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A retrospective study of 11 cases of traumatic granulomas was done. The objective of this study is to present the clinicopathological features of traumatic granulomas in some malaysian patients and to compare this data with data from other reported studies, which have been predominantly from Caucasian population. Biopsy records from 1985 to 1998 of 18 cases of traumatic granulomas were obtained. There were 13 male and 5 female patients. The granulomas occured in 38.9 Malay, 38.9 Chinese, 11.1 Indian and 11.1 other ethnic groups. The age of these patients range from 8 to 86 years, with mean of 41.9 ± 17.7 years. The most common location for the lesions was the tongue, other locations were on the floor of mouth-tongue junction, retromolar region, buccal gingiva, lower lip, and anterior mandible with one case presenting with multiple ulcers in different locations. The provisional diagnoses given by the clinicians prior to biopsy include traumatic ulcer, squamous cell carcinoma, lichen planus, recurrent apthous ulcer, Wegener's granulomatosis, pyogenic granuloma, infectious ulcer (tuberculosis) and squamous cell papilloma. Some of the patients (66.7) have past/current medical condition, which include diseases of the endocrine, gastrointestinal, cardiovascular system, malignancy, venereal disease, autoimmune disease, and one Human Immunodeficiency Virus positive patient. Histologically, pseudoinvasion of plasma cells and histiocytes between muscle bundles are evident in all cases. Eosinophils are consistently found in all but one case. In conclusion, most of the clinical and histological features present in these cases are comparable to cases in Caucasian reported in the literature. This record was migrated from the OpenDepot repository service in June, 2017 before shutting down.

The Malaysian nationwide survey on oral mucosal lesions (OML) in 1993/94 showed a low prevalence of OML in particular oral cancer and precancer (OPC) among the Malays as compared to the Indians and the Indigenous people of Sabah and Sarawak. A low prevalence of quid chewing habit was also noted in the Malays in that survey. The present study was conducted to investigate whether the low prevalence of OPC in the Malays was attributed to the low prevalence of quid users among the Malays and/or whether the quid contents used were different. Two examiners were trained prior to the survey. The interexaminer consistency of diagnosing the presence or absence of lesions was 91.3%. An interview on their oral habits was also done. The mean age of 276 subjects examined was 61.1±10.0 years. There were 23.6% men and 76.4% women. Among the subjects interviewed, 41.7% were smokers and 37.7% were quid chewers. The prevalence of OML was 20.3% while OPC was found in only 1.4% of the subjects examined. Among the quid chewers and non-quid chewers, the prevalence of OML was found to be 35.6% and 11% respectively. However ,the prevalence of OPC ( only leukoplakia and lichen planus were detected; cancer, erythroplakia and oral submucous fibrosis were absent) was equally low in both groups (1.9% among quid chewers and 1,2 % among non-quid chewers). Such low prevalence of OPC among Malay quid chewers, differed from reported higher prevalences of OPC in the Malaysian Indians and the indigenous people of Sarawak. A further analysis of the quid contents showed a low usage of tobacco (3.8%) in the quid mixtures chewed by these subjects as compared to the quid mixtures reportedly used by the Indians and the indigenous people of Sarawak. It is concluded that the lack of tobacco in the quid mixtures used by the Malays may be related to the low prevalence of OPC in Malay quid chewers. This record was migrated from the OpenDepot repository service in June, 2017 before shutting down.

International audience; To facilitate users search for information on systems or components and surveys of historical data (design, test results and failures of components, date and duration of system maintenance,...) for dependability needs, data are stored in data banks or databases. These needs are of several types: availability and logistics needs of military equipment and the need for safety in hazardous industries, designers, manufacturers and managers responsible for installations, etc. This paper presents the basic concepts which guide the construction of a reliability database. For this purpose, the principal definitions related to reliability data as well as the principal methods used for reliability data collection, are given. Finally, some of the best-known databases are presented, followed by the principles of database management systems.

Not available, L’objectif essentiel de ce travail est de valider une approche très générale de la thermodynamique de la relaxation des milieux continus pour modéliser les comportements plastiques et viscoplastiques. L’outil de base est décrit en terme de distribution de temps de relaxation dans le cadre d'une thermodynamique des processus irréversibles fortement non linéaire (modèle DNLR: distribution of non linear relaxations). L'effort de modélisation porte pour l'essentiel sur : la dépendance temporelle des temps de relaxation. L’écriture du modèle dans l'espace des contraintes tridimensionnelles. La simulation est conduite dans un premier temps pour analyser la prévision qualitative des essais unidirectionnels en petites comme en grandes déformations, pour les métaux comme pour les polymères. Puis la construction des surfaces de plasticité, pour des histoires de chargement plus ou moins complexes, permet de contrôler l'aptitude du modèle à prévoir qualitativement les observations expérimentales. Enfin, une méthode d'identification des paramètres est mise en œuvre révélant ainsi la nécessite de disposer d'une banque de données suffisante pour obtenir des prévisions en bon accord avec l'expérience

Not available; L’objectif essentiel de ce travail est de valider une approche très générale de la thermodynamique de la relaxation des milieux continus pour modéliser les comportements plastiques et viscoplastiques. L’outil de base est décrit en terme de distribution de temps de relaxation dans le cadre d'une thermodynamique des processus irréversibles fortement non linéaire (modèle DNLR: distribution of non linear relaxations). L'effort de modélisation porte pour l'essentiel sur : la dépendance temporelle des temps de relaxation. L’écriture du modèle dans l'espace des contraintes tridimensionnelles. La simulation est conduite dans un premier temps pour analyser la prévision qualitative des essais unidirectionnels en petites comme en grandes déformations, pour les métaux comme pour les polymères. Puis la construction des surfaces de plasticité, pour des histoires de chargement plus ou moins complexes, permet de contrôler l'aptitude du modèle à prévoir qualitativement les observations expérimentales. Enfin, une méthode d'identification des paramètres est mise en œuvre révélant ainsi la nécessite de disposer d'une banque de données suffisante pour obtenir des prévisions en bon accord avec l'expérience

A house to house random survey on elderly subjects was undertaken in the District of Klang in Malaysia. The objective of this study was to investigate the prevalence of oral mucosal lesions (OML) among the elderly in this area. The primary units in the sampling frame were the Enumeration Blocks (EBs) as defined under the population census. All households of the selected EBs were considered as sampling units and members aged 60 and above were considered as respondents. There was a slight preponderance of females, with the Malays comprising the majority of the subjects. Of the 486 respondents, mean aged 69.1 +/- 7.3 yr, 111 had at least one oral mucosal lesion, a prevalence of 22.8. A total of 145 lesions were detected. The prevalence of OML was highest among Indians and least among the Chinese. The most common finding was tongue lesions, recording a prevalence of 10.7, followed by oral pigmentation (4.9) and white lesions (4.3). Denture related lesions were comparatively low at 2.5. Two cases of oral cancer if representative would give a relatively high prevalence of 0.4. This record was migrated from the OpenDepot repository service in June, 2017 before shutting down.

A clinical analysis of 304 cases of pyogenic granuloma (excluding pregnancy tumour) were obtained from the clinical evaluations submitted by clinicians while sending specimens for biopsy. The average age of the patients with pyogenic granuloma was 28.9 years with a peak age incidence in the second decade. More female patients were affected and the lesions present mainly in the Chinese. The majority of the lesions were ulcerated and pedunculated. The lesions had a mean diameter of 10.8 mm with a mean lesion duration of 6.0 months. The gingiva was the prevalent site for these lesions with a greater number being located in the maxilla. The recurrence rate was found to be 14.1. This record was migrated from the OpenDepot repository service in June, 2017 before shutting down.

The Middle East Water Data Banks progamme and its Implementation Plan, consisting of 39 recommendations for multilateral action and one special programme, Work Package A, for capacity building on the Palestinian side, have several interfaces with the bilateral cooperation between PWA and Norway. Work Package A actions mainly relates to tbe Water Resources/Hydrological services part of the PWA. It considers capacity building within data collection and storage, field work and laboratory capability. This report, based on discussions at and around the third meeting of EXACT - the Executive Action Team of the Middle East Data Banks Plan, therefore focuses on identifying the interfaces and possible overlaps between these programs and the cooperation between PWA and Norway. It also seeks to give some recommendations on the work on establishing the water data unit and hydrological services of PWA, to the extent that is possible at tbe present stage of organization planning of the institution. Direktoratet for Utviklingshjelp (NORAD) Palestinian Water Autority

The present need for information systems for historical data is already quite large and continues to grow at a rapid rate. Our general concern here involves the integration of existing data into a »system« where they can not only be retrieved and processed comfortably, but also compiled in their totality and combined with other data sets if so desired, thus ensuring rapid access to large stocks of information. Equipped with the appropriate hardware and software, such electronic data banks are ideally suited to take advantage of the latest developments in the world of electronic data processing, where speed, precision and the flexible reproducibility of the obtained results are its key features. In view of the breakneck speed with which both hardware and software are being developed, there would seem to be no major obstacles standing in the way of designing historical databanks. Indeed, their implementation should be able to proceed without further ado. Yet a closer look reveals that matters are not quite that simple, as I will explain in the following. This problem can be best illustrated in terms of the advantages one generally expects from a databank., Historical Social Research Vol. 16, No. 1 (1991)

A study on the oral health status of 198 factory workers (in Antara Steel, Pasir Gudang, Johor) was carried out in November 1986. The subjects were predominantly male (94%) and Malay (91%) with an average age of 27.4 years. The prevalence of caries was 87.4% with a mean DMFT of 7.1 + 5.4. There were 3 subjects with full upper, lower dentures and 16 subjects with partial dentures. Two subjects examined needed dentures but were not wearing them. Thirty five (17.7%) of those examined needed urgent extractions, and 8 needed emergency treatment for fillings. Enamel opacities were found in 141 subjects (75.6%) but only 9 were aware of these defects. Dental health was very poor with 72% examined needing scaling. Seventeen (9%) had gross supra and subgingival calculus. There was a total of 107 (54%) smokers and heavy nicotine stains were found in 41 (20.7%), of the population examined. Examination of soft tissues showed 111 (56%) subjects with recurrent aphthous ulcers whilst 15 (7.6%) suffered from herpes labialis. Five subjects (2.5%) suffered from denture stomatitis whilst the prevalence of other soft tissue lesions was very low. This record was migrated from the OpenDepot repository service in June, 2017 before shutting down.

The association between cigarette smoking and the prevalence of oral mucosal lesions was examined in 495 Malaysian army personnel. No associations between cigarette smoking and recurrent aphthous ulcerations, pre-leukoplakia and frictional keratosis could be obtained in this study. Positive associations were found between cigarette smoking and leukoedema as well as denture stomatitis. There was a negative association between cigarette smoking and the presence of coated tongue. This record was migrated from the OpenDepot repository service in June, 2017 before shutting down.

29 patients with buccal carcinoma were reviewed for the clinical signs and symptoms. The TNM classification following the UICC categories were used for the clinical staging of the lesion. The patient?s race, age, sex and habits were also noted. Most of these patients presented with advanced lesions. The most common signs and symptoms were pain and ulcerations (62%). The histopathology of a well-differentiated squamous cell carcinoma forms a great majority of these lesions (62%). Each of the sign and symptom is discussed in relation to other findings that had been reported. This record was migrated from the OpenDepot repository service in June, 2017 before shutting down.

The aim of this study is to determine the social impact of oral and facial pain in a sample involving an industrial population. Out of a total of 355 subjects interviewed, nearly one-half claimed to have oral and facial pain in the previous one month prior to the survey. The most common type of pain was that related to hot or cold fluids or sweet things followed by toothache. On the average, the pain lasted for 4.2 days (SD = 4.9) per person in the past one-month. About one in five persons with pain reported that it was severe enough to disrupt sleep. About one in ten persons reporting pain had to take sick leave because of the pain. However, only one in four persons with pain consulted a doctor or dentist. More than one-third tried to cope with the pain and did nothing while the rest tried various means of self-cure. It is therefore postulated that in this population, pain per se is a poor predictor of utilisation of dental services. Further research into pain coping behaviour and how this affects of pattern of utilisation of dental services is indicated in order to formulate a strategy to encourage the habit of seeking prompt dental care by the target population. This record was migrated from the OpenDepot repository service in June, 2017 before shutting down.

WetVegEurope is a research project (http://www.sci.muni.cz/botany/vegsci/wetveg) whose goal is to provide a synthesized formalized classification of the aquatic and marsh vegetation across Europe at the level of phytosociological associations. In order to achieve the project objective, a WetVegEurope database has been created (GIVD ID: EU-00-020, http://www.givd.info/ID/EU-00-020), which currently contains 375,212 vegetation plots of aquatic, marsh and wet vegetation types from 33 European countries. The WetVegEurope database includes datasets from pre-existing national and thematic databases and also 10,616 plots previously not digitalized or even unpublished. This database offers an extensive source of data for future studies on aquatic and marsh plant species and vegetation types at the European scale.

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