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Knowledge, attitude and perception on radiation imaging among children's caregivers in the pediatric dental clinic [PDF]

, 2017
OBJECTIVE: Nuclear medicine provides important clinical information for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes. Use of medical imaging has gradually increased in the United States and this has raised health concerns about the potential future risks ...
Hwang, Haejin
core  

Cap‐oPMN: Oral Inflammatory Load Quantification Using Capillary Microfluidics and Automated Image Processing

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Quantifying oral polymorphonuclear neutrophils (oPMNs) is a clinically validated approach for assessing periodontal inflammation. However, current methods, such as manual hemocytometry and flow cytometry, are time‐consuming (>3 h), require invasive sampling, and depend on staining and complex instrumentation, making them unsuitable for point ...
Mohsen Hassani, Azam Zare, Fatemeh Soheili, S. M. Mahdi H. Daneshvar, Mahdi Amrollahi Biouki, Yasaman Tahernezhad, Chunxiang Sun, Michael Glogauer, Ebrahim Ghafar‐Zadeh, Amir Sanati‐Nezhad   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Model All-Payer Claims Database Legislation [PDF]

, 2015
With support from the Gary and Mary West Health Policy Center, the APCD Council has developed model legislation guidance for states to develop all-payer claims database ...
Hodder, Lucy C., Love, Denise, Peters, Ashley, Porter, Josephine   +3 more
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Geographical patterns of unmet health care needs in Italy [PDF]

In recent years, health care reforms and restrained budgets have risen concerns about accessibility to health services, even in countries with universal coverage health systems.
Cavalieri, Marina
core   +1 more source

Hierarchical Multi‐Material Architectures With Gradient Design for Dynamic‐Range Flexible Tactile Sensing

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
Hierarchical multi‐material TPMS lattices are engineered as flexible tactile sensors by combining soft and stiff elastomeric layers with a conformal conductive coating. The bilayer architecture delivers sensitivity at low pressures while maintaining a broad detectable range under large loads, enabling reliable pressure and vibration monitoring for ...
Reza Noroozi, Domenic Quiquero, Yan Yan Shery Huang, HaoTian Harvey Shi   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Predictors for Utilization of Dental Services among Aged Population in India – A Cross Sectional Survey

Journal of Indian Association of Public Health Dentistry
Background: Regular utilization of dental services enables to improve and maintain oral and general health, in old age. The study assessed the factors acting as barriers and their association with the utilization of dental services among the elderly ...
N. G. Bhuvaneshwari, G. V. Usha, Nagesh Lakshminarayan   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Multi‐Material Additive Manufacturing of Soft Robotic Systems: A Comprehensive Review

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This review explores the transformative role of multi‐material additive manufacturing (MMAM) in the development of soft robotic systems. It presents current techniques, materials, and design strategies that enable functionally graded and adaptive structures.
Ritik Raj, Quan‐Chen Song, Jia‐Yang Juang   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Predictors influencing dental clinic utilization in primary health care: A retrospective analysis of 233,069 patient records in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Saudi Dental Journal
Aim: This study aims to identify and address the predictors that promote or prevent the utilization of dental services in primary health care (PHC) centers located in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, with an ultimate goal to increase the uptake of oral health care (
Faris Fatani, Ashraf El-Metwally, Lubna Alkadi, Hanan M Al Kadri, Nouf Binhowaimel, Abdulrahman Almuflih, Badr F Al Khateeb, Awad Alshahrani, Afrah Alsaif, Aljohrah Aldubikhi   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Hard‐Magnetic Soft Millirobots in Underactuated Systems

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This review provides a comprehensive overview of hard‐magnetic soft millirobots in underactuated systems. It examines key advances in structural design, physics‐informed modeling, and control strategies, while highlighting the interplay among these domains.
Qiong Wang, Zixuan Zhang, Bingyan Li, Junkai Wang, Hongcheng Gu   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Factors associated with dental clinic use by clients in Nigeria during the COVID-19 pandemic

BMC Oral Health
Background Nigeria, like many other countries, faced challenges in dental care provision during the COVID-19 pandemic, necessitating limited care to emergencies only.
Yewande Isabella Adeyemo, Mahsa Karimi, Elizabeth Oziegbe, Bamidele Olubukola Popoola, Michael Alade, Ahmad Reza Shamshiri, Heikki T. Murtomaa, Tosin Olajide Oni, Joycelyn Odegua Eigbobo, Nneka Kate Onyejaka, Olubukola Olamide Olatosi, Chioma Love Nzomiwu, Abdulrahman Bala Malami, Nneka Maureen Chukwumah, Olabimpe Abigail Soyoye, Mohammad Reza Khami, Morẹ́nikẹ́ Oluwátóyìn Foláyan   +16 more
doaj   +1 more source