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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
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THE INFLUENCE OF HRM ACTIVITIES ON PERFORMANCE-RELATED OUTCOMES: EXPLORING THE DYNAMICS WITHIN THE “BLACK BOX”

Banks, George C. 01 January 2012 (has links)
Research has often called for studies that attempt to explain the complex causal chain known as the “black box” between human resource management (HRM) activities and individual-level outcomes. To explore the dynamics within the “black box,” this study investigates the influence of HRM activities (e.g., practices and processes) on individual-level outcomes, taking into consideration psychological empowerment as a mediating mechanism. Furthermore, to investigate how HRM activities affect individual-level outcomes, one must consider how HRM activities interrelate to create synergistic effects. Subsequently, this research contributes to the literature of strategic HRM research by investigating how and why systems of HRM activities influence individual-level outcomes.
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Vergleichende Analyse der internen und marginalen Passgenauigkeit CAD/CAM-gefertigter Einzelkronen aus Zirkoniumdioxid produziert auf Basis der konventionellen und digitalen Abformtechnik / Comperative analysis of internal and marginal fit of CAD/CAM-fabricated zirconia single crowns produced via conventional and digital impression techniques

Heinitz, Arthur Christian 10 August 2016 (has links)
No description available.
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Cement space of all-ceramic crowns / Espaço de cimentação de coroas totais cerâmicas

Piras, Fernanda Furtado 15 March 2019 (has links)
A ceramic systems ability to provide a restoration well adapted and fulfilling the patients clinical and esthetic requirements is its most important technical feature. A CAD / CAM machine unit must be able of designing and milling different restorative materials, such as: resin-matrix ceramics, polycrystalline ceramics and glass-matrix ceramics. The purpose of this study was to present two articles that evaluated weather or not the milling strategy of different all-ceramic crown materials has an influence on the final cementation space. Specifically, the two articles evaluated: article I - The cementation space assessed by the most commonly used method- silicone replica technique- correlating stereomicroscope analysis with micromotomography (-CT); article II: The two-dimensional measures of cementation space were correlated with volume values by using -CT analysis, to better understand the behavior of 2D values in a tridimensional view. In both articles, single crowns were milled in lithium-disilicate, resin nanoceramic and zirconia. In article I, one hundred twenty measurements of each material were used to correlate the methodologies: stereomiscrocope and -CT. The Pearson correlation coefficient test showed a correlation between the methods (p= 0.000, r=+0.455). A similarity in the pattern of statistically significant differences among the regions evaluated (axial, occlusal, marginal) for both methodologies seems to exist. The positive correlation between the methods of measurements of cement space suggests that the internal dimensions of the materials varied because the different strategies after milled of them. In article II, twenty-eight slices were evaluated in three regions: marginal, axial and occlusal, totaling eighty-four measurements for each specimen. Axial and Marginal region showed positive correlation (p=0.000, r=+0.656; p=0.000, r=+0.677, respectively), while occlusal space presented negative correlation (p=0.003, r=0.526). The correlation between 2D and volumetric analysis allow to achieving as more information as possible to improve CAD/CAM systems. / As principais características dos sistemas cerâmicos é a capacidade de abranger estética e boa adaptação clínica. A tecnologia CAD/CAM é capaz de projetar e fresar diferentes materiais, como: cerâmicas de matriz resinosa, policristalinas, e ainda, cerâmicas de matriz vítrea. O objetivo deste trabalho é apresentar dois artigos que avaliam se a estratégia de fresagem de diferentes materiais cerâmicos influenciam no espaço final de cimentação. No primeiro artigo, especificamente, o espaço de cimentação foi avaliado pela metodologia mais utilizada, réplica de silicona. A película de silicona foi mensurada através da estereomicroscopia e microtomografia computadorizada (-CT) e as metodologias foram correlacionadas. No segundo artigo, através da metodologia de -CT, as medidas bidimensionais do espaço de cimentação foram correlacionadas com o volume obtido, a fim de compreender melhor o comportamento dos valores 2D numa visão tridimensional. Em ambos artigos, coroas unitárias foram fresadas em dissilicato de lítio, resina nanocerâmica e zircônia. No artigo I, cento e vinte medidas foram utilizadas para correlacionar as metodologias empregadas, estereomicroscopia e -CT. O teste de correlação de Pearson apresentou correlação entre os métodos (p= 0.000, r=+0.455). Uma similaridade no padrão de diferenças estatisticamente significantes nas regiões avaliadas (axial, oclusal, marginal) parece existir entre as metodologias. A correlação positiva entre os métodos de mensuração do espaço de cimentação sugerem que as dimensões internas variam por conta dos diferentes processos que as coroas são submetidas após a fresagem. No artigo II, oitenta e oito fatias obtidas pelo -CT foram avaliadas em três regiões: marginal, axial e oclusal, totalizando oitenta e quatro medidas por espécime. A correlação positiva entre os métodos de mensuração do espaço de cimentação sugerem que as dimensões internas variam por conta dos diferentes processos que as coroas são submetidas após a fresagem. Artigo II, oitenta e oito fatias foram avaliadas em três regiões: marginal, axial e oclusal, totalizando oitenta e quatro medidas por espécime. Houve correlação positiva entre as regiões axial e marginal (p=0.000, r=+0.656; p=0.000, r=+0.677, respectivamente) e negativa na oclusal (p=0.003, r= -0.526). A correlação entre as avaliações bi e tridimensionais permitem obter mais informações possíveis para aprimorar o sistema CAD/CAM.
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The influence of seating load on internal and marginal fit of a fixed dental prosthesis

Fridell, Anna, Josefsson, Hanna January 2015 (has links)
Syfte: Syftet med studien var att undersöka hur olika axiala tryck och skjuvkrafter påverkade marginal och intern passform i en sexledsbro i titan i överkäkens frontregion.Material och metod: En litteratursökning gjordes för att insamla bakgrundsmaterial. Stödtänderna 13 12 11 21 22 23 preparerades på en plastmodell för en sexledsbro och en anatomiskt utformad bro i titan framställdes med hjälp CAD/CAM. En mastermodell av stödtänderna tillverkades i epoxyresin. Genom att använda replikateknik utvärderades brons passform vid olika cementeringstryck; 20, 35, 50, 70 N och 50 N med skjuvkrafter. Varje replika snittades med hjälp av en ”jig” och cementspalten analyserades i ett mikroskop. All data granskades statistiskt.Resultat: Resultatet visade att ett tryck med 20 N generellt gav en ej acceptabel passform och ett tryck med 35 N hade en stor spridning. Vid tryck med 50 N kunde mindre cementspalter ses. De blev inte mindre vid test med 70 N. När skjuvkrafter adderades försämrades resultaten jämfört med försöken med 50 N och 70 N.Konklusion: Ett tryck vid cementering som överstiger 50 N förbättrar ej passformen markant. Närvaro av skjuvkrafter påverkar passformen negativt. Ett lägre tryck på 20 N ger dock en mindre fördelaktig passform jämfört med skjuvkrafter förutsatt att ett tillräckligt högt tryck används. Alla slutsatser var statistiskt signifikanta. / Purpose: The purpose of this study is to investigate how different axial seating loads and shear loads influences the marginal and internal fit of a titanium six unit FDP in the upper jaw frontal region.Materials and Methods: A literature search was made to acquire background material. Preparations of abutment teeth for a six unit FDP 13 12 11 21 22 23 were made on plastic teeth, and an anatomically designed titanium FDP was constructed using CAD/CAM. A master cast of the abutment teeth was fabricated in epoxy resin. Using the impression replica technique the fit of the FDP was evaluated by different seating loads during cementation; 20, 35, 50, 70 N and 50 N under the presence of shear loads. The replicas were sectioned using a jig and the cement gap was analysed using a microscope. All the data were statistically analysed.Results: The results showed that a seating load of 20 N generally gave an unacceptable fit and that the seating load of 35 N had great range. At seating loads of 50 N less cement gaps could be seen, i.e. more favourable fit. These results did not improve when testing with 70 N. With a presence of shear loads the results were poorer than when testing with 50 and 70 N.Conclusions: A seating load exceeding 50 N during cementation does not markedly give a more favourable fit. The presence of shear loads affects the fit negatively. A lower seating load of 20 N gives a less favourable fit compared to shear loads provided that a seating load high enough is used. All of these conclusions were statistically significant.
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Quantificação volumétrica do ajuste interno em três sistemas de infra-estrutura cerâmica e um sistema de infra-estrutura metálica / Volumetric quantification of the internal fit in three systems of ceramic infrastructure and a system of metallic infrastrucuture

Ricardo Herzog Marchiori 14 December 2007 (has links)
Objetivo: comparar a qualidade do ajuste interno de três tipos de infra-estruturas cerâmicas e um tipo de infra-estrutura metálica, sistemas universalmente usados na confecção de coroas totais. Métodos: A partir de um preparo mestre de coroa total, 40 troquéis de gesso tipo IV foram obtidos e distribuídos randomicamente em quatro grupos (n = 10) a saber: Grupo In-Ceram, Grupo Procera, Grupo Empress 2 e Grupo Metal.. Após sua confecção, cada infra-estrutura foi cimentada individualmente sobre o troquél mestre, usando silicone de adição de ultra-baixa viscosidade para preencher o espaço entre a infra-estrutura e o preparo. Após a remoção das coroas, cada réplica foi pesada em balança de precisão e logo separadas nas porções correspondentes à interface parede cervical e interface parede ocluso-axial, sendo então pesadas separadamente, para posterior obtenção de seu volume. Resultados: Interface paredes do preparo/paredes da infra-estrutura: Neste computo geral, houve diferença estatística significativa (P < 0,0001) entre os grupos estudados. As principais diferenças quantitativas no volume da interface ocorreram entre o Grupo In-Ceram e os demais grupos. Interface paredes ocluso-axial do preparo/paredes ocluso-axial da infra-estrutura: Repete-se aqui, diferença estatística significativa entre os grupos estudados (P < 0,0001). Mantêm-se as principais diferenças quantitativas no volume da interface em relação ao Grupo In-Ceram. Interface parede cervical do preparo/parede cervical da infra-estrutura: Não houve diferença estatística significativa (P > 0,5) no volume da interface cervical entre os Grupos Metal (menor média) e In-Ceram, com este apresentando pequeno aumento no volume desta interface, comparado ao primeiro. Em relação ao Grupo Metal, o volume da interface cervical foi maior no Grupo Empress 2, seguido do Grupo Procera, ambos mostrando diferença estatística significativa no confronto com o Grupo Metal (P < 0,001 e P < 0,01 respectivamente). Não houve diferença estatística significativa (P > 0,05) entre os Grupos Procera e Empress 2. Conclusões: Exceto em relação à interface cervical, o Grupo In-Ceram mostou os melhores resultados, seguido do Grupo Metal, para o ajuste interno. Os Grupos Metal e In-Ceram apresentaram os melhores desempenhos no ajuste interno, para a interface cervical. Os resultados sugerem estas infra-estruturas como as mais confiáveis quanto ao ajuste interno dentre as testadas neste trabalho. / Objective: Compare the quality of the internal fit of three kinds of ceramic infrastructures and one kind of metal infrastructure, universally used systems for total crown moulding. Methods: Starting from the preparation of a total crown master, 40 dies made of gypsum plaster, kind IV, were obtained and distributed at random in four groups (n = 10) that is: In-Ceram group, Procera group, Empress 2 group and Metal group.. After moulding, each infrastructure was individually cemented on the master die, ultra-low viscosity silicon adhesive was used to fill in the space between the infrastructure and the preparation area. After crown removal each replicate was weighed on a precision scale and was then separated in parts corresponding to the cervical wall interface and the occluso-axial wall interface; they were then weighed separately to get their volume. Results: Walls interface of infrastructure preparation/walls: Within this general estimate a statistically significant difference (P < 0,0001) was found between the studied groups. The main quantitative differences on the interface volume occurred between the In-Ceram group and the other groups. Occluso-axial walls interface of the infrastructure occlusal-axial preparation/walls: Here again, a statistically significant difference between the studied groups (P < 0,0001) is present. Main quantitative differences on the interface volume remain in relation to the In-Ceram group. Cervical wall interface of the infrastructure cervical preparation/wall: No statistically significant difference was found (P > 0,5) on the cervical interface volume between the Metal groups (least average) and In-Ceram, the latter presenting a slight increase on the volume of this interface, when compared to the first one. In relation to the Metal group, the cervical interface volume was greater in the Empress 2 group, followed by the Procera group, both showing a statistically significant difference when compared to the Metal group (P < 0,001 e P < 0,01 respectively). No statistically significant difference (P > 0,05) was found between the Procera and Empress 2 groups. Conclusions: Except for the relation of the cervical interface, the In-Ceram group showed the best results, followed by the Metal group, for internal fit. The Metal and In-Ceram groups presented the best performance in the internal fit, for the cervical interface. The results obtained suggest that these infrastructures are the most reliable ones regarding the internal fit considering the ones tested in this work.
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Quantificação volumétrica do ajuste interno em três sistemas de infra-estrutura cerâmica e um sistema de infra-estrutura metálica / Volumetric quantification of the internal fit in three systems of ceramic infrastructure and a system of metallic infrastrucuture

Ricardo Herzog Marchiori 14 December 2007 (has links)
Objetivo: comparar a qualidade do ajuste interno de três tipos de infra-estruturas cerâmicas e um tipo de infra-estrutura metálica, sistemas universalmente usados na confecção de coroas totais. Métodos: A partir de um preparo mestre de coroa total, 40 troquéis de gesso tipo IV foram obtidos e distribuídos randomicamente em quatro grupos (n = 10) a saber: Grupo In-Ceram, Grupo Procera, Grupo Empress 2 e Grupo Metal.. Após sua confecção, cada infra-estrutura foi cimentada individualmente sobre o troquél mestre, usando silicone de adição de ultra-baixa viscosidade para preencher o espaço entre a infra-estrutura e o preparo. Após a remoção das coroas, cada réplica foi pesada em balança de precisão e logo separadas nas porções correspondentes à interface parede cervical e interface parede ocluso-axial, sendo então pesadas separadamente, para posterior obtenção de seu volume. Resultados: Interface paredes do preparo/paredes da infra-estrutura: Neste computo geral, houve diferença estatística significativa (P < 0,0001) entre os grupos estudados. As principais diferenças quantitativas no volume da interface ocorreram entre o Grupo In-Ceram e os demais grupos. Interface paredes ocluso-axial do preparo/paredes ocluso-axial da infra-estrutura: Repete-se aqui, diferença estatística significativa entre os grupos estudados (P < 0,0001). Mantêm-se as principais diferenças quantitativas no volume da interface em relação ao Grupo In-Ceram. Interface parede cervical do preparo/parede cervical da infra-estrutura: Não houve diferença estatística significativa (P > 0,5) no volume da interface cervical entre os Grupos Metal (menor média) e In-Ceram, com este apresentando pequeno aumento no volume desta interface, comparado ao primeiro. Em relação ao Grupo Metal, o volume da interface cervical foi maior no Grupo Empress 2, seguido do Grupo Procera, ambos mostrando diferença estatística significativa no confronto com o Grupo Metal (P < 0,001 e P < 0,01 respectivamente). Não houve diferença estatística significativa (P > 0,05) entre os Grupos Procera e Empress 2. Conclusões: Exceto em relação à interface cervical, o Grupo In-Ceram mostou os melhores resultados, seguido do Grupo Metal, para o ajuste interno. Os Grupos Metal e In-Ceram apresentaram os melhores desempenhos no ajuste interno, para a interface cervical. Os resultados sugerem estas infra-estruturas como as mais confiáveis quanto ao ajuste interno dentre as testadas neste trabalho. / Objective: Compare the quality of the internal fit of three kinds of ceramic infrastructures and one kind of metal infrastructure, universally used systems for total crown moulding. Methods: Starting from the preparation of a total crown master, 40 dies made of gypsum plaster, kind IV, were obtained and distributed at random in four groups (n = 10) that is: In-Ceram group, Procera group, Empress 2 group and Metal group.. After moulding, each infrastructure was individually cemented on the master die, ultra-low viscosity silicon adhesive was used to fill in the space between the infrastructure and the preparation area. After crown removal each replicate was weighed on a precision scale and was then separated in parts corresponding to the cervical wall interface and the occluso-axial wall interface; they were then weighed separately to get their volume. Results: Walls interface of infrastructure preparation/walls: Within this general estimate a statistically significant difference (P < 0,0001) was found between the studied groups. The main quantitative differences on the interface volume occurred between the In-Ceram group and the other groups. Occluso-axial walls interface of the infrastructure occlusal-axial preparation/walls: Here again, a statistically significant difference between the studied groups (P < 0,0001) is present. Main quantitative differences on the interface volume remain in relation to the In-Ceram group. Cervical wall interface of the infrastructure cervical preparation/wall: No statistically significant difference was found (P > 0,5) on the cervical interface volume between the Metal groups (least average) and In-Ceram, the latter presenting a slight increase on the volume of this interface, when compared to the first one. In relation to the Metal group, the cervical interface volume was greater in the Empress 2 group, followed by the Procera group, both showing a statistically significant difference when compared to the Metal group (P < 0,001 e P < 0,01 respectively). No statistically significant difference (P > 0,05) was found between the Procera and Empress 2 groups. Conclusions: Except for the relation of the cervical interface, the In-Ceram group showed the best results, followed by the Metal group, for internal fit. The Metal and In-Ceram groups presented the best performance in the internal fit, for the cervical interface. The results obtained suggest that these infrastructures are the most reliable ones regarding the internal fit considering the ones tested in this work.

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