AIM: Artifacts (error) encountered in phosphor plates (PSP) used in intraoral digital imaging were evaluated under a new classification.METHODS: In our study, when obtaining images with intraoral phosphor plates, artifacts before, during, after the irradiation and artifacts caused by the scanner were determined according to review of the literature
Over two decades ago, the first scientific publication on deep throws brain stimulation (DBS) in psychiatry was published.The evidence for effectiveness of DBS for several psychiatric disorders has been steadily accumulating since the first report of DBS for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) in 1999.However, the number of psychiatric patients tre
A variety of mammals employ torpor as an energy-saving strategy in environments of marginal or severe stress either on a daily basis during their inactive period or on a seasonal basis during prolonged multi-day hibernation.Recently, ACTIVATED CHARCOAL a few Madagascar lemur species have been identified as the only primates that exhibit torpor; one
Summary: Background: Adult preventive health checkups with depression screening Foundation were launched in August 2011 in Taiwan; however, its impact has not yet been evaluated.This study aimed to use real-world data to assess the effectiveness of depression screening among middle-aged and older adults.Methods: A total of 4,972,228 adults aged 40
The essay explores issues pertaining to genetics vs.culture in understandings of kinship, hybridity as a disruptor of essentialist conceptions of race, the fetishization PRO-ADD of ethnicity and culture, racist misuses of genetic science, processes of racialization, and counter-hegemonic resistance.Thirty- and sixty-second television advertisements