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Beginning in 2007, the author spent a decade researching the flight of European Holocaust refugees into the Soviet interior, Central Asia, and the Middle East. She traveled to Russia, Uzbekistan, Poland, and Israel, and – via an intermediary – Iran. She conducted interviews in Syktyvkar, Samarqand and other places where descendants of former refugees and locals who were in contact with them now live. She also unearthed testimonies and interviews that were conducted with refugees and locals in the 1940s. The result was a multi-faceted mosaic that complicates commonly held views about the relationship between east and west, empire and native, migrant and the nation-state. The article discusses the challenge this research poses for some of the basic assumptions of canonical postcolonial theory and argues for fine-tuning the latter's often binary perspective between the west and the Other by combining it with the sociological insights of the field of memory studies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Purpose: The need to place a restoration's margins on sound tooth material may require crown lengthening or forced eruption. The latter intervention may benefit from a severance of the tooth's circumferential fibers during the orthodontic process in an effort to stabilize the bone level. Orthodontic appliance design for the extrusive action, especially in the absence of neighboring teeth, may require the use of mini-implants, which are a useful adjunct in such situations. Materials and Methods: This case history describes the management of a maxillary left canine that lacked sound tooth material in the cervical zone for a proper ferrule. It was diagnosed as requiring extrusion so as to recruit it into an abutment role for a fixed partial denture design. This treatment modality was considered more favorable compared to the alternative of a crown lengthening procedure. The tooth in question was a strategic abutment in an old and failing porcelain-fused-to-metal fixed prosthesis. Results: Fiberotomy permitted rapid extrusion of the canine and available sound tooth margins for crown preparation with a proper ferrule. Conclusion: Following 28 days of tooth stabilization the implants were easily removed and treatment continued as originally planned. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A literary criticism of the book "Pride and Prejudice," by Jane Austen is presented. It explores the relationship between gender and classes, autonomy and women's growth, the pitfalls and victories of communication. It discusses the self-representation of the character of Mr. Darcy, and the benefits of the autistic mind which could be observed in the book's plot.