The cement industry represents nearly 8% of fossil fuel and industrial emissions making it a key area of focus for policymakers around the world. Much of the current effort in cement manufacturing has focused on energy efficiency and material substitution with more recent work focused on carbon dioxide uptake and recycled concrete aggregate use to address greenhouse gas emissions and material conservation, respectively. Currently, no meaningful approach exists for practitioners or policymakers to address greenhouse gas emission reduction for cement manufacturing that incorporates the concepts of material conservation. The Carbon Hierarchy is proposed as a successive stage hierarchy to address this gap. This work is logically and empirically validated using a newly constructed model incorporating the key levers of service life extension, thermal energy decarbonization, limestone substitution, mineral component (MIC), carbon dioxide uptake with consideration for the process flow that incorporated reintroduction of end-of-life (EOL) concrete as raw material or clinker substitution in cement manufacturing and as potential downstream use as aggregate. The Carbon Hierarchy proposed in this research could guide decisions to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions for the cement industry while ensuring material conservation. / Thesis / Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) / Cementing of indirect restorations with resin cements generally requires the pre-treatment of dentin with an adhesive. When dual-cured or chemical-cured resin cements are used with these single-step adhesives, incompatibility issues exist. This has resulted in manufacturers making chemical changes in their products. Kerr Dental markets a new resin cement, Nexus Third generation (NX3), which utilizes a proprietary redox system different from the second generation of composite luting agent (NX2). The aim of this study was to evaluate microtensile bond strength and mode of failure of NX3 and NX2 with two different adhesive systems (total-etch and self-etch) after 1 week and after 3 months of storage. Methods: Sixty-four non-carious teeth were sectioned to expose the dentin using a low-speed saw. Dentin surfaces were ground with 320-grit SiC paper. The adhesives Optibond Solo Plus (SOL), and Optibond All In One (AIO) were applied, and resin cements (NX2, NX3) were used to lute 4-mm composite discs to the treated dentin surfaces. Microtensile bond strength was determined at 1 week (IM) and after 3 months (3MON) of storage using a universal testing machine (MTS). All specimens were examined under the stereomicroscope to determine the mode of failure. Random specimens from each failure group were examined using scanning electron microscopy. Statistical Analysis: Comparisons between the treatment combinations for differences in microtensile bond strength were performed using Weibull-distribution survival analysis. Comparisons between the treatment combinations for differences in the failure mode were performed using Fisher’s Exact tests. The group NX3 SOL IM (30.5 MPa) had significantly higher bond strength than NX3 SOL 3MON (13.4 MPa); NX3 AIO IM (11.3MPa); NX3 AIO 3MON (8.2 MPa; NX2 AIO 3MON (5.8 MPa); NX2 SOL IM (6.3 MPa), and NX2 SOL 3MON (3.2 MPa). The group NX2 AIO IM (19.3 MPa) was not significantly different from NX3 SOL IM. The group NX2 SOL 3MON and group NX2 SOL IM had a significantly higher percentage of teeth with mixed failure than all of the other groups. None of the other groups had significantly different failure mode. The group NX3 SOL IM had 90-percent beam survival beyond 17 MPa, and NX2 AIO IM had 50 percent of beams surviving beyond 17 MPa, a better performance. For all the other groups, more than 50 percent of beams failed below 17 MPa. Results show high evidence of degradation for all groups considered in this investigation. The use of these types of cement adhesive combinations in clinical situations should be used with this understanding.

No / Glass-ionomer cements (GICs) have been widely used for over forty years, because of their desirable properties in dentistry. The most important advantages of the GICs are associated with their ability to release long-term antimicrobial agents. However, GICs used as restorative materials have still lots of challenges due to their secondary caries and low mechanical properties. Recent studies showed that the fluoride-releasing activity of conventional GICs is inadequate for effectual antibacterial conservation in many cases. Therefore, many efforts have been proposed to modify the antibacterial features of GICs in order to prevent the secondary caries. Particularly, for achieving this goal GICs were incorporated into various biomaterials possessing antibacterial activities. The scope of this review is to assess systematically the extant researches addressing the antibacterial modifications in GICs in order to provide with an authoritative, at the same time in-depth understanding of controlled antibacterial release in this class of biomaterials. It also gives a whole perspective on the future developments of GICs and challenges related to antibacterial GICs.

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SammanfattningInledning: Det finns olika helkeramiska material på marknaden idag. En av dessamaterialgrupper är glaskeramer som framställs genom pressgjutningsteknik. För att ökafrakturresistensen hos dessa keramer cementeras de med adhesiv cementeringsteknik. Genometsning och silanisering av keramytan skapas mikromekanisk och kemisk bidning mellankeram och cement.Risken för missfärgning av cementskarven beror på ett flertal faktorer, däriblandbindningsstyrka, cementskarvens tjocklek samt cementets abrasionsresistens och löslighet imunvätskor.De adhesiva cementen är mycket teknikkänsliga. År 2002 introducerades de självadhesivacementen genom RelyX™ Unicem. Dessa cement är lättanvända eftersom det inte krävsnågon förbehandling av tandytan. Hur dessa cement påverkas estetiskt över tid är emellertidinte känt, särskilt beträffande missfärgningsgrad.Syfte: Syftet med denna studie är att jämföra den marginala missfärgningsgraden hos ettkonventionellt resinbaserat cement (Variolink® II) med ett mer välbeprövat självadhesivtcement (RelyXTM Unicem) och ett nyare självadhesivt cement (G-CemTM).Material och metod: 36 cylindrar framställdes i IPS Empress® Esthetic och delades in i 6grupper. Grupp 1 cementerades med Variolink® II, grupp 2 cementerades med RelyXTMUnicem och grupp 3-6 cementerades med G-CemTM. Grupp 1, 3 och 5 cementerades medöverskott som härdades fullständigt. Vid cementering av grupp 2, 4 och 6 avlägsnadescementöverskotten med scaler innan sluthärdning. Efter cementering slipades överskotten bortoch ytan polerades. Grupp 1-4 etsades och silaniserades. I grupp 5-6 uteslöts etsning ochsilanisering. Provkropparna termocyklades och därefter pigmentbehandlades de med kaffeoch vin. Vid kontroll av missfärgningsgrad bedömdes cementskarven med följande kriterier:Obetydlig, knappt märkbar missfärgning, tydlig missfärgning samt mycket tydligmissfärgning.Totalt 10 personer gjorde var för sig enskilda bedömningar av samtliga provkropparsmissfärgningsgrad.Resultat: Grupp 1 som cementerats med Variolink® II visade inga tydliga missfärgningar avcementspalten.Grupp 2 som cementerades med RelyXTM Unicem visade tydliga missfärgningar avcementspalten.Grupp 3-5 som cementerades med G-CemTM visade tydliga missfärgningar av cementspalten.Grupp 6 som cementerades med G-CemTM visade mycket tydliga missfärgningar avcementspalten.Slutsats: Vid cementering av Empress® Esthetic ger Variolink® II mindre marginalmissfärgning än RelyX™ Unicem och G-Cem™. Glaskeramer bör etsas och silaniseras innancementering.

Since World War II, the military has sought methods for rapid stabilization of weak soils for support of its missions worldwide. Over the past 60 years, cement and lime have consistently been found to be among the most effective stabilizers for road and airfield applications, although recent developments show promise using nontraditional stabilizers. The purpose of this research is to determine the most effective stabilizers and dosage rates of stabilizers to increase the strength of soft clay soils (initial CBR = 2) within 72 hours for contingency airfields to support C-17 and C-130 aircraft traffic. Pavement design charts for various aircraft loading conditions were generated using the Pavement-Transportation Computer Assisted Structural Engineering Program, which was developed by the Engineering Research and Development Center to determine ranges of required strength and thickness for an underlying subbase layer and a top base layer, such as stabilized soil, crushed-aggregate, or aluminum matting. From laboratory studies, the required design strengths for many loading conditions were achieved by treating clay with 2%-4% pelletized quicklime for the underlying subbase layer, and treating clay with 2%-4% pelletized quicklime, 1% RSC15 fibers, and 11% Type III cement for the top base layer. While the base layer requires a minimum thickness of six inches, the required subbase layer thickness is often quite large and may be difficult to construct. However, newly developed construction equipment currently used for subgrade stabilization on civilian projects should be able to stabilize the soil down to these large required depths and make construction possible. / Master of Science

University of Stellenbosch Business School / The objective of this study is to determine whether brands create value for shareholders and the extent to which such value can be quantified. The research methodology is based on a case study of Pretoria Portland Cement, South Africa’s leading cement producer, and seeks to demonstrate how a commodity like cement can be successfully differentiated and branded. Primary data was gathered by conducting unstructured interviews with business leaders and key personnel involved with the development and execution of the company’s brand vision. Secondary data is based on the results of a customer loyalty survey by IPSOS Markinor as well as on customer perceptions from Millward Brown’s BrandDynamics™ model. The results of both these surveys, together with historic market share data and the company’s financial performance over a 15-year period, is analysed and interpreted before conclusions are made about the brand’s contribution to value creation. The study concludes by attempting to make generally applicable findings about the value of brands and their overall contribution to shareholder value. One of the major limitations of the study is the inability to assign a definitive value to the PPC brand because of the vast number of credible brand valuation models available and the lack of consensus among academics and industry experts regarding the determination of brand value.

published_or_final_version / Civil Engineering / Doctoral / Doctor of Philosophy

Since the introduction of Portland cement in the early nineteenth century the number of buildings constructed from concrete or using cement mortars and renders has grown exponentially, and cement is one of the most common building materials in use today. Consequently a significant proportion of the built heritage contains cementitious materials. The relative youth of these buildings means that less research has been undertaken to understand how and why they deteriorate than for traditional buildings, and that the development of appropriate conservation methods and techniques is less advanced. The primary aim of this research was to understand the causes and mechanisms of some of the types of deterioration commonly found in historic concrete and cement buildings and structures, with reference to the Second World War reinforced concrete and cement-rendered buildings at East Fortune airfield in East Lothian, Scotland. Additional aims were to investigate the efficacy of the building repairs and maintenance regimes undertaken to date, and to make recommendations for the future conservation of the buildings. East Fortune airfield contains a number of cement-rendered brick masonry buildings and a reinforced concrete air raid shelter. The initial visual survey identified several types of deterioration, from which the blistering and flaking of the render; the cracking and delamination of the render; and the spalling of the concrete in the air raid shelter were selected for further research. The research included time lapse photography, non-destructive testing, environmental monitoring and the physical, chemical and petrographic characterisation of the building materials. Hypotheses regarding the causes of deterioration were tested in the laboratory, for example with linear variable displacement transducer measurements, and modelled using crack propagation theories and models for water transport through porous media. It is demonstrated that the blistering and flaking of the render is caused by shale aggregate particles, which undergo sufficient expansion during freeze-thaw cycles to crack the surrounding render. This phenomenon is termed ‘pop-outs’ in the concrete literature. The more catastrophic cracking and delamination of the renders is also due to freeze-thaw cycling, which is shown to cause significant damage provided the moisture content of the render is above a certain threshold level. This type of deterioration has occurred at an accelerated rate for some of the modern render repairs, due to an inadequate understanding of the properties of the original and repair materials. In particular, the properties of the bricks are critical to the performance of the cement renders, and it is found that the sorptivity of historic bricks may vary considerably depending upon the orientation of the brick. Finally, the diagnosis for the air raid shelter is that the corrosion of the steel reinforcements is caused by high levels of chlorides present within the raw materials used to make the pre-cast concrete sections. The results of the investigations are used to suggest building conservation solutions for this particular site. Furthermore, since the deterioration mechanisms investigated are common for historic cement and concrete, the findings are relevant to many other sites. The over-arching methodology used to investigate the deterioration at the site and the methodologies developed to test particular hypotheses are also applicable for other investigations of historic building materials. There is much about this research that is innovative and new. The work on render cracking compares the results of dilation tests on cementitious and ceramic materials, which has not been done previously, and the pop-outs diagnosed in the work on render flaking have rarely, if ever, been reported for cement renders. The modelling work undertaken to quantify the stresses produced by the pop-outs and to explain the inclined crack formation patterns is entirely original. The use of petrography to diagnose causes of render failure is described in the literature, but this is one of very few case studies to be written up, and the work on the air raid shelter constitutes the only formal investigation of this type of Stanton shelter.

O objetivo do estudo foi avaliar, comparativamente, a influência do cimento biocerâmico EndoSequence BC a diferentes cimentos endodônticos sobre a resistência de união do conjuno cimento resinoso/pino de fibra de vidro à dentina radicular. Setenta e dois dentes caninos selecionados tiveram a coroa seccionada transversalmente e o remanescente radicular padronizado em 17mm. O canal radicular foi preparado com Reciproc R50 e NaOCl 1%. Os espécimes foram distribuídos conforme o cimento obturador utilizado (n=12): G1-controle (sem cimento); G2- óxido de zinco e eugenol (EndoFill) G3- hidróxido de cálcio (Sealapex); G4- resina epóxi (AHPlus); G5-resina epóxi e hidróxido de cálcio (Sealer Plus) e G6- biocerâmico (EndoSequence BC). Decorridas 48h da obturação, as raízes foram desobturadas e preparadas para receber o pino de fibra de vidro. Após secagem do canal, os pinos foram cimentados com Panavia F 2.0. Dez raízes de cada grupo foram seccionadas transversalmente para obtenção dos slices. O primeiro slice de cada terço foi submetido ao teste de resistência de união (push-out) e padrão de falha. No segundo slice foi avaliada a interface adesiva dentina/cimento resinoso, por meio de microscopia de varredura confocal a laser (MVCL). Dois espécimes de cada grupo não tiveram o pino cimentado no canal radicular e foram destinados à microscopia eletrônica de varredura para observação de remanescente de material obturador na superfície dentinária. Os dados referentes à resistência de união foram submetidos ao teste Shapiro-Wilk, seguido de ANOVA two way. Os dados referentes à MVCL foram analisados pelo teste Kruskal-Wallis seguido pelo teste Dunn ( = 5%). Os grupos controle e AHPLus apresentaram os maiores valores de RU (p<0,05). Os cimentos EndoSequence BC, Sealer Plus e Sealapex apresentaram os valores intermediários de RU, sem diferença estatística entre eles. O cimento EndoFill apresentou os menores valores de RU com diferença estatisticamente significante em relação aos demais grupos (p<0,05). Quanto aos terços radiculares, os maiores valores de RU foram observados no terço cervical (p<0,05). As imagens de MEV demonstraram no geral, presença de poucos remanescentes de material obturador na superfície radicular em todos os grupos. Quanto a análise da interface cimento resinoso/dentina, a maioria dos grupos apresentou adaptação razoável, com exceção do EndoFill. Concluiu-se que os cimentos endodônticos Endosequence BC, Sealapex, Sealer Plus e EndoFill influenciaram negativamente a RU do conjunto pino/cimento resinoso à dentina radicular / The aim of this study was to compare the influence of EndoSequence BC bioceramic sealer on the bond strength (BS) of resin cement/fiber post in root canals filled with different sealers. The coronary of seventy-two canines were removed and the root length standardized at 17mm. The root canal was prepared with Reciproc R50 and 1% NaOCl. The specimens were distributed according to the filling material used (n=12): G1- control (no sealer); G2- zinc oxide and eugenol (EndoFill) G3- calcium hydroxide (Sealapex); G4- epoxy resin (AHPlus); G5- epoxy resin and calcium hydroxide (Sealer Plus) and G6- bioceramic (EndoSequence BC). Later forthy eight hours, the roots were prepared to insert the fiberpost. Fiberposts were attached with Panavia F 2.0. Ten roots of each group were sectioned transversely, obtaining slices of cervical, medium and apical root canal thirds. The BS of the first slice of each third was evaluated by push-out test and failures was analyzed by stereo microscope. The interface between dentin wall/resin cement of the second slice was evaluated by confocal laser microscopy (CLM). Two specimens from group were not restored with fiberpost, and assigned to scanning electron microscopy (SEM) to analyze the remaining material on the dentin surface. Data on the bond strength were submitted to the Shapiro-Wilk test, followed by two way ANOVA. The CLM data were submitted to the Kruskal-Wallis and Dunn tests ( = 5%). The control and AHPLus groups had the highest RU values (p <0.05). The EndoSequence BC, Sealer Plus and Sealapex sealers presented the intermediate values of RU, with no statistical difference between them. EndoFill sealer presented the lowest values of RU with a statistically significant difference in relation to the other groups (p <0.05). Regarding root thirds, the highest BS values were observed in cervical third (p <0.05). SEM images showed presence of few remaning filling material on the root surface in all groups. Regarding the dentine/resin cement interfaces analyzes most of the groups presented average adaptation, unless the G2. It was concluded that Endosequence BC, Sealapex, Sealer Plus and EndoFill endodontic sealers poor influenced the BS of the fiber post/resin cement in root canal dentin