Advent Christian Church

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Decline of the edentulism epidemic in Australia

The document attached has been archived with permission from the Australian Dental Association. An external link to the publisher’s copy is included. Prepared by LA Crocombe and GD SladeAustralian Research Centre for Population Oral Health, The University of Adelaide, South Australia; prepared by LA Crocombe and GD Slad

Does optimal access to dental care counteract the oral health-related quality of life social gradient?

To determine if an oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) social gradient existed when Australian Defence Force (ADF) members have universal and optimal access to dental care.A nominal roll included 4,089 individuals who were deployed to the Solomon Islands (SI) as part of operation ANODE and a comparison group of 4,092 ADF personnel frequency matched to the deployed group on sex, age group, and service type, from which 500 deployed and 500 comparison individuals were randomly selected. The dependent variables were the OHIP-14 summary measures. Rank was used to determine socioeconomic status. The demographic variables selected were: sex and age.Response rate was 44%. Of the individual OHIP-14 items, being self-conscious, painful aching and having discomfort when eating were the most common problems. Mean OHIP-14 severity was 2.8. In bivariate analysis, there was not a significant difference in mean OHIP-14 severity (p=0.52) or frequency of OHIP-14 impacts (p=0.57) by military rank. There was a significant increasing OHIP-14 extent score from commissioned officer to non-commissioned officer to other ranks (0.07, 0.19, 0.40, p=0.03).Even with optimal access to dental care, there was an OHRQoL social gradient between military ranks in the ADF. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.LA Crocombe, and GD Mahone

The Static Failure of Adhesively Bonded Metal Laminate Structures: A Cohesive Zone Approach

Data on distribution, ecology, biomass, recruitment, growth, mortality and productivity of the West African bloody cockle Anadara senilis were collected at the Banc d'Aguuin, Mauritania, in early 1985 and 1986. Ash-free dry weight appeared to be correlated best with shell height. A. senilis was abundant on the tidal flats of landlocked coastal bays, but nearly absent on the tidal flats bordering the open sea. The average biomass for the entire area of tidal flats was estimated at 5.5 g·m−2 ash-free dry weight. The A. senilis population appeared to consist mainly of 10 to 20-year-old individuals, showing a very slow growth and a production: biomass ratio of about 0.02 y−1. Recruitment appeared negligible and mortality was estimated to be about 10% per year. Oystercatchers (Haematopus ostralegus), the gastropod Cymbium cymbium and unknown fish species were responsible for a large share of this. The distinction of annual growth marks permitted the assessment of year-class strength, which appeared to be correlated with the average discharge of the river Senegal. This may be explained by assuming that year-class strength and river discharge both are correlated with rainfall at the Banc d'Arguin.

Amplitude analysis of B0→D¯0K+π−decays

The Dalitz plot distribution of B0→D¯0K+π− decays is studied using a data sample corresponding to 3.0  fb−1 of pp collision data recorded by the LHCb experiment during 2011 and 2012. The data are described by an amplitude model that contains contributions from intermediate K∗(892)0, K∗(1410)0, K∗2(1430)0 and D∗2(2460)− resonances. The model also contains components to describe broad structures, including the K∗0(1430)0 and D∗0(2400)− resonances, in the Kπ S-wave and the Dπ S- and P-waves. The masses and widths of the D∗0(2400)− and D∗2(2460)− resonances are measured, as are the complex amplitudes and fit fractions for all components included in the amplitude model. The model obtained will be an integral part of a future determination of the angle γ of the Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa quark mixing matrix using B0→DK+π− decays