Reply to Lehrer's Letter Concerning “Incorrect conclusions in L. Capdevila et al., Resonance frequency is not always stable over time and could be related to the inter-beat interval, Scientific Reports, 11, 8400 (2021)”

Primary stability is an indicator of subsequent osseointegration of dental implants. However, few studies have compared the implant stability among anatomical regions and bone types; thus, not enough data exist regarding the stability of implants placed in regenerated bone (RB). The present study evaluated primary and long-term stability of implants placed in RB and non-regenerated healed bone (HB). A total of 216 screw cylinder implants were placed in 216 patients (98 in HB and 118 in RB, 6 [RB6, N = 68] or 12 [RB12, N = 50] months after tooth extraction). Implant stability was evaluated using resonance frequency analysis (RFA) measured at the time of implant placement (E1), at the time of loading (4 months after placement, E2), and 4 months after loading (E3). Various clinically relevant measurements were obtained, such as implant diameter, length, and location, as well as bone quality. At E1, implant location, bone quality, and experimental group significantly affected implant stability (all at P < .05). At E2, implant location, diameter, length, and experimental group significantly affected implant stability (all at P < .05). At E3, bone quality, implant diameter, length, and experimental group significantly affected implant stability (all at P < .01). Stability for the RB12 group was significantly higher than all other corresponding values; further, the values did not change significantly over time. For the HB and RB6 groups, stability was significantly higher at E2 than at E1 (P < .001) and was no different between E2 and E3. Implant location, length, and experimental group were associated with these differences (all at P < .05). Compared with HB and RB6, higher implant stability may be achieved in regenerated bone 12 months post-extraction (RB12). This stability was achieved at E1 and maintained for at least 8 months. Variables such as implant length, diameter, and bone quality affected the stability differently over time. Implant stability varied in different anatomic regions and with regard to different healing processes in the bone.

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Laboratory evidence for Krauklis-wave resonance in fractures and implications for seismic coda wave analysis

Geophysics ◽

10.1190/geo2016-0067.1 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 81 (6) ◽

pp. T285-T293 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Pei-Ju Rita Shih ◽

Marcel Frehner

Keyword(s):

Analytical Solution ◽

Resonance Frequency ◽

Quality Factor ◽

Laboratory Data ◽

Rock Properties ◽

Coda Wave ◽

Resonance Effects ◽

Seismic Coda ◽

Major Interest ◽

Over Time

Krauklis waves are of major interest because they can lead to resonance effects in fluid-filled fractures. This resonance is marked by seismic signals with a dominant signature frequency, which may reveal fracture-related rock properties. In our laboratory study, we used homogeneous Plexiglas samples containing a single well-defined (i.e., manufactured) fracture. We recorded the signals obtained from propagating ultrasonic P- and S-waves (source frequency: 0.6, 1, and 2.25 MHz) along a sample without a fracture and samples with a fracture with different inclination angles of 30°, 45°, and 60° with respect to the short axis. The experimental results obtained from an incident S-wave confirmed that the presence of the fracture led to resonance effects at frequencies lower than the dominant source frequency, which slowly decayed over time in the recorded seismic coda after the first arrival. The resonance frequency was independent of the fracture orientation and the source frequency. We have interpreted this narrow-banded coda signal as a resonance in the fracture, and the frequency at which this occurred was an intrinsic property of the fracture size and elastic properties. To verify our laboratory results, we used an analytical solution, which provided a relationship between the fracture width, fracture length, resonance frequency, and temporal quality factor (i.e., exponential decay over time). The temporal quality factor obtained from our laboratory data agreed very well with the analytical solution. Hence, we concluded that the observed signature frequency (approximately 0.1 MHz) in the seismic coda was indeed a resonance effect. Finally, we have developed possible applications on the reservoir scale to infer fracture-related properties based on seismic coda analysis.

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Seismic characterization of clays blocks ruptures in a clayey landslide, the Harmaliere landslide.

10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-7308 ◽

2020 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Sylvain Fiolleau ◽

Denis Jongmans ◽

Gregory Bièvre ◽

Guillaume Chambon ◽

Laurent Baillet

Keyword(s):

Resonance Frequency ◽

Environmental Parameters ◽

Heavy Rain ◽

Clay Material ◽

Rain Event ◽

Cumulative Number ◽

Low Frequencies ◽

Seismic Parameters ◽

Seismic Characterization ◽

Over Time

Many regions of the world are exposed to landslides in clayey deposits, which pose major problems for land management and human safety. Clayey landslide activity is complex, showing a succession of periods of inactivity and reactivation phases that can evolve into sudden acceleration and catastrophic landslides and/or flows. Understanding the processes that control this activity therefore requires the continuous monitoring of specific parameters. At the end of June 2016, the Harmali&#232;re clayey landslide (located 30 km south of the city of Grenoble in the French Alps) was dramatically reactivated at the headscarp after 35 years of continuous but limited activity. The total volume involved, which moved in the form of tilted blocks of different sizes, was estimated at about 3,106 m3. Several sensors, including seismometers and GNSS stations, were installed immediately behind the main escarpment in early August 2016. They recorded a rupture involving a block of a few hundred cubic meters in November 2016. Additional data (seismology, meteorology, piezometer, etc.) were provided by a permanent observatory located a few hundred meters away in the nearby Avignonet landslide (RESIF2006). Two three-component seismic sensors were placed on the collapsed block and 10 meters aft on the stable part respectively.Thus, four seismic parameters were monitored for 4 months until the clay block rupture: the cumulative number of microseisms, the resonance frequency of the block, the relative variation in Rayleigh wave velocity (dV/V) and the correlation coefficient (CC) in the range 1-12 Hz. All these parameters showed a significant precursor signal before the rupture, but at very different times. During the monitoring period, they also showed different responses to environmental parameters and in particular to precipitation. The resonance frequency increased slightly but steadily from 8 to 9 Hz (+12%) during the pre-break period, then decreased from 9 Hz to 7 Hz (-22%) just one hour before the break. However, the other three parameters showed significant variations a few weeks before failure. The dV/V and CC parameters reacted 1.5 month before the failure, during a very heavy rain event. The CC showed a general decrease over time, first affecting the high frequencies, then gradually spreading to the low frequencies. Finally, seismic activity is almost constant during the first three months, with only slight temporary increases during precipitation. One month before the rupture, a significant increase in the number of events is observed.This study shows the potential of monitoring different seismic parameters over time in order to predict the slip of blocks in a clay material.

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Social transmission bias and the cultural evolution of folk-economic beliefs

Behavioral and Brain Sciences ◽

10.1017/s0140525x18000365 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 41 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

David Hirshleifer ◽

Siew Hong Teoh

Keyword(s):

Cultural Evolution ◽

Social Transmission ◽

Cognitive Approach ◽

Economic Problems ◽

Economic Attitudes ◽

The Social ◽

Economic Beliefs ◽

Over Time

AbstractEvolved dispositions influence, but do not determine, how people think about economic problems. The evolutionary cognitive approach offers important insights but underweights the social transmission of ideas as a level of explanation. The need for asocialexplanation for the evolution of economic attitudes is evidenced, for example, by immense variations in folk-economic beliefs over time and across individuals.

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Do student perceptions of their dental curriculum change over time?

Journal of Dental Education ◽

10.1002/j.0022-0337.1998.62.11.tb03260.x ◽

1998 ◽

Vol 62 (11) ◽

pp. 934-937 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

NW Berk ◽

JM Close ◽

RJ Weyant

Keyword(s):

Student Perceptions ◽

Curriculum Change ◽

Change Over Time ◽

Dental Curriculum ◽

Over Time

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Articulatory Generalization in Two Word-Medial, Ambisyllabic Contexts

Language Speech and Hearing Services in Schools ◽

10.1044/0161-1461.1903.251 ◽

1988 ◽

Vol 19 (3) ◽

pp. 251-258 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Virginia I. Wolfe ◽

Suzanne D. Blocker ◽

Norma J. Prater

Keyword(s):

Common View ◽

Perceptual Salience ◽

The Common ◽

Unitary Concept ◽

Over Time

Articulatory generalization of velar cognates /k/, /g/ in two phonologically disordered children was studied over time as a function of sequential word-morpheme position training. Although patterns of contextual acquisition differed, correct responses to the word-medial, inflected context (e.g., "picking," "hugging") occurred earlier and exceeded those to the word-medial, noninflected context (e.g., "bacon," "wagon"). This finding indicates that the common view of the word-medial position as a unitary concept is an oversimplification. Possible explanations for superior generalization to the word-medial, inflected position are discussed in terms of coarticulation, perceptual salience, and the representational integrity of the word.

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Treatment Fidelity Procedures for an Aphasia Intervention Within a Randomized Controlled Trial: Design, Feasibility, and Results

American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology ◽

10.1044/2019_ajslp-cac48-18-0227 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 29 (1S) ◽

pp. 412-424

Author(s):

Elissa L. Conlon ◽

Emily J. Braun ◽

Edna M. Babbitt ◽

Leora R. Cherney

Keyword(s):

Randomized Controlled Trial ◽

Controlled Trial ◽

Treatment Protocol ◽

Treatment Fidelity ◽

Protocol Adherence ◽

Study Condition ◽

Randomized Controlled ◽

Aphasia Therapy ◽

Percent Accuracy ◽

Over Time

Purpose This study reports on the treatment fidelity procedures implemented during a 5-year randomized controlled trial comparing intensive and distributed comprehensive aphasia therapy. Specifically, the results of 1 treatment, verb network strengthening treatment (VNeST), are examined. Method Eight participants were recruited for each of 7 consecutive cohorts for a total of 56 participants. Participants completed 60 hr of aphasia therapy, including 15 hr of VNeST. Two experienced speech-language pathologists delivered the treatment. To promote treatment fidelity, the study team developed a detailed manual of procedures and fidelity checklists, completed role plays to standardize treatment administration, and video-recorded all treatment sessions for review. To assess protocol adherence during treatment delivery, trained research assistants not involved in the treatment reviewed video recordings of a subset of randomly selected VNeST treatment sessions and completed the fidelity checklists. This process was completed for 32 participants representing 2 early cohorts and 2 later cohorts, which allowed for measurement of protocol adherence over time. Percent accuracy of protocol adherence was calculated across clinicians, cohorts, and study condition (intensive vs. distributed therapy). Results The fidelity procedures were sufficient to promote and verify a high level of adherence to the treatment protocol across clinicians, cohorts, and study condition. Conclusion Treatment fidelity strategies and monitoring are feasible when incorporated into the study design. Treatment fidelity monitoring should be completed at regular intervals during the course of a study to ensure that high levels of protocol adherence are maintained over time and across conditions.

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Percutaneous Tracheostomy: A Multidisciplinary Approach

Perspectives on Voice and Voice Disorders ◽

10.1044/vvd18.2.87 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 18 (2) ◽

pp. 87-98 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Vinciya Pandian ◽

Thai Tran Nguyen ◽

Marek Mirski ◽

Nasir Islam Bhatti

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Quality Assurance ◽

Data Collection ◽

Health Care Professionals ◽

Multidisciplinary Approach ◽

Percutaneous Tracheostomy ◽

Johns Hopkins Hospital ◽

Prospective Data ◽

Comprehensive Service ◽

Over Time

Abstract The techniques of performing a tracheostomy has transformed over time. Percutaneous tracheostomy is gaining popularity over open tracheostomy given its advantages and as a result the number of bedside tracheostomies has increased necessitating the need for a Percutaneous Tracheostomy Program. The Percutaneous Tracheostomy Program at the Johns Hopkins Hospital is a comprehensive service that provides care to patients before, during, and after a tracheostomy with a multidisciplinary approach aimed at decreasing complications. Education is provided to patients, families, and health-care professionals who are involved in the management of a tracheostomy. Ongoing prospective data collection serves as a tool for Quality Assurance.

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