表面处理对瓷牙材料机械强度影响的实验研究

目的 比较不同表面处理因素对瓷瓦材料机械强度的影响。方法 制备３００个表面均匀一致的实验标本,对抛光面进行表面处理,处理后的标本用万能实验机进行机械循环,然后用Ｐｉｓｔｏｎ－ｏｎ－ｔｈｒｅｅ ｂａｌｌ方法检查实验标本的挠屈强度。结果 双向卡方检验说明不同表面处理因素及不同循环次数对实验标本挠屈强度的影响都具有显著意义（（Ｐ〈０．０００１）;Ｑ－检验说明自然上釉、酸蚀、喷砂等表面自理和表面抛光相比,     

Knowledge and attitudes of infection prevention and control among health sciences students at University of Namibia

Background

Health Sciences students are exposed early to hospitals and to activities which increase their risk of acquiring infections. Infection control practices are geared towards reduction of occurrence and transmission of infectious diseases.

Objective

To evaluate knowledge and attitudes of infection prevention and control among Health Science students at University of Namibia.

Methods

To assess students'' knowledge and attitudes regarding infection prevention and control and their sources of information, a self-administered questionnaire was used to look at standard precautions especially hands hygiene.

Results

One hundred sixty two students participated in this study of which 31 were medical, 17 were radiography and 114 were nursing students. Medical students had better overall scores (73%) compared to nursing students (66%) and radiology students (61%). There was no significant difference in scores between sexes or location of the high school being either in rural or urban setting.

Conclusion

Serious efforts are needed to improve or review curriculum so that health sciences students'' knowledge on infection prevention and control is imparted early before they are introduced to the wards.     

Gene polymorphisms,tobacco exposure and oral cancer susceptibility: a study from Gujarat,West India

Polymorphic variability in the enzymes involved in biotransformation of tobacco‐related pro‐carcinogens plays an important role in modulating oral cancer susceptibility. CYP1A1*2A, CYP1A1*2C, GSTM1 and GSTT1 polymorphisms were determined in 122 oral carcinoma cases and 127 controls from Gujarat, West India using PCR‐based methods. The results revealed that the polymorphic variants of CYP1A1 gene did not show association towards oral cancer risk. The GSTM1 and GSTT1 null genotypes were found to be over‐represented in patients than controls, suggesting a moderate increase in risk of oral cancer. The oral cancer risk was significantly increased in the patients having either alone or concurrent deletion of GSTM1 and GSTT1. The results also suggested significant association between tobacco habits, especially chewing, variant genotypes of CYP1A1, GSTM1 and GSTT1 and oral cancer risk. Our data have provided evidence that GST polymorphism modified the susceptibility to oral cancer and individuals with variant genotypes of the three genes with tobacco habits are at significant risk of developing oral cancer.