Entrepreneurialshhip is a vital factor which performs functions unparallel to other factors. However, it has certain weaknesses and strong points which can be correlated to socio-economic, political and psychological parameters such as age, education, family structure, sex, nature and habits, opportunies available and availed, economic base, family background, social and political links etc. In most of the cases, typically in agriculture, that too in developing world, the entrepreneurialship is combined with some set of other factors, as owner of land, performing some labour, contributing to...

Dentine hypersensitivity is one of the oldest recorded complaints of discomfort to mankind. It is characterized by pain that arises from exposed dentine typically in response to a variety of stimuli which cannot be ascribed to any other form of dental defect or pathology.It has no obvious physical signs beyond the pain experienced by the patient, and so it may be difficult to detect during a dental examination. Only a thorough assessment of symptoms and clinical findings assisted by various diagnostic tests can, by ruling out the presence of other conditions, confirm its diagnosis. In such a...

Providing recent advancements in designing Real-Time Imaging applications, "Rice Grading System for Embedded Image Processing" includes fundamental theory, soft-computing algorithms and extensive step-by-step guide to generate automatic HDL codes through Simulink(R). The text includes the design of hardware compatible fixed-point codes for the development of automatic image processing based rice grading system. The topics covered are approached with the aim of reducing complexity in implementation of image processing operations on hardware platforms like FPGAs. -Features flowcharts,...

Research has provided evidence that chronic inflammatory periodontal diseases are treatable. Studies have also been directed at providing information to permit better understanding of mechanisms of disease progression and pathogenesis in order to make a treatment of periodontal disease more effective and predictable. As a result of advances in knowledge and therapy, the great majority of patients retain their dentition over their life time with proper treatment, reasonable plaque control, and continuing maintenance care. However, there are some situations when traditional therapy is not...

Local antimicrobial therapy has become an established part of the armamentaria for the reduction of plaque and gingival inflammation in the treatment of gingivitis. The antimicrobial agent chlorhexidine possesses most of the characteristics of the ideal antimicrobial. That is, it is safe; clinically effective in reducing plaque and gingivitis, has substantivity; affects the pathogenic flora and is acceptable in terms of taste, cost, and ease of use. Recently a new approach using local delivery system containing antibiotic or antiseptic drugs has been introduced. These systems allow the...

Implant failure is a result of a multifactorial process. Dental implants failures can be attributed to many reasons through the different stages of treatment. Implant failure can occur right from the selection of the patient for implant, at treatment planning, at surgical stages, at prostheses designing, fabrication and at the maintenance of implant. Most failures occur in the initial healing period or following abutment connection and initial loading. Long term complications are associated with general wear and tear, inadequate attention to oral hygiene, poorly controlled occlusal forces,...

A proper and true periodontal diagnosis is essential in order to have rational treatment and preventive strategy and to identify sites at risk in periodontitis patients. Traditional clinical criteria are inadequate in determining the sites showing active tissue destruction, monitoring the response to therapy as well as to measure susceptibility to future periodontal break down. Recent immunocytochemically based approach has offered a new avenue in periodontal diagnostic research. The availability of complementary information on pathologically altered tissues has provided new diagnostic...