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Bisphosphonate-related osteonecrosis of the jaw
… “Bisphosphonate-Related Osteonecrosis of the Jaw (BRONJ)”. To date, the true incidence, etiology, and risk factors that contribute to BRONJ pathogenesis are unknown. In this dissertation, we assessed the frequency, etiology and risk factors that contribute to BRONJ pathogenesis. We noted that …
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Evolution of the Jaw Apparatus in Pythons
… component analysis of 17 measurements of the jaw apparatus in seven species of pythons and Boa constrictor reveals that variation in these data was largely size-related (variation along PC1 = 95.0%) and species discrimination was limited due to confounding within- and among-species size …
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The Effects Of Jaw Clenching, Jaw Alignment Via Performance Mouthpiece, And The Combination Of Both On Power And Force Production
Jaw clenching has been demonstrated to elicit concurrent activation potentiation (CAP), which is the ergogenic advantage of increased prime mover muscular force production during physical activity. Further, jaw aligning mouthpieces have been shown to improve the force production capabilities of …
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Osteonecrosis of the jaw in association to bisphosphonates
… other bone malignancies. Osteonecrosis of the jaw (ONJ) has been recently recognized as a possible complication of the use of bisphosphonate therapy. This study includes a review of the literature on the mechanism of action of bisphosphonate and its potential association to the development of …
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Autonomous object model acquisition with parallel jaw gripper
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2025-05-01
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Phenotypic Plasticity of Oral Jaw Dentition in Archosargus Probatocephalus
… prey items. Additionally, the mean functional jaw surface area, the percentage of tooth coverage of functional jaw surface, number of teeth per jaw, correlation between standard length and mean total tooth height, and the combined surface area of the teeth, when compared between the two …
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The evolution and functional morphology of trap-jaw ants
… innovation in the diversification of “trap-jaw” ants: power-amplified mandibles used for prey capture, nest defense, and individual escape from predators. Insects are the most diverse and numerically abundant animal group on the planet. One feature that contributed to their evolutionary …
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Jaw mechanics and muscle behavior in adolescents with different craniofacial morphologies
Jaw mechanics and muscle behavior were evaluated in ten dolichofacial versus ten brachyfacial adolescents. Subjects consented to participate. Numerical modeling predicted TMJ loads for molar biting angles based on minimization of muscle effort and subjects' anatomical geometries (from cephalograms …
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Mechanical Monitoring of Inhibitory Jaw Reflexes in Health and Simulated Dysfunction
… electromyographic properties of the inhibitory jaw reflex that can be evoked in human subjects by electrical stimulation of the lip. This reflex, in contrast with the more widely studied biphasic inhibitory reflexes evoked by stimulation of intra-oral nerves, consists of just a single phase of …
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The late prehistoric period at the Turn in Kingsway Park, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
… resources at the Turn area of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, in light of two field seasons of investigations undertaken there in 1984 and 1985. Excavations recovered a Plains/Prairie Side-notched assemblage and an Avonlea assemblage which are described here. The implications of these …
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Evolutionary co-option of trap-jaw ant mandible strikes: defensive interactions with antlions
… co-option at a behavioral level. Trap-jaw ants in the genus Odontomachus have a rapid and powerful mandible snap that is used during predation to disable fast or dangerous prey. Previous research suggests that some trap-jaw species may have co-opted the high forces generated by the …
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Axial patterning of the chondrichthyan pharyngeal endoskeleton and the origin of the jaw
… hypotheses propose that the upper and lower jaw evolved through modification of dorsal and ventral gill arch skeletal elements, respectively. These hypotheses were based largely on the skeletal anatomy of chondrichthyans (sharks, skates and holocephalans), but remain largely untested from a …
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Medication-Related osteonecrosis of the jaw in women with breast cancer. a literature review /
… adverse events such as osteonecrosis of the jaw (ONJ). Due to the impact of these drugs on the jaw bone, this condition is now known as Medication-related osteonecrosis of the jaw (MRONJ).This literature aims to provide a comprehensive investigation into MRONJ in the context of breast cancer …
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Improving Mealtime Oral-Motor Function Through Prefeeding Myofunctional Therapy and Jaw Stabilization Feeding Techniques
… a package of prefeeding therapies and the use of jaw stabilization feeding techniques on the time required to feed severely handicapped children, as well as the effect this program package had on food consumption and interfering oral-motor behaviors. A second purpose of the study centered around …
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Morphology and Cranial Kinesis of the Jaw Apparatus in the Cottonmouth Snake, Agkistrodon Piscivorus
Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-12T01:27:39Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 7309964.pdf: 3951918 bytes, checksum: 7500313c5c5deeb927164dd021507a34 (MD5) Previous issue date: 1972
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[mu]Jawstures : jaw-teeth microgestures for discreet hands-and-eyes-free mobile device interaction
… engagement. Researchers have investigated using jaw and teeth microgestures as a discreet hands-and- eyes-free solution for mobile device interaction while situationally impaired. However, an opportunity remains to investigate ways to wirelessly and unobtrusively sense these gestures, and further …
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The Comorbidity of Emotional Distress with Two Common Acute Pain Populations: Jaw and Low Back
… distress in two common acute pain populations: jaw pain (JAW; n = 135) and low back pain (LB; n=71). Prevalence of psychopathology in each group was evaluated, using the Structured Clinical Interview of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual IV - I and II, and compared to general population …
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Assessment of Collimator Jaw Optimization In Reducing Normal Tissue Irradiation With Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy
… collimator (MLC) apertures with the accelerator jaws.</p> <p><strong>Methods: </strong>Clinical radiation treatment plans for 10 thoracic, 3 pediatric and 3 head and neck patients were converted to plans with the jaws tracking each segment’s MLC apertures. Each segment was then renormalized to …
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