THE PURPOSE OF THIS LONGITUDINAL PROSPECTIVE RANDOMIZED STUDY WAS TO EVALUATE THE RELIABILITY OF TWO DIFFERENT TYPES OF ORTHODONTIC RETAINERS IN CLINICAL USE: a multistrand stainless steel wire and a polyethylene ribbon-reinforced resin composite. Moreover the level of satisfaction of the patient about the esthetic result was also analyzed by means of a Visual Analogue Scale (VAS). 34 patients ...

The reliability of ranking of protein structure modeling methods is assessed. The assessment is based on the parametric Student's t test and the nonparametric Wilcox signed rank test of statistical significance of the difference between paired samples. The approach is applied to the ranking of the comparative modeling methods tested at the fourth meeting on Critical Assessment of Techniques for...

Bu çalışma ile IV kateter uygulanan 7-12 yaş grubu çocuk hastalarda uygulama öncesi verilen eğitimin, onların ağrı ve fizyolojik parametreler üzerindeki etkilerini incelemek amaçlanmıştır. Araştırma, deney-kontrol çalışması olarak planlanmıştır. Araştırmanın evrenini çalışmanın yapılacağı Nisan-Haziran 2016 tarihleri arasında Eğitim Araştırma Hastanesinde servisine yatan grubundaki hastalar olu...

Objectives To explore the associations between participant characteristics and magnitudes of difference in paired elastography measures knee tendon from different ultrasound systems, to compare strain pattern description. Materials Methods Quadriceps patellar tendons 20 healthy volunteers (40 tendons) were examined by an experienced operator employing two systems (GE S8 Esaote MyLab 70XVG). Pea...

background: temporomandibular joint is one of the most complicated joints of the body and plays an important role in the head and neck system. one of the factors affecting the temporomandibular joint and lead to temporomandibular disorder is anxiety with all the events causing it. the aim of this study was to determine a relationship between anxiety and temporomandibular disorders. materials an...

objective: access to demand quality of digital library services at university of tehran from the perspective of users (faculty members, library experts and student) by the digiqual model. research methodology: as for the objective, this research is an applied research and its nature is survey –analytic. the statistical population of this research is the group of users who are member of the digi...

Methods Study participants were GVK EMRI EMT instructors who attended the inaugural EMT refresher training course. These participants were from nine states within India and represented mixed educational backgrounds, including doctors and EMTs. After receiving a confidential unique ID, each study participant took a 30 multiple-choice question (MCQ) pre-test and a 60 MCQ post-test before and afte...

This study prospectively evaluated the outcome of manipulation under anaesthesia and hydrodilatation as treatments for adhesive capsulitis. A total of 36 patients (38 shoulders) were randomised to receive either method, with all patients being treated in stage II of the disease process. The mean age of the patients was 55.2 years (44 to 70) and the mean duration of symptoms was 33.7 weeks (12 t...