This study sought to investigate differences in outcome between patients treated with successful strict, failed strict, and lenient rate control. The RACE II (Rate Control Efficacy in Permanent Atrial Fibrillation) study showed no difference in outcome between lenient and strict rate control in patients with permanent atrial fibrillation (AF). However, ...

To investigate design methods of dual insertion paths and observe a short-term clinic overview of rotational path removable partial dentures (RPDs). In the study, 40 patients with partial edentulous arches were included and divided into two groups. The patients in group one were restored with rotational path RPDs (10 Kennedy ...

The use of film in nursing and medical education has been supported as an effective instructional method. The purpose of this article is to identify and synthesize the available studies on teaching-learning strategies to be used with film for prelicensure students. Electronic databases were searched to identify studies published in ...

To assess the effects of length of continuous femoral catheter on blockade of femoral nerve, lateral femoral cutaneous nerve and obturator nerve. In the study, 70 patients with American Association of Anesthesiologist grades I-II undergoing total knee arthroplasty were randomly divided into three groups, femoral nerve catheters were inserted 5 ...

Short chain fatty acids (SCFAs), such as succinic acid, acetic acid, propionic acid, butyric acid, etc. are metabolic product of putative periodontal pathogens, which play significant roles in periodontitis. The aim of this study was to analyze the relationship between Porphyromonas gingivalis (P. gingivalis), Treponema denticola (T. denticola), and the ...

To investigate the stress distribution of post and core restored maxillary premolar with reduced alveolar bone support. Cone-beam CT based 3D finite element models of post and core restored maxillary premolar were established, with 3 different alveolar bone support. Group I (control) simulated a clinical situation without horizontal bone loss. ...

To investigate the effect of periodontal therapy on periodontal clinical index, metabolic control and serum biochemical markers in subjects with type 2 diabetes and chronic periodontitis comprehensively. Forty patients with type 2 diabetes and chronic periodontitis were enrolled, and periodontal clinical parameters, HbA1c, fasting blood glucose (FBG) and serum biochemical ...

To investigate the prevalence of human papilloma virus (HPV) infection and cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) and pathogenecity of the HPV subtyping and virus loads in Shenzhen district. In the study, 10 000 sexually active women from Shenzhen city and rural areas around were screened for cervical cancer, and all the ...

To evaluate the fatigue and fracture resistance of the flared roots restored with computer aided design (CAD) and computer aided manufacturing (CAM) glass fiber posts. In the study, 32 maxillary central incisors with roots longer than 13 mm were selected and their canals were flared, and the roots were allocated ...

To observe the self-adjustment of the mandibular dental arch after extraction of the second mandibular premolars. Mandibular dental casts of 20 Angle class II patients treated with extraction of lower second premolars and upper first premolars, bonded with Alexander appliance,were taken before (T1) and after self-adjustment (T2). All the casts ...

To assess dental treatment needs and oral health status among children under 18-year-old in Beijing and to examine how these are affected by age, gender. In the retrospective study, 3 148 children aged 0.8-18.0 years were selected from patients who first visit the Department of Paediatric Dentistry, Peking University School ...

To evaluate the protection of calcium alginate hydrogel beads for mouse preosteoblastic cell line (MC3T3-E1) during the setting reaction of calcium phosphate cement (CPC) pastes and to analyze related influencing factors. The MC3T3-E1 cells encapsulated in alginate hydrogel beads were cultured in vitro with β-tricalcium phosphate/calcium phosphate cement (β-TCP/CPC) pastes ...

Cone-beam CT (CBCT) was developed for the three-dimensional (3D) imaging of the maxillofacial area and has become popular in dentistry, orthodontics, and maxillofacial surgery. The advantages of CBCT include less radiation exposure (than conventional CT), less artifacts, and submillimeter spatial resolution. CBCT has been shown to produce accurate 3D images ...

To compare the quantity of the main important Candida species in the oral cavity between the patients with primary Sjogren's syndrome (pSS) and no dry mouth healthy controls,and to explore the discriminative species of fungi between the two groups. In this study, 25 pSS patients from Department of Oral Medicine ...

Translational Medicine is an evolutional concept that encompasses the rapid translation of basic research for use in clinical disease diagnosis, prevention, treatment and finally in public health promotion. It follows the idea "from bench to bedside and back", and hence relies on cooperation between laboratory research and clinical care. Translation ...

To explore the three dimensional(3D)bioprinting technology, using human dental pulp cells (hDPCs) mixture as bioink and to lay initial foundations for the application of the 3D bioprinting technology in tooth regeneration. Imageware 11.0 computer software was used to aid the design of the 3D biological printing blueprint. Sodium alginate-gelatin hydrosol ...

This article provides an overview of one nursing department's experience with implementation of a formalized civility code to address increasing incidents of incivility within the classroom and educational environment. The plan-do-study-act improvement model is used as a framework to describe the process. Discussion of next steps in the improvement process ...

To evaluate the periodontal status of post-acute myocardial infarction patients, to identify whether periodontitis is associated with post-acute myocardial infarction in Chinese community population. Case and control subjects were enrolled from a community population, the diagnose of post-acute myocardial infarction and systemic health were based on blood, electrocardiogram and ultrasound ...

OBJECTIVE:To investigate the prevalence of arteriosclerosis obliterans in lower extremity and its influence factors in diabetic patients on peritoneal dialysis. Method: In this single center cross-sectional study, 74 with diabetic patients on peritoneal dialysis were recruited. The general information, dialysis program, laboratory examination and dialysis adequacy test results were recorded.Their ...

The current international standard for toxicity screening of biomedical devices and materials recommend the use of immortalized cell lines because of their homogeneous morphologies and infinite proliferation which provide good reproducibility for in vitro cytotoxicity screening. However, most of the widely used immortalized cell lines are derived from animals and ...

To detect the acting pattern of different high concentrations of cell cycle nonspecific agents (CCNSA), epirubicin, oxaliplatin, cisplatin and fotemustine, acting with HepG-2 and 7702 cell lines respectively for different times; and to explore whether there are concentration and time dependent phenomena for each agent and relations between these two ...

To establish a method to evaluate dental model three-dimensional scanner quantitatively, and to evaluate the accuracy which is a core indicator of 3Shape D700 scanner. A standard geometric model similar to the dental arch was designed by three-dimensional reverse software and processed by high precision CNC (computer numerical control) processing ...

To evaluate the non-inferiority of lornoxicam to fentanyl in patient-controlled intravenous analgesia after hysterectomy. In this prospective randomized controlled study, 117 patients who suffered from moderate to severe pain i.e. pain visual analogue scale (VAS) ≥4 after hysterectomy were allocated to receive lornoxicam (Group L) or fentanyl (Group F) for ...

Aims: The aim of the study was to clarify the angiographic characteristics of stent thrombosis (ST) in relation to sirolimus-eluting stents (SES).Methods and results: RESTART is a Japanese registry of SES-associated ST. As an angiographic substudy, coronary angiograms at baseline, at six to 12 months and at the time of ...

To evaluate subjective outcomes after modified maxillomandibular advancement(MMMA) for the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS). In the study, 15 patients underwent MMMA for the treatment of OSAHS and received presurgical and postsurgical polysomnography. A questionnaire was done pre- and postoperatively. The questionnaire included the Epworth sleepiness scale (ESS), ...

To compare the angular changes in the developing mandibular third molars in the mandibular second premolar extraction and non-extraction cases and to determine whether the mandibular second premolar extraction causes favorable rotational changes in the angulations of the developing mandibular third molars and benefits its later eruption. Pretreatment and posttreatment ...

To clinically evaluate the effectiveness of icon infiltration resin on masking post-orthodontic white spots. Eight post-orthodontic patients with 6 maxillary anterior teeth showing signs of decalcification (total 48 teeth) were enrolled in this study. All teeth were treated with icon resin infiltration according to manufacturer's recommendation. Standardized digital photographs were ...

To explore the effect of superficial temporal artery to middle cerebral artery(STA-MCA) bypass in treatment of cerebrovascular disease. Fifty-two patients with atherosclerotic carotid artery occlusion or middle cerebral artery occlusion or moyamoya disease were included in this study. There were both clinical ischemic manifestation and hemodynamic dysfunction detected by perfusion ...

Today's health care landscape requires expert nursing care for clients with dementia. Unfortunately, most nursing students dislike providing dementia care. Lack of students' self-efficacy may account for some of the negativity surrounding dementia care, and learning activities to increase self-efficacy may be one means for increasing positive feelings. The purpose ...

Aims: In the acute coronary syndrome setting, the interaction between epicardial coronary artery stenosis and microcirculation subtended by the culprit vessel is poorly understood. The purpose of the present study was to assess the immediate impact of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) on microvascular resistance (MR) in patients with non-ST-elevation myocardial ...

To assess the masticatory efficiency and patient' satisfaction in long-centric occlusal pattern complete denture wearers. The anatomic occlusal pattern and long-centric occlusal pattern complete dentures were made for each of 10 edentulous patients with severe alveolar rigde absorption simultaneously using the technique of interchangeable artificial teeth. The order of delivery ...

To investigate the children's perception and response to Er:YAG laser application in cavity preparation of caries in the primary teeth and young permanent teeth. Children aged 3-15 years old who had two teeth with caries of equivalent degree were selected. One tooth was prepared by mechanical means and the other ...

To develop a novel method for obtaining the clear visualization of the gingival profile by cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) that consistently allows the measurements of gingival thickness and use it to explore the relationship between the gingival thickness and gingival biotype, and the gingival thickness and underlying alveolar bone thickness ...

Aims: Within a clinical trial population, direct thrombin inhibition using bivalirudin in patients undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) is associated with a reduction in mortality and major bleeding compared to heparin/glycoprotein IIb/IIIa receptor inhibition (GPI), but a higher incidence of acute stent thrombosis (ST), ...

To establish the relationship of the gingival crest, the gingival curve characteristic point (inflection point, IP) and the contact points and to use it as reference to design the location of contact area in anterior teeth restoration to form the natural papillae. Two-dimensional gingival curve morphology analysis based on standardized ...

To investigate the benefits of repetitive rapid palatal expansions/constrictions therapy using double hinged expander over rapid palatal expansion alone with Hyrax expander in maxillary protractions cases and to discuss the indications of the combination therapy. Thirty four children with retrognathic maxilla were selected and randomly divided into two treatment groups. ...

To compare the following color-difference equations: CMC, DE2000, CAM02-LCD, CAM02-SCD, CAM020-UCS, and to search for the most appropriate one to evaluate denture base resin. Thirty-five denture based resin pieces which were aging during different time were measured using SP62 spectrophotometer and the color-difference was calculated using the above equations. PF/3, ...

This study examined subgroup differences in the effectiveness of a universal classroom-based preventive intervention. The Good Behavior Game (GBG) was delivered in Grade 1 and 2 in a randomized controlled trial including 759 students. Changes in externalizing and internalizing problems were modeled from Kindergarten through Grade 2. Unlike previous research, ...

BACKGROUND: Paradoxical embolization through the patent foramen ovale (PFO) is the major cause of most cryptogenic stroke cases. However, the presence of PFO may simply be an incidental finding in these patients, and endothelial dysfunction may be the underlying reason of ischemic stroke. The aim of this study was to ...

The purpose of this retrospective study was to describe the biological behaviour of canine mandibular osteosarcoma (OSA) and to examine factors for their impact on metastasis-free interval (MFI) and survival time (ST). Records from dogs treated with mandibulectomy for OSA (1999-2007) were reviewed. Archived tumour samples were evaluated for mitotic ...

Previous research suggests that feelings of fear, dislike, shame and sadness affect our perception of duration (Droit-Volet et al., 2004; Gil et al., 2009). The current study sought to expand our understanding of the variables which moderate temporal perception by examining whether the attractiveness of a face influenced its perceived ...

Abstract Pseudohypoparathyroidism type Ia (PHP Ia) is a rare disease characterized by an elevated parathyroid hormone due to the resistance to its action in target tissues. We report a new GNAS mutation causing PHP Ia and an atypical early-onset primary hypothyroidism. A 3-year-old boy was diagnosed with obesity, delayed pyschomotor ...

Effective anticancer treatments often result in the induction of large amounts of tumour cell death. In vivo, such dying tumour cells are a potential source of antigens for T-cell stimulation. Although apoptosis is generally considered nonimmunogenic, recent evidence suggests that some anticancer therapies that induce apoptosis can elicit antitumour immune ...

Abstract 1. Arsenic (As(III)) toxicity has received increasing attention as human exposure to arsenic is associated with pulmonary, hepatic and renal toxicities. Therefore, in the present study, we investigated the effect of acute As(III) treatment on pulmonary, hepatic and renal cytochrome (CYP) P450-mediated arachidonic acid metabolism. 2. Our results demonstrated that acute ...

Recent meta-analyses have confirmed that fish consumption is related to decreased risks of ischaemic stroke and fatal CHD, while there seem to be no clear associations between fish consumption and the risks of haemorrhagic stroke and non-fatal CHD. As no studies in German populations have been reported to date, we ...

Parallel tests are needed so that alternate forms can be applied to different groups or on different occasions, but also in the context of split-half reliability estimation for a given test. Statistically, parallelism holds beyond reasonable doubt when the null hypotheses of equality of observed means and variances across the ...

We report 12 cyanobactin cyclic peptides, the aestuaramides, from the cultivated cyanobacterium Lyngbya aestuarii. We show that aestuaramides are synthesized enzymatically as reverse O-prenylated tyrosine ethers that subsequently undergo a Claisen rearrangement to produce forward C-prenylated tyrosine. These results reveal that a non-enzymatic Claisen rearrangement dictates isoprene regiochemistry in a ...

A new type of plant-derived signal molecules that activate extracellular pectate lyase activity in phytopathogenic bacterium Pectobacterium atrosepticum SCRI1043 was revealed. These compounds were characterized and partially purified by means of several approaches including RT-PCR analysis, luminescence bioassay and HPLC fractionation. They were smaller than 1 kDa, thermoresistant, nonproteinaceous, hydrophilic, and ...

The objective of this study was to screen the occurrence of 50 antibiotics in a typical swine farm in southern China, which includes animal feeds, waste collection and treatment systems (lagoons and anaerobic digesters), and receiving environments (vegetable fields, streams, and private wells). Nine antibiotics were found in the feeds ...

OBJECTIVE: To determine outcome of children receiving carvedilol in addition to other standard drug therapy for treatment of dilated cardiomyopathy. METHODS: Children receiving carvedilol for treatment of dilated cardiomyopathy with moderate to severe ventricular dysfunction were included into the study. Data on history, clinical examination and investigations were obtained and ...