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Developing a national dental education research strategy:priorities, barriers and enablers [PDF]

, 2017
Objectives: This study aimed to identify national dental education research (DER) priorities for the next 3-5 years and to identify barriers and enablers to DER.
Ajjawi, Rola, Barton, Karen L., Dennis, Ashley A., Rees, Charlotte E.   +3 more
core   +6 more sources

Bamboo Medical Application: A State‐of‐the‐Art Review

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
This review presents a structured classification of bamboo's current use in healthcare. It organizes applications into medical textiles and medical devices, with further divisions based on function and level of invasiveness. It also examines material utilization based on bamboo's structural role, highlighting how it supports both protective and ...
Haymanot Beza Lamesgin, Koosje van der Stoel, Vera Popovich, Paul Breedveld   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Efficacy of an oral hygiene intervention on a geriatric ward: from sample size calculation to dropout-driven disillusionment - a randomised controlled study

BMC Oral Health
Background Older home-dwelling adults with care needs often demonstrate deficient oral hygiene due to cognitive and motor impairments, as evidenced by increased plaque levels, which can compromise oral and general health.
Nora Marie Eckhardt, Max von Kohout, Dirk Bleiel, M. Cristina Polidori, Anna Greta Barbe   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Low Medicaid Spending Growth Amid Rebounding State Revenues: Results From a 50-State Medicaid Budget Survey State Fiscal Years 2006 and 2007 [PDF]

, 2006
Examines the implementation of the new Medicare prescription drug benefit and the rate of Medicaid spending growth and enrollment in 2006. Identifies possible state level changes in eligibility requirements, program expansion, and enrollment ...
Amy Wiles, Caryn Marks, Eileen Ellis, Kathleen Gifford, Molly O'Malley, Robin Rudowitz, Vernon K. Smith   +6 more
core  

Hierarchical Summary Statistics Encoding Across Primary Visual and Posterior Parietal Cortices

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This study shows that mouse V1 simultaneously encodes the ensemble mean and variance of motion, providing a robust summary‐statistic representation that persists despite single‐neuron variability. These signals propagate to PPC, where they are transformed into abstract category representations during decision making.
Young‐Beom Lee, Oliver James, Gaeun Jung, Doyun Lee, Yee‐Joon Kim   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Salivary Changes, Systemic Conditions, and Medication Use in Independently-Living Aged: A Cross-Sectional Study

Pesquisa Brasileira em Odontopediatria e Clínica Integrada
Objective: To determine the unstimulated salivary flow, pH, and buffering capacity and their associations with systemic conditions and medication use in independently living aged.
Natália Teixeira Tavares Branco, Rafaela de Brito Ribeiro, Daniel José Braga Dutra, Raquel Conceição Ferreira, Ivana Márcia Alves Diniz, Cláudia Silami Magalhães   +5 more
doaj  

Establishing comprehensive oral assessments for children with safeguarding concerns. [PDF]

, 2015
The dental profession is well placed to contribute important information in child protection cases but no previous research has been reported that assesses the volume or impact of this information.
A. Cairns, AC Mezzich, AM Cairns, C. M. Park, CM Harris, DB Becker, G Olivan, J. Herbison, JC Harris, MA da Fonseca, N Valencia-Rojas, NB Pitts, PE Greene, PP Montecchi, R. Welbury, RE Malecz, RW ten Bensel, SA Jessee, TG Weiser, VJ Fontana   +19 more
core   +2 more sources

Endogenous “Time Bomb” – Mislocalized Phospholipase A2 as a Critical Mediator of Ultra‐Rapid Mortality in Sepsis and Acute Lung Injury

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Phospholipase A2 (PLA2), a dormant enzyme, becomes lethal when activated—collapsing lungs in minutes. Our dual therapy (DOPS + varespladib) boosts survival from 0% to >90% in sepsis/ALI. A breakthrough for acute lung injury treatment. ABSTRACT This study reveals that phospholipase A2 (PLA2), normally stable and nontoxic, can be activated specifically ...
Jianyu Wang, Zhongxing Xu, Lin Wang, Xin Sui, Yuan Luo, Xiuli Zhao, Jun Yang, Yongan Wang   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Factors affecting oral examinations and dental treatments among older adults in Israel

Israel Journal of Health Policy Research, 2019
Background Routine dental examinations are important for early diagnosis and treatment of dental problems among older adults in order to improve their quality of life and avoid costly future treatments.
Shosh Shahrabani
doaj   +1 more source

The oral microbiome and adverse pregnancy outcomes. [PDF]

, 2017
Significant evidence supports an association between periodontal pathogenic bacteria and preterm birth and preeclampsia. The virulence properties assigned to specific oral pathogenic bacteria, for example, Fusobacterium nucleatum, Porphyromonas ...
Angolkar, Mubashir, Babbar, Shilpa, Cobb, Charles M., Derman, Richard J., Kelly, Patricia J., Williams, Karen B.   +5 more
core   +3 more sources