This case control study measured early crestal bone changes around subcrestally placed platform-switched implants surrounded by thin soft tissue and compared them with regular, matching-platform implants placed in a supracrestal position and surrounded by thick soft tissue. Sixty-six patients received two-piece internal hex dental implants.…[Read more]

KEY POINTS • Thermoanaerobacterium species, promising chassis for lignocellulosic biorefinery. • Potential capability of hemicellulose degradation for Thermoanaerobacterium species. • Efficient bioenergy production by Thermoanaerobacterium species through metabolic engineering.

Holistic sexual healthcare factors in diversity of social habit…[Read more]

Strategies to address declining physical activity levels among children and adolescents have focused on ‘individual-level’ approaches which often fail to demonstrate impact. Recent attention has been on an alternative ‘whole-school’ approach to increasing physical activity that involves promoting physical activity throughout all aspects of the…[Read more]

al management of RCT.

To collect and analyse the available evidence in the outcomes of patients treated with fenestrated endovascular aortic repair (f-EVAR) technique focusing specifically on visceral vessel outcomes.

The current meta-analysis was conducted using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses…[Read more]