scholarly journals Gender-Dependent Quality of Shade Matching of Dental Professionals and Students

2020 ◽  
Vol 54 (4) ◽  
pp. 363-370
Author(s):  
Žarko Udiljak ◽  
Hrvoje Pezo ◽  
Robert Ćelić
Keyword(s):  
Color Difference ◽  
Dental Students ◽  
Lower Percentage ◽  
Final Test ◽  
Color Differences ◽  
Shade Matching ◽  
The One ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Dental Professionals

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to evaluate shade matching ability of dental professionals and students using the VITA 3D-Master shade guide. Materials and methods: A hundred and twenty participants have been assigned to one of four groups as follows: specialists in prosthodontics (SPs), residents in prosthodontics (RPs), dental technicians (DTs) and dental students (DSs). The Toothguide Training Box (TTB) was used to test the participants’ shade-matching ability based on using 3 exercises and a final test. The mistakes were recorded during the exercises and mistake ratios (MR) were calculated. Time, scores, and color difference values (ΔE) were recorded and calculated. The one-way ANOVA was used to analyze the differences, and multiple regression analyses were used to evaluate the relationship in mean MRs, time, score and ΔE values between the groups. Results: Male participants needed significantly greater amount of time than females to complete the final test (P<0.05). Male SPs achieved a significantly lower percentage of mistake ratios in second exercise than RPs (P<0.05), needed significantly less time than DSs to complete the final test and achieved significantly higher scores than RPs (P<0.05). Female SPs assessed the highest and DSs and RPs the lowest color differences (P<0.05). The results obtained from the exercises and final tests highly affected the amount of estimated color difference in both male and female groups (by 78% and 76%, respectively). Conclusions: Within the population tested, gender of the participants showed a significant impact on quality of shade matching of dental professionals and students.

Visual and Instrumental Colorimetric Assessments of Small Color Differences on Translucent Dental Porcelain

1989 ◽  
Vol 68 (12) ◽  
pp. 1760-1764 ◽  
Author(s):  
R.R. Seghi ◽  
E.R. Hewlett ◽  
J. Kim
Keyword(s):  
Material Selection ◽  
Color Difference ◽  
Human Observer ◽  
Clinical Use ◽  
Restorative Dentistry ◽  
Colorimetric System ◽  
Color Differences ◽  
Precise Relationship ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Further Development

The CIELAB colorimetric system was used for the study of the relationship between measured color difference values and human observer responses. This study verified that a specific, visually meaningful and precise relationship exists between the magnitude and direction of the measurements and the average dental-observer responses. The results support the use of this system in dentistry as a means of evaluating color by differences. The further development of such systems for clinical use would be warranted and could serve as a valuable tool for material selection and restoration design, particularly in the area of aesthetic restorative dentistry.

scholarly journals Design transformations: teaching design through evaluations

Kybernetes ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 43 (9/10) ◽  
pp. 1372-1380
Author(s):  
Ann Morrison ◽  
Hendrik Knoche
Keyword(s):  
Real Data ◽  
Evaluation Methods ◽  
Urban Environments ◽  
The Other ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Approach To Learning ◽  
The One ◽  
High Engagement ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to synchronize two courses to focus on the students working with learning and applying tools in the one course and acting on understandings gained to produce artefacts in the other. Design/methodology/approach – Working with real users throughout all stages of the design process, the authors structured two courses so findings from the evaluation methods learnt in the one course (their analyses) were directly acted on in the other (their re-designs). The authors fostered a group-spirited learning environment where students presented designs-in-process; explained the findings from focused evaluation methods using tangible representations; identified the relationship from these findings for subsequent re-design rationales; and discussed and critiqued each other's work using multiple feedback, teach-back and discursive strategies. Findings – The authors found that in-depth coverage of material, working with real data and users at all stages of assessment and producing visualizations from evaluations, naturally forced student motivation to act and redesign better solutions. The authors noted improved attendance and students reported high engagement and content appreciation. Research limitations/implications – Ensuring relevance, by adding larger context concerns, expansive critical methods and feedback processes in a cycle of understanding, acting, learning can have useful practical and social implications. This is germane when designing for quality of everyday use in, for example, education, urban environments and mobile applications. Practical implications – The paper includes implications for the development of learning environments where course and semester content is developed in tandem to support integrated learning by acting with project output and teach back “presentations” throughout the course. Originality/value – The paper proposes a unifying tandem approach to learning and applying evaluation tools with real users, teachback and acting to improve redesigns with potential to improve human computer interaction educational standards for learning and design outcomes.

scholarly journals Escribir historias desde una balsa

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ilaria Magnani
Keyword(s):  
The Other ◽  
Falkland Islands ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Military Dictatorship ◽  
Ideological Position ◽  
Epistolary Writing ◽  
The One ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Literary Quality

They are in a raft – real or metaphorical – and from there they try to rescue their lives and their stories, the characters of Sobrevivientes (2012), a novel by Argentine writer and journalist Fernando Monacelli awarded with the Clarín Prize. The text is inserted in the group not very extensive, but at this point not negligible by number and literary quality, of narratives that thematise the Falkland Islands war and, like the previous ones, presents a strong anti-heroic vein. The novel combines the years of military dictatorship and the war that ended it and looks at the consequences of the two events from a private and intimate environment. It not only denies the heroism of the combatants but tacitly equates them, as victims, with the opponents of the regime. The analysis is proposed, on the one hand, to consider this new ideological position, on the other hand, to emphasise the formal aspects of the novel – located between epistolary writing and intimate diary – and in the relationship with the other narratives of the war of the South Atlantic.

scholarly journals Profile of Personality and Psychopathology Dimensions of Indonesian Medical Students who Failed in Medical Doctor Competency Exams (UKMPPD)

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 9-15
Author(s):  
Patricia Wulandari ◽  
Rachmat Hidayat ◽  
Carla R Marchira
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Interpersonal Relationships ◽  
Work Capacity ◽  
Medical Doctor ◽  
Research Subjects ◽  
Final Test ◽  
The Third ◽  
The One ◽  
Self Potential

Abstract Introduction                 Medical doctor competency exams (UKMPPD) in Indonesia is a final test that should be followed by medical student before being declared worthy of a medical doctor’s degree. This exam is certainly intended with good intentions, in order to improve the standards and quality of graduates of Indonesian doctors. However, each policy turns out to have two opposite sides of the situation, on the one hand it is profitable but on the other it often creates new problems. Students’ fear of the competency test often causes new psychological problems for students. No doubt the failure of the competency exam causes students to experience prolonged disappointment and sadness, which in turn will cause depression. This research is the first research that aim to present a description of personality and psychopathology dimension data from UKMPPD participants who failed the test.   Method This study was an exploratory descriptive study by presenting narratives of personality and psychopathology dimensions of unsuccessful UKMPPD participants. This research was conducted at the Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Sriwijaya Palembang, Indonesia. Each participant was assessed personality and psychopathology dimensions using MMPI-2 (Minnesota Multiaxial Personality Inventory-2). The results of analysis with MMPI-2 present data in the form of clinical psychic conditions, the work capacity, interpersonal relationships, the work abilities and the ability to change the self  potential of the research subjects.   Result The research subjects were UKMPPD participants who did not successfully pass the first exam. From 7 research subjects, there were 2 subjects who successfully passed the second exam (28.5%) and there were 3 people who successfully passed after the third exam (43%). Meanwhile, 2 research subjects have not successfully passed the UKMPPD exam until the fifth exam (28.5%). The results are quite surprising that of the 7 participants who failed to pass the UKMPPD exam, all of them felt depression.   Conclusion Medical students who experienced UKMPPD failures have an inability to develop their own potential which result in depression due to failure of the exam

scholarly journals ANALISIS FAKTOR-FAKTOR YANG MEMPENGARUHI KEPATUHAN PAJAK REKLAME PADA DINAS PELAYANAN PAJAK DAERAH PROVINSI DKI JAKARTA

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 83
Author(s):  
Dwi Ratnaningsih ◽  
Waluyo Waluyo
Keyword(s):  
Tax Compliance ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Tax Base ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
The One ◽  
And Control ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Tax Fairness

<p class="Style1">Tax compliance is an important aspect to achieve maximum tax revenue target. This study aims to determine the relationship among variables Knowledge Taxpayer, Rates &amp; Tax Base, Complexity of The Rules, Tax Fairness, Administration and Advertisement Tax Procedures , Quality of Tax Officer, Penalties, Inspection And Control of The Billboard with the compliance of advertisement tax to the Local Tax Department of DKI Jakarta. This research was conducted by questionnaire survey method. The population in this study is advertisement tax payer, the one who serving advertisement in Jakarta. The sampling technique is purposive sampling random sampling, which in this case is limited to a specific subject that can provide the desired information. A total of 100 samples was selected based on the selection of this sample. The data was processed by multiple regression method. The results of this study show that the variable Taxpayers Knowledge, Tax fairness, Sanctions and Investigation and Control Billboard positive effect on advertisement tax compliance on the Local Tax Department of DKI Jakarta. Rates and Tax Base, as well as the complexity of the Regulation have a negative effect on the advertisement tax compliance. While the service factors that Administration and Procedures and Officer quality does not affect the advertisement tax.</p>

scholarly journals Overimitation in Dogs: Is there a Link to the Quality of the Relationship with the Caregiver?

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ludwig Huber ◽  
Denise Kubala ◽  
Giulia Cimarelli
Keyword(s):  
Relationship Quality ◽  
High Variability ◽  
The Other ◽  
Pet Dogs ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The One ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Functional Actions

Overimitation, the copying of causally irrelevant or non-functional actions, is well-known from humans but completely absent in other primates. Recent studies from our lab have provided evidence for overimitation in canines. Previously, we found that half of tested pet dogs copied their human caregiver's irrelevant action, while only few did so when the action was demonstrated by an unfamiliar experimenter. Therefore, we hypothesized that dogs show overimitation as a result of socio-motivational grounds. To test this more specifically, here we investigated how the relationship with the caregiver influenced the eagerness to overimitate. Given the high variability in the tendency to overimitate their caregiver, we hypothesized that not only familiarity, but also relationship quality influences whether dogs faithfully copy their caregiver. For this purpose, we measured on the one hand the overimitation tendency (with the same test as in the two studies before) and on the other hand the relationship quality between the dogs and their caregivers. Although not significant, results revealed that dogs who overimitated seemed to show more referential and affiliative behaviours towards the owner (like gazing, synchronization and greeting) than dogs who showed less or no copying of the irrelevant action. Possible reasons for these findings are discussed.

The Effects of Behavioral Factors on the Creditworthiness of Small-Scale Enterprises

2018 ◽  
pp. 100-114 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dmitry Shevchenko ◽  
Ellah Igoche Godwin
Keyword(s):  
Regression Model ◽  
Small Businesses ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Behavioral Factors ◽  
Access To Credit ◽  
The One ◽  
The Relationship

This chapter uses the relationship between behavioral factors and the creditworthiness of small-scale enterprises to increase access of SMEs to credit facilities. The inability of several small businesses to secure loans cannot be overemphasized. Heuristics affecting entrepreneurs are explained in this chapter, and a regression model showing the dependence of creditworthiness on behavioral factors is proposed. If banks consider using psychometric tools in testing for creditworthiness of small-scale entrepreneurs, access to credit facilities will be significantly increased and businesses will flourish. Regressesion models such as the one explained in this chapter may be imbedded in psychometric tools to enhance creditworthiness testing and improve the quality of loans that banks give.

Quality of Government and Environmental Sustainability

2021 ◽  
pp. 398-426
Author(s):  
Marina Povitkina ◽  
Simon Matti
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Public Support ◽  
Natural Resource Use ◽  
Environmental Public Goods ◽  
Micro Level ◽  
Low Levels ◽  
The One ◽  
The Relationship

Previous research on the relationship between quality of government (QoG) and environmental sustainability is scant, scattered across different disciplines, and is characterized by a disconnect between studies focusing on the effects of QoG on the micro level (individual behavior) and micro level (country policies and actions). The chapter synthesizes the different literatures on the connection between various elements of QoG, such as low levels of corruption, bureaucratic capacity, and rule of law, on the one hand, and environmental sustainability on the other hand. On the macro level, it theorizes the role of QoG in securing governments’ production of environmental public goods. On the micro level, the chapter discusses how QoG can shape cooperation in collective action dilemmas over natural resource use, as well as how it contributes to generating public support of and compliance with environmental policies.

The Relationship Between Bacteria and Breast Cancer: Focusing on the Common Staphylococcus aureus

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (11) ◽  
pp. 1571-1574
Author(s):  
A. Na-Er ◽  
Yunhong Liu ◽  
Yanjun Gan
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Staphylococcus Aureus ◽  
Surgical Site Infection ◽  
Tnm Classification ◽  
Site Infection ◽  
The Common ◽  
One Year ◽  
The One ◽  
The Relationship

Background: The risk of post-operative infection still accounts for a high proportion among the patients. The peptidoglycan on Staphylococcus aureus promotes cellular invasiveness and adhesiveness of tumor cells by pathways activation, including NF-kB, STAT3 and Smad3. Methods: This study included 132 patients age ranging from 45–55 that have been diagnosed with IIA phase breast cancer based on the TNM classification system in one hospital located in the relatively high-income area. These patients have been scheduled the operations and are distributed into two groups: one group will be given certain dosage of antibiotics on presumed Staphylococcus aureus infections, and another group will not be given any unnecessary antibiotics before surgery. Results: We found that 6 patients present surgical site infection related Staphylococcus aureus, with 1 patient in the antibiotics group and the other 5 patients are in the non-antibiotics group. Within the one-year period after surgery, 4 patients presented with metastasis to adjacent lymph nodes, 3 patients are in the non-antibiotics group and another one in the antibiotics group. Conclusion: Early intervention could be an accessible method to decrease the incidence of surgical site infection, which has been illustrated in this study. We consider to take preventive dosage of antibiotics before surgery, which could improve the prognosis of breast cancer and their quality of life in a larger extent.

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