BACKGROUND Since 2004, 'stepped-care models' have been adopted in several international evidence-based clinical guidelines to guide clinicians in the organisation of depression care. To enhance the adoption of this new treatment approach, a Quality Improvement Collaborative (QIC) was initiated in the Netherlands. METHODS Alongside the QIC, an intervention study using a controlled before-and-a...

BACKGROUND Recent preclinical and clinical data have suggested a potential benefit of photodynamic therapy (PDT) in the treatment of periodontitis. However, there are very limited data from controlled clinical trials evaluating the effect of PDT in the treatment of periodontitis. The aim of this study was to evaluate the clinical and microbiologic effects of the adjunctive use of PDT to non-sur...

OBJECTIVE To compare the levels of glutathione (GSH), both oxidized and reduced forms in patients with and without chronic periodontitis in gingival crevicular fluid (GCF). MATERIALS AND METHODS Twenty GCF samples from maxillary quadrants were collected using capillary micropipettes from the chronic periodontitis patients (test group) at baseline before treatment, at 1-month, 3 months, and 6 ...

The data presented in this article is an original data on "Investigating the role of onsite learning in the optimisation of craft gang's productivity in the construction industry". This article describes the constraints influencing craft gang's productivity and the influence of onsite learning on the blockwork craft gang's productivity. It also presented the method of data collection, using a s...

This presentation seeks to contextualise current work by makers using new technologies by discussing ways in which technology can be defined and the theoretical frameworks within which these definitions sit. It will briefly highlight some of the common ways in which we discuss technology and technological mediation, and relate these beliefs to particular characterisations of technology. This wi...

abstract stepped spillways are of most important hydraulic constructions to dissipation energy of water flow. these constructions are used in opening channel to transfer water from upper level to lower level. because of considerable effect of steps on flow dissipation energy and also the resulted developments in construction of roller competed concrete rcc, the mentioned constructions have draw...

of Dissertation Presented to the Graduate School of the University of Florida in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy GUIDANCE AND CONTROL OF MARINE CRAFT: AN ADAPTIVE DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING APPROACH By Patrick S. Walters May 2015 Chair: Warren E. Dixon Major: Mechanical Engineering Advances in sensing and computational capabilities have enabled autonomous...