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Clinical evidence on a novel macrohybrid design dental implant with 12° angled platform: a systematic review
(MDPI, 2022)
Background: Immediate implant placement with immediate esthetics has become a more common procedure over time, though ensuring good emergence of the axis of the implant has been a challenge. A novel ...
Factors affecting implant failure and marginal bone loss of implants placed by post-graduate students: a 1-year prospective cohort study
(MDPI, 2020)
Statement of the problem: Most of the clinical documentation of implant success and survival published in the literature have been issued by either experienced teams from university settings involving ...
Predicting patient-ventilator asynchronies with hidden markov models
(Springer Nature, 2018-12-04)
In mechanical ventilation, it is paramount to ensure the patient’s ventilatory demand is met while minimizing asynchronies. We aimed to develop a model to predict the likelihood of asynchronies occurring. ...
Antibiotic-loaded polypropylene surgical meshes with suitable biological behaviour by plasma functionalization and polymerization
(Elsevier, 2015-12)
Hernia repair is one of the most common operations in general surgery, and its associated complications typically relate to infections, among others. The loading of antibiotics to surgical meshes to ...
Self-learning methodology in simulated environments (MAES©) as a learning tool in perioperative nursing. An evidence-based practice model for acquiring clinical safety competencies
(MDPI, 2021)
Background: The self-learning Methodology in Simulated Environments (Spanish acronym: MAES©, (Murcia, Spain) is a type of self-directed and collaborative training in health sciences. The objective of ...
The impact of an easy access drug supply management policy law on the consumption and abuse of opioids in Catalonia: A population-based study
(Elsevier, 2022)
Background: Over the last two decades, the rise in opioid prescription has worsened health outcomes worldwide, increasing both levels of abuse and mortality rates. In order to reduce the scale of this ...
Association of nine pathobionts with periodontitis in four South American and European countries
(Journal of Oral Microbiology, 2023)
Aim: Our aim was to compare the prevalence and load of nine pathobionts in subgingival samples of healthy individuals and periodontitis patients from four different countries. Methods: Five hundred and ...
Correlation between tobacco control policies and mortality of haematological cancers across Europe: an ecological study
(European Publishing, 2021)
Introduction: To determine the correlation between tobacco control policies and mortality of haematological malignancies: leukemia, lymphoma and multiple myeloma (MM). Methods: Ecological study with the ...
Quality management systems: one step forward on the paper industry
(Universitat de Montenegro, 2013)
The objective of this article is double: firstly is to show the standards ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 evolution and secondly evolution and situation in the pulp and paper sector during the last years. We ...
Gender differences in labour losses associated with smoking-related mortality
(MDPI, 2019-09-28)
The aim of this paper was to estimate the number of premature deaths, years of potential productive life lost (YPPLL) and labour losses attributable to tobacco smoking due to premature death by gender ...