This paper presents the results of an articulatory study of palatalized consonants in Polish, a language with a typologically rare concentration of two phonemic series of posterior sibilants, one inherently palatalized, and the other contextually (allophonically) palatalized. For both phonemic and allophonic palatalization in Polish, it was found…[Read more]

To evaluate the influence of resin-matrix ceramic material and thickness on reliability and stress distribution of occlusal veneers (OV).

One hundred and twenty-six OV of a mandibular first molar were milled using a CAD/CAM system and allocated according to materials (resin nanoceramic (RNC) or polymer-infiltrated ceramic network (PICN))…[Read more]

Extranodal NK/T cell lymphoma, nasal type, is a rare type of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (NHL), and the aetiology is not fully understood. Although the clinical outcome of anthracycline-based chemotherapy was dismal because of multidrug resistance (MDR). Novel therapeutic strategies including L-asparaginase-containing regimens, radiotherapy, sequential…[Read more]

004), cortisol awakening response (P = .001), and free thyronine (P = .069) increased, while basal estradiol (P = .033), nocturnal urinary catecholamines (P = .038), and creatine kinase (P = .071) reduced. Conversely, markers of body metabolism and composition had slight nonsignificant improvements.

After a 12-week intervention, athletes…[Read more]