scholarly journals 3Shape Digital Design Software in Splints Creation—A Pilot Study

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dobromira Shopova ◽  
Miroslava Yordanova ◽  
Svetlana Yordanova
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Study ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Modern Technology ◽  
Digital Design ◽  
Dental Arch ◽  
Occlusal Splints ◽  
Laboratory Techniques ◽  
The World ◽  
Design Software ◽  
Suitable System

Abstract Objectives Digital technologies have widened their horizons into the world of dental medicine and now further expanding to cover all branches. This new modern technology replaces traditional laboratory techniques allowing effective patient care. Patients who suffer from bruxism—the act of involuntary habitual grinding of teeth—have widely been benefited by splint treatments. The aim of this article is to display the variety of occlusal splints that can be created by the 3Shape Digital Design Software and their application in specific clinical situations. Materials and Methods Six variations in the splints were created digitally—three with uncombined designs and the remaining three with a combination of two of the main options available. During this study, 36 splints were made for patients aged 24 to 55 inclusively. Results The largest number of splints according to the clinical picture were made of “raise to antagonist cusp tips” (14 pieces) and the remaining were of combined type “raise to antagonist cusp tips + raise to antagonist plane” (12 pieces). There thickness was within the range of 1.5 and 5 mm. Conclusion 3Shape Digital Design Software—Splint Studio is a suitable system for designing and creating occlusal splints with respect to certain clinical situations. It is possible to combine the three main types in a separate section of the dental arch according to the case.

scholarly journals T-Scan Novus System in the Management of Splints—Pilot Study

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tanya Bozhkova ◽  
Dobromira Shopova
Keyword(s):  
Additive Manufacturing ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
System Design ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Digital Design ◽  
Digital Examination ◽  
Main Method ◽  
Splint Therapy ◽  
Biocompatible Material ◽  
The Right

AbstractThe purpose of this pilot study was to demonstrate the capabilities of the T-Scan Novus system in bruxism treatment by splints. Bruxism patients underwent treatment with a splint made by additive manufacturing. Intraoral scanning was performed using Trios Color (3Shape), and digital design was performed using 3Shape Dental system design - splint studio. The biocompatible material Dental LT Clear Resin was printed using a Formlabs Form 2 printer. The T-Scan Novus system with a software attached to it, version 9.1, was used for digital examination of the occlusion. A splint with an occlusal thickness of 2.5 mm was developed and software adapted with relief to antagonists. The digitally set occlusion with even contacts turned out to be clinically unbalanced. After adjusting with T-Scan Novus, a balanced occlusion was achieved in the right and left halves. The treatment of bruxism with splint therapy continues to be the main method. Its combination with digital technologies allows more precise constructions and more accurate balancing of occlusal relationships.

العقود الإلكترونية: دراسة فقهية تحليلية Electronic Contracts: A Jurisprudential Analysis

2014 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
عارف علي عارف (Arif Ali Arif) ◽  
ونادية ياس البياتي (& Nadia Al bayani)
Keyword(s):  
National Level ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Modern Technology ◽  
The Past ◽  
Electronic Contracts ◽  
Islamic Jurisprudence ◽  
The World ◽  
The Moment ◽  
Legal Concepts ◽  
Legal Procedures

كان التطور في مجال تكنولوجيا المعلومات وقطاع الاتصالات الذي يمر به العالم في الوقت الراهن، أثره البالغ والواضح على المبادئ الراسخة في الفكر القانوني، خاصة في مجال العقد الإلكتروني، فبينما كانت هذه التصرفات تنشأ بواسطة العقد التقليدي، فإنه اليوم أصبح ينشأ بواسطة تقنيات رقمية. ثم إِن استخدام هذه التقنية الحديثة في إبرام التصرفات القانونية أحدث تغييرات في الكثير من المفاهيم القانونية كمفهوم العقد، إذ أوجدت هذه التقنيات أشكالاً جديدة صبغت جميعها بالطابع الإلكتروني، والتي تتصف بصفات وخصائص قد لا تتوافر في نظيرتها بالتجارة التقليدية، كالسرعة وتوفير المال والوقت والجهد، ولذلك تضافرت الجهود الدولية والإقليمية والوطنية على إصدار تشريعات تعترف بحجية هذه الأشكال الحديثة بذات الحجية المقررة للعقد التقليدي. ومع كل هذا التطور في شكل العقد، فإن الفقه الإسلامي لا يمنع الاستفادة من الأَساليب الفنية والتقنيات الحديثة خاصة في مجال العقود ووسيلة إبرامها طالما لا يتعارض مع الشريعة الإسلامية الغراء ويحقق العدالة والاستقرار وإثبات الحقوق بين الأَطراف.*******************The development the world is experiencing at the moment in the field of information technology and telecommunications sector has a comprehensive and clear impact on the established principles in legal thought, especially in the field of electronic contracts. Transactions were in the past based on traditional contracts, whereas they take shape today by digital technologies. The use of this modern technology in concluding the legal procedures has effected many changes in many legal concepts such as the concept of the contract. The electronically fashioned new forms of contract are characterized by the features and properties that are not available in the forms used in the traditional trade such as swiftness and abundance of wealth, time, and effort.  Therefore, united efforts at the international, regional and national level were made to pass legislations to recognize these modern forms as valid as those in traditional contracts.  With all this development in the form of the contract, the Islamic jurisprudence does not preclude benefiting from the modern techniques and technologies, particularly in the area of contracts and the means by which they are concluded as long as it does not conflict with Islamic SharÊ‘ah, ensures  justice, stability, and honors human rights of the parties.

The Meanings of Life and Value Priorities of the Post-Soviet Society in the Republic of Belarus

2020 ◽  
Vol 63 (10) ◽  
pp. 25-37
Author(s):  
Alexander N. Danilov
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Role Model ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Modern Technology ◽  
Soviet Society ◽  
The World ◽  
Value Priorities ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Republic

The article discusses the meanings of life and value priorities of the post- Soviet society. The author argues that, at present, there are symptoms of a global ideological crisis in the world, that the West does not have its own vision of where and how to move on and has no understanding of the future. Unfortunately, most of the post-Soviet countries do not have such vision as well. In these conditions, there are mistrust, confusion, paradoxical manifestation of human consciousness. The main meanings that determine our life-world are: the desire of citizens for social justice and social security, the desire to figure out and understand the basic values of modern society, how honestly and equally the authorities act toward their fellow citizens, and to what extent they reflect their interests. The meanings of life, which are the answers to the challenges of the time, are embodied in the cultural code of each nation, state. The growth points of new values, which will become the basis for the future sustainable development of a new civilization, have yet to be discovered in the systemic transformative changes of the culture. In this process, the emergence of a new system of values that governs human life is inevitable. However, modern technology brings new troubles to humans. It has provided wide opportunities for informational violence and public consciousness manipulation. Nowadays, the scenario that is implemented in Western consumer societies claims to be the dominant scenario. Meanwhile, today there is no country in the world that is a role model, there is no ideal that others would like to borrow. Most post-Soviet states failed to advance their societies to more decent levels of economic development, to meet the challenges of the modern information age, and to provide the population with new high living standards. Therefore, in conditions of growing confrontation, we should realistically understand the world and be ready to implement changes that will ensure sustainable development of the state and society without losing our national identity.

CYBERSECURITY OF FINANCIAL CONSULTING SERVICES IN THE CONTEXT OF DIGITALIZATION OF THE WORLD ECONOMY

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Руслана Ринатовна Абдурахманова ◽  
Людмила Ивановна Кругляк
Keyword(s):  
Economic System ◽  
Financial Services ◽  
World Economy ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Consulting Services ◽  
The World

Новые цифровые технологии не только изменяют ландшафт финансовых услуг, но и несут новые угрозы кибербезопасности. Поэтому современные условия функционирования экономической системы предопределили значительные трансформации в подходах к организации консалтинговой деятельности. New digital technologies are not only changing the landscape of financial services, but also pose new threats to cybersecurity. Therefore, thecurrent conditions for the functioning of the economic system have predetermined significant transformations in approaches to the organization of consulting activities.

scholarly journals Handrails through the Swamp? A Pilot to Test the Integration and Implementation Science Framework in Complex Real-World Research

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (10) ◽  
pp. 5491
Author(s):  
Melissa Robson-Williams ◽  
Bruce Small ◽  
Roger Robson-Williams ◽  
Nick Kirk
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Study ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Implementation Science ◽  
Real World ◽  
Environmental Problems ◽  
Environmental Research ◽  
Integrative Framework ◽  
The World ◽  
Science Framework ◽  
Real World Problems

The socio-environmental challenges the world faces are ‘swamps’: situations that are messy, complex, and uncertain. The aim of this paper is to help disciplinary scientists navigate these swamps. To achieve this, the paper evaluates an integrative framework designed for researching complex real-world problems, the Integration and Implementation Science (i2S) framework. As a pilot study, we examine seven inter and transdisciplinary agri-environmental case studies against the concepts presented in the i2S framework, and we hypothesise that considering concepts in the i2S framework during the planning and delivery of agri-environmental research will increase the usefulness of the research for next users. We found that for the types of complex, real-world research done in the case studies, increasing attention to the i2S dimensions correlated with increased usefulness for the end users. We conclude that using the i2S framework could provide handrails for researchers, to help them navigate the swamps when engaging with the complexity of socio-environmental problems.

scholarly journals Identity, language learning, and social change

2011 ◽  
Vol 44 (4) ◽  
pp. 412-446 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bonny Norton ◽  
Kelleen Toohey
Keyword(s):  
Social Change ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Language Learners ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Review Article ◽  
Gender And Sexuality ◽  
Imagined Communities ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
Language Identity ◽  
The World

In this review article on identity, language learning, and social change, we argue that contemporary poststructuralist theories of language, identity, and power offer new perspectives on language learning and teaching, and have been of considerable interest in our field. We first review poststructuralist theories of language, subjectivity, and positioning and explain sociocultural theories of language learning. We then discuss constructs ofinvestmentandimagined communities/imagined identities(Norton Peirce 1995; Norton 1997, 2000, 2001), showing how these have been used by diverse identity researchers. Illustrative examples of studies that investigate how identity categories like race, gender, and sexuality interact with language learning are discussed. Common qualitative research methods used in studies of identity and language learning are presented, and we review the research on identity and language teaching in different regions of the world. We examine how digital technologies may be affecting language learners' identities, and how learner resistance impacts language learning. Recent critiques of research on identity and language learning are explored, and we consider directions for research in an era of increasing globalization. We anticipate that the identities and investments of language learners, as well as their teachers, will continue to generate exciting and innovative research in the future.

The Rise of Digital Repression

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven Feldstein
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Technological Development ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Political Repression ◽  
The World ◽  
Dna Collection ◽  
Opposition Movements ◽  
Mass Surveillance

This book documents the rise of digital repression—how governments are deploying new technologies to counter dissent, maintain political control, and ensure regime survival. The emergence of varied digital technologies is bringing new dimensions to political repression. At its core, the expanding use of digital repression reflects a fairly simple motivation: states are seeking and finding new ways to control, manipulate, surveil, or disrupt real or perceived threats. This book investigates the goals, motivations, and drivers of digital repression. It presents case studies in Thailand, the Philippines, and Ethiopia, highlighting how governments pursue digital strategies based on a range of factors: ongoing levels of repression, leadership, state capacity, and technological development. But a basic political motive—how to preserve and sustain political incumbency—remains a principal explanation for their use. The international community is already seeing glimpses of what the frontiers of repression look like, such as in China, where authorities have brought together mass surveillance, online censorship, DNA collection, and artificial intelligence to enforce their rule in Xinjiang. Many of these trends are going global. This has major implications for democratic governments and civil society activists around the world. The book also presents innovative ideas and strategies for civil society and opposition movements to respond to the digital autocratic wave.

Risks of the Digitalization of Life of the Population and Ways of Decreasing Them

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (4-1) ◽  
pp. 180-203
Author(s):  
Elena Stukalenko ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Digital Economy ◽  
Digital Transformation ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Short Period ◽  
The World ◽  
The Impact

Digital technologies, ubiquitous in our daily life, have radically changed the way we work, communicate, and consume in a short period of time. They affect all components of quality of life: well-being, work, health, education, social connections, environmental quality, the ability to participate and govern civil society, and so on. Digital transformation creates both opportunities and serious risks to the well-being of people. Researchers and statistical agencies around the world are facing a major challenge to develop new tools to analyze the impact of digital transformation on the well-being of the population. The risks are very diverse in nature and it is very difficult to identify the key factor. All researchers conclude that secure digital technologies significantly improve the lives of those who have the skills to use them and pose a serious risk of inequality for society, as they introduce a digital divide between those who have the skills to use them and those who do not. In the article, the author examines the risks created by digital technologies for some components of the quality of life (digital component of the quality of life), which are six main components: the digital quality of the population, providing the population with digital benefits, the labor market in the digital economy, the impact of digitalization on the social sphere, state electronic services for the population and the security of information activities. The study was carried out on the basis of the available statistical base and the results of research by scientists from different countries of the world. The risks of the digital economy cannot be ignored when pursuing state social policy. Attention is paid to government regulation aimed at reducing the negative consequences of digitalization through the prism of national, federal projects and other events.

What Is Living and What Is Dead in Classic European Philosophy of Technology?

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carl Mitcham
Keyword(s):  
Martin Heidegger ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Philosophy Of Technology ◽  
Modern Technology ◽  
Alan Turing ◽  
The World ◽  
European Philosophy ◽  
Jacques Ellul ◽  
Philosophical Project

Classic European philosophy of technology is the original effort to think critically rather than promotionally about the historically unique mutation that is anchored in the Industrial Revolution and has since progressively transformed the world and itself. Three representative contributions to this pivotal philosophical project can be found in texts by Alan Turing, Jacques Ellul, and Martin Heidegger. Despite having initiated analytic, sociological, and phenomenological approaches to philosophy of technology, respectively, all three are often treated today in a somewhat patronizing manner. The present chapter seeks to revisit and reconsider their contributions, arguing that, especially in the case of Ellul and Heidegger, what is commonly dismissed as their overgeneralizations about modern technology as a whole might reasonably be of continuing relevance to contemporary students in the philosophy of technology.

TECHNOLOGICAL TRANSFORMATION AND DIGITALIZATION OF HOTEL BUSINESS: OPPORTUNITIES AND PERSPECTIVES

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iliya Ivanov ◽  
Keyword(s):  
21St Century ◽  
Hotel Industry ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Digital Transformation ◽  
Technological Transformation ◽  
The World ◽  
Business Opportunities ◽  
Digital Generation ◽  
Scientific Report ◽  
The Way

At the advent of the 21st century, digital technologies have changed the way that hotel industry brings value to tourists around the world. The aim of this scientific report is to present the opportunities and perspectives for hotel business for digital transformation, as a crucial instrument for the growth of the industry and for meeting the needs of the new digital generation of consumers. With its potential, digital transformation is reshaping the industry, giving strategic advantages to companies focused on digital transformation of the business.

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