scholarly journals Current trends in endodontic practice, adaptation to new technologies and attitude of dental practitioners towards endodontic standards in Sri Lanka

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-23
Author(s):  
BMCA Bandaranayake ◽  
◽  
KA Wettasinghe ◽  
MCN Fonseka ◽  
RD Jayasinghe
Keyword(s):  
Sri Lanka ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Current Trends ◽  
Dental Practitioners

scholarly journals Controlling an Anatomical Robot Hand Using the Brain-Computer Interface Based on Motor Imagery

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
H. M. K. K. M. B. Herath ◽  
W.R. de Mel
Keyword(s):  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Motor Imagery ◽  
Primary Motor Cortex ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Disabled Persons ◽  
World Health ◽  
Robot Hand ◽  
Hand Model ◽  
Handicapped People ◽  
Flexion And Extension

More than one billion people face disabilities worldwide, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). In Sri Lanka, there are thousands of people suffering from a variety of disabilities, especially hand disabilities, due to the civil war in the country. The Ministry of Health of Sri Lanka reports that by 2025, the number of people with disabilities in Sri Lanka will grow by 24.2%. In the field of robotics, new technologies for handicapped people are now being built to make their lives simple and effective. The aim of this research is to develop a 3-finger anatomical robot hand model for handicapped people and control (flexion and extension) the robot hand using motor imagery. Eight EEG electrodes were used to extract EEG signals from the primary motor cortex. Data collection and testing were performed for a period of 42 s timespan. According to the test results, eight EEG electrodes were sufficient to acquire the motor imagery for flexion and extension of finger movements. The overall accuracy of the experiments was found at 89.34% (mean = 22.32) at the 0.894 precision. We also observed that the proposed design provided promising results for the performance of the task (grab, hold, and release activities) of hand-disabled persons.

Current Trends on the Acquisition, Virtual Representation, and Interaction of Cultural Heritage

2020 ◽  
pp. 143-167
Author(s):  
Cristina Portalés ◽  
Sergio Casas ◽  
Lucía Vera ◽  
Javier Sevilla
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Augmented Reality ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Multidisciplinary Team ◽  
Serious Games ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Current Trends

Cultural heritage (CH) tells us about our roots, and therefore, constitutes a rich value for the society. Its conservation, dissemination, and understanding are of utmost importance. In order to preserve CH for the upcoming generations, it needs to be documented, a process that nowadays is done digitally. Current trends involve a set of technologies (cameras, scanners, etc.) for the shape and radiometric acquisition of assets. Also, intangible CH can be digitally documented in a variety of forms. Having such assets virtualized, a proper dissemination channel is of relevance, and recently, new technologies that make use of interaction paradigms have emerged. Among them, in this chapter, the authors focus their attention in the technologies of virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), and serious games (SGs). They aim to explore these technologies in order to show their benefits in the dissemination and understanding of CH. Though the work involving them is not trivial, and usually a multidisciplinary team is required, the benefits for CH make them worth it.

Current Trends in Treatment Research and Practice

2018 ◽  
pp. 110-142
Author(s):  
Alan E. Kazdin
Keyword(s):  
Health Care Services ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Psychosocial Interventions ◽  
Psychosocial Treatment ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Physical And Mental Health ◽  
Research And Practice ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Current Trends ◽  
Treatment Research

This chapter discusses current trends in psychosocial treatment research and clinical practice. The chapter highlights four active areas in which intervention research and practice are changing: efforts to disseminate evidence-based psychosocial interventions, to integrate physical and mental health care services, to develop treatments (transtreatments) that can be used to treat multiple disorders, and to exploit the range of new technologies available (e.g., Internet, apps) as a way of providing interventions. These areas of research are among those most relevant to the goals of this book, namely, providing interventions in ways that can reduce the burdens of mental illness.

Current Trends in Endodontic Treatment by General Dental Practitioners: Report of a United States National Survey

2014 ◽  
Vol 40 (5) ◽  
pp. 618-624 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gina M. Savani ◽  
Wael Sabbah ◽  
Christine M. Sedgley ◽  
Brian Whitten
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
National Survey ◽  
Endodontic Treatment ◽  
Current Trends ◽  
Dental Practitioners

scholarly journals Current Trends and Perspectives in Tyre Industry

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 36-56
Author(s):  
Nicoleta Chicu ◽  
Adina-Liliana Prioteasa ◽  
Alecxandrina Deaconu
Keyword(s):  
Focus Group ◽  
Automotive Industry ◽  
Swot Analysis ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Digital Age ◽  
Current Trends ◽  
Tyre Industry

AbstractThe digital age or the 4.0 industry makes its presence felt in all areas of the economy, making serious contributions to its development. The automotive industry is in a phase of change, acting on all its sub-industries such as the automotive tyre industry. We are witnessing a process in which large companies no longer sell a simple car or basic tyres, but resort to new technologies and digitalization to sell complex services tailored to the needs of consumers. Terms such as connectivity, mobility, autonomy became the main pillars in the development of such solutions integrated in the current market. Based on a SWOT analysis and a focus group organized with specialists from the field, this article aims to highlight the tyre industry market, which are the latest trends in the technologies used for development of the tyre industry, which are the factors that contribute to its growth and which are the threats, the opportunities for the big competitors in the market: Bridgestone, Goodyear, Michelin and Pirelli.

scholarly journals Self-reported tooth and implant prognosis evaluation based on radiographic bone loss: a cross sectional study

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 262-268
Author(s):  
Danielle Clark-Perry ◽  
Jaimie Baybrook ◽  
Raisa Catunda ◽  
Liran Levin
Keyword(s):  
Bone Loss ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Oral Diseases ◽  
Patient Centered ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Current Trends ◽  
Dental Practitioners ◽  
Treatment Plans ◽  
Dental Professionals ◽  
Prognosis Evaluation

AbstractIntroduction: Tooth prognosis evaluation involves continual assessments to guide patient-centered treatment plans. This means that the tooth prognosis may dictate whether a tooth is restored, extracted, or maintained.Aim of study: The aim of this work was to evaluate current trends in tooth prognosis evaluation based on radiographic bone loss amongst dental practitioners.Material and Methods: A survey including demographic questions and ten radiographs (vertical bitewings or peri-apical) showing bone loss around teeth and implants were distributed to dental practitioners. Practitioners were asked to determine the prognosis of the tooth or implant and suggest a percentage describing the likelihood of the tooth or implant surviving for ten years.Results: One of the ten radiographs provided for assessment was given good to fair prognosis by 100% of the participants. Only three out of the ten radiographs presented had strong suggestions for tooth retention. Recommendation for extraction by dental practitioners varied from 1-66% across the radiographs. Furthermore, practitioners predicted a 0% chance of ten-year survival for many of the teeth.Conclusions: Assessing prognosis based on radiographs only, is insufficient and clinical data provides invaluable information to establishing tooth prognosis. Dental professionals should understand that compromised teeth can outlive dental implants and our role as dental professionals is to prevent and treat oral diseases to preserve the dentition as long as possible.

scholarly journals Role of Social Media in Shaping Local Youth Tourists' Behaviour Across the Sri Lankan Tourism Industry

2020 ◽  
pp. 15-22
Author(s):  
H. Shamini
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Online Reviews ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Sri Lankan ◽  
The People ◽  
Social Media Platforms ◽  
The Mind

The integration of social networking and new technologies has changed the way of communication and information sharing among the people, especially of young people is a fact. As well as, the development of Social Media (SM) has conveyed important changes in the behavioural pattern of tourists. Therefore, it is very essential to understand this new influential trending among the youth tourists, in order to accelerate the tourists’ arrival and contribute to the development of Sri Lanka tourism. Therefore, this research aims at providing an insight to the Tourism Industry in Sri Lanka with regards to how social media platforms influence youth tourists’ behavior. A sample of 103 youth tourists’ response attained through online. The data obtained from the online survey were analyzed with descriptive, reliability test, mean and regression analysis. Results from the survey have identified that Social Media does influence in the youth tourists’ behaviour.  In detail, eWOM and Online reviews/comments significantly influence in the behavior of youth tourists.  And also the study confirmed that in order to attract tourists to a destination mainly revolves in the ability to convey the information to create positive images in the mind of youth tourists via social media. Thereby this study has recommended many suggestions for the Tourism and authorities. Including tourist authority should make its social media pages more interesting, appealing, informative and interactive so the customers can enjoy their social media experiences and they could spread eWOM and online reviews. And also they need to focus on how to create a positive and satisfactory image to their social media users in many other ways.

scholarly journals Evaluation of successfulness of a capacity building workshop on smokeless tobacco and areca nut cessation conducted among Dental Surgeons of Sri Lanka: A cross sectional study 

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruwan Duminda Jayasinghe ◽  
PR Jayasooriya ◽  
H Amarasinghe ◽  
PVKS Hettiarachchi ◽  
BSMS. Siriwardena ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Capacity Building ◽  
Smokeless Tobacco ◽  
Financial Incentives ◽  
Tobacco Cessation ◽  
Treatment Modalities ◽  
Areca Nut ◽  
Patient Privacy ◽  
The Past ◽  
Dental Practitioners

Abstract Background- Prevalence of smoking in Sri Lanka shows a gradual reduction whilst the use of smokeless tobacco and areca nut shows an increasing trend. At present, to the best of our knowledge only a few well-structured smokeless tobacco (SLT)/areca nut (AN) cessation programmes are conducted in Sri Lanka, which is a gross underachievement considering that betel chewing related oral squamous cell carcinoma being the commonest cancer in Sri Lankan males. As General Dental Practitioners (GDP) do not contribute significantly to SLT/AN cessation activities at present, capacity building programmes on SLT/AN control were carried out. The study evaluated the knowledge, attitude and practices related to SLT/AN control among dental surgeonsMethods: Following an one day capacity building programme/workshop on smokeless tobacco / areca nut control, two self-administered questionnaires were used to assess the improvement of knowledge and change of attitudes among 663 GDPs . Results - 27.1% of the participants had received formal tobacco cessation training in the past. Majority had a good knowledge on harmful effects of SLT but not on areca nut. Their knowledge on the current legislation on SLT control in Sri Lanka and carcinogenicity of areca nut was not satisfactory. Almost all agreed that proper counseling leads to patient quitting the habit, a formal training is necessary to conduct tobacco control activities and it should be the part of the regular treatment modalities. More than 80% of the participants believed that they should support strict legislation. Almost 50% agreed on tobacco and areca nut free environment in their dental clinics. Most important factors leading to poor involvement in tobacco cessation activities were lack of expertise and inadequate educational material, not breach of patient privacy and lack of financial incentives. Surprisingly, 20.1% of the dental surgeons had consumed smokeless tobacco / areca nut products in the past and only a few were current users of tobacco and/or areca nut. Conclusions - Well planned workshops are efficient in improving knowledge, practices and attitudes of dental surgeons towards SLT/AN cessation.

scholarly journals Current trends in technological armamentarium and treatment among Brazilian endodontists

2017 ◽  
Vol 16 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Ana Cristina Garcia Ferreira ◽  
Marcos Frozoni ◽  
Maíra Prado ◽  
Brenda Gomes ◽  
Fernanda Signoretti ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Computed Tomography ◽  
Digital Radiography ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Continuous Wave ◽  
Endodontic Treatment ◽  
Filling Material ◽  
Root Canal Filling ◽  
Rubber Dam ◽  
Current Trends ◽  
Temporary Filling

Aim: To determine the current trends in technological armamentarium and endodontic treatment among Brazilian endodontists. Methods: A total of 279 endodontists answered a web-based survey questionnaire about their region of activity in Brazil and years as a specialist, average number of endodontic cases treated per month, number of visits to complete the treatment, use of rubber dam for isolation, type of irrigant, obturation technique and device used for this purpose, temporary filling materials, and greater difficulty encountered during treatment and technological armamentarium. A descriptive analysis, expressed in terms of frequency and percentage, was performed and the data were correlated using the chi-square test (p0.05). Results: Most of the respondents had up to 10 years as specialists. More than 50% of endodontists preferred to complete the endodontic treatment in a single visit. Ninety-nine percent of endodontists used rubber dam for isolation. NaOCl was the most widely used irrigant. Most of the respondents associated different techniques for root canal filling. Lateral condensation and Continuous wave of condensation were the isolated technique most reported. Filling devices (thermocompactors) were used by 53% of endodontists. Glass ionomer was the preferred temporary filling material. The answers for the use of technological armamentarium revealing that 94% of endodontists used an apex locator; 67.38% utilized magnification (loupe: 23.66%; microscope: 35.48%; microscope and loupe: 8.24%); 58% reported to digital radiography; and 47.31% used computed tomography as a complementary tool. About mechanized instrumentation, 44.44% endodontists employed rotary and reciprocating files. The difficulties encountered during endodontic treatment were classified as preparation > access > obturation > anesthesia > isolation. Conclusions: Most endodontists have implemented new technologies, such as mechanical instrumentation, apex locators, magnification, digital radiography, computed tomography, ultrasound, and obturation tools, in their clinical practice.

scholarly journals Bioengineering Methods of Analysis and Medical Devices: A Current Trends and State of the Art

Materials ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 797
Author(s):  
Marco Cicciù
Keyword(s):  
Finite Element Method ◽  
Finite Element ◽  
Mechanical Characteristics ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Fem Analysis ◽  
Load Cycle ◽  
Anatomical Structures ◽  
Infinite Elements ◽  
Current Trends ◽  
Element Method

Implantology, prosthodontics, and orthodontics in all their variants, are medical and rehabilitative medical fields that have greatly benefited from bioengineering devices of investigation to improve the predictability of clinical rehabilitations. The finite element method involves the simulation of mechanical forces from an environment with infinite elements, to a simulation with finite elements. This editorial aims to point out all the progress made in the field of bioengineering and medicine. Instrumental investigations, such as finite element method (FEM), are an excellent tool that allows the evaluation of anatomical structures and any facilities for rehabilitation before moving on to experimentation on animals, so as to have mechanical characteristics and satisfactory load cycle testing. FEM analysis contributes substantially to the development of new technologies and new materials in the biomedical field. Thanks to the 3D technology and to the reconstructions of both the anatomical structures and eventually the alloplastic structures used in the rehabilitations it is possible to consider all the mechanical characteristics, so that they could be analyzed in detail and improved where necessary.

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