BACKGROUND AND AIM: Evidence-based dentistry (EBD), including orthodontics, needs the availability and use of the high-quality studies. The aim of this study was to identify the level of evidence (LOE) of Iranian articles on orthodontics published in PubMed.METHODS: All the articles on orthodontics published from 2000 to 2015 in PubMed with Iran affiliations were extracted by typing orthodontic...

2014 Using a generalization of the Random Phase Approximation (RPA) for a three-component system, the intensity scattered by a two-block copolymer has been calculated in the two special cases : a) the coherent scattering length of the solvent is identical to the coherent scattering length of one of the blocks, b) the difference between the average scattering length of the whole molecule and the...

Background: The main goal of physical therapy is to help the patient gain a better health status. Several studies have investigated the use of reminders to prevent such failures on the patients’ side. This article presents a systematic review of the literature concerning reminders in physical therapy. Methods: Databases were searched until May 2017 and literatures were found from April 1...

Correspondence should be addressed to G. Anderson Address: MRC Centre for Immune Regulation, Institute for Biomedical Research, Birmingham University Medical School, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK Tel: 0044-121-414 6817 FAX: 0044-121-464-3599 Email: [email protected] Words of abstract: 200 Word of text: 4,025 Scientific heading: HAEMATOPOIESIS Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online Septembe...

The subject which has come to be identified under the heading 'Sport and Politics' is a vast and complicated one. In trying to gain a better understanding of the subject there may be many useful approaches, but perhaps it is best to start with a familiar slogan 'Keep politics out of sport', which is the battle-cry for one side of a common dispute. Probably the most notorious utterance of this w...

OBJECTIVE To analyse the time variation of topics in bioethical publications as a proxy of the relative importance. METHODS We searched the Medline database for bioethics publications using the words "ethics or bioethics", and for 360 specific topics publications, associating Medical Subject Heading topic descriptors to those words. We calculated the ratio of bioethics publications to the tot...

REFERENCE-BASED PRICING has had a major impact on medical practice in British Columbia. Anne Mullens discusses the new system's first 2 years. She says physicians outside BC should pay attention, because RBP may be heading their way. It is set to land in Australia next month.

BackgroundCongenital heart disease (CHD) is a severe childhood health problem worldwide. This study analyzes the scientific production on CHD published in Scopus during last decade.MethodsThis assessed research conducted 2011–2020 period. Indexed publications were identified using list of keywords consisting MeSH (Medical Subject Heading) and Emtree (EMBASE) terms for category “Congenital Heart...

OBJECTIVES To systematically review longitudinal studies examining the association between oral health and cognitive decline. DESIGN Studies published between January 1993 and March 2013 were identified by search of English language publications in PubMed/Medline using relevant Medical Subject Heading terms and title and abstract keywords and from CINAHL using relevant subject headings. After...

*Corresponding author: Department of Pharmacology Vanderbilt University Medical Center 442 Robinson Research Building 23rd Ave. South @ Pierce Nashville, Tennessee 37232-6600 Office:(615) 343-3533 Fax: (615) 343-1084 Email: [email protected] Word Count: 4,681 Scientific Heading: Thrombosis and Vascular Biology Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online December 6, 2005; DOI 10.1182/...