background: training methods that enhance nurses' learning and retention will increase the quality of patient care. this study aimed to compare the effectiveness of electronic learning and educational booklet on the nurses' retention of diabetes updates.   methods: in this controlled trial study, convenience sampling was used to select 123 nurses from the endocrinology and internal medicine war...

background: training methods that enhance nurses’ learning and retention will increase the quality of patient care. this study aimed to compare the effectiveness of electronic learning and educational booklet on the nurses’ retention of diabetes updates.   methods: in this controlled trial study, convenience sampling was used to select 123 nurses from the endocrinology and internal medicine war...

A long-term training paradigm in lipreading was used to test the fuzzy logical model of perception (FLMP). This model has been used successfully to describe the joint contribution of audible and visible speech in bimodal speech perception. Tests of the model were extended in the present experiment to include the prediction of confusion matrices, as well as performance at several different level...

objective: the aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of enamel bonding agents on pit and fissure sealant retention in a well-isolated situation. materials and methods: thirty-two patients (6-9 years old, all males) with four fully erupted permanent first molars were selected. their occlusal, buccal, and lingual fissures were sealed according to a split-mouth design using concise light ...

Objectives This study aimed to evaluate the retention of composite restorations of primary anterior teeth reinforced with composite posts, glass fber posts, para-pulpal pins with composite posts, and para-pulpal pins alone. Methods Forty freshly extracted sound primary canine teeth with at least two-third of the root length remaining were selected. After disinfection, the tooth crown was cut...