigation water also poses a severe threat to crop yield and quality. The aim of this study was to evaluate the water quality associated with the Crocodile (West) and Marico catchments, which

OBJECTIVE To investigate the short-term effectiveness of balloon vertebroplasty combined with short-segment pedicle screw instrumentation for the treatment of thoracolumbar burst fractures. METHODS Between June 2011 and December 2013, 22 patients with thoracolumbar burst fractures were included.