Can you train your brain functions by mastication?

Can you Trust your Data?

A new program analysis is presented, and two compile time methods for this analysis are given. The analysis attempts to answer the question: “Given some trustworthy and some untrustworthy input, can we trust the value of a given variable after execution of some code”. The analyses are based on an abstract interpretation framework and a constraint generation framework respectively. The analyses ...

Annotation: neurofeedback - train your brain to train behaviour.

BACKGROUND Neurofeedback (NF) is a form of behavioural training aimed at developing skills for self-regulation of brain activity. Within the past decade, several NF studies have been published that tend to overcome the methodological shortcomings of earlier studies. This annotation describes the methodical basis of NF and reviews the evidence base for its clinical efficacy and effectiveness in ...

You Can Leave Your Hat On.

Can Your Children Drive You To Drink?

Several publications in the psychological literature support the theory that children are a major source of stress for their parents. Not surprisingly, parents of children with behavior problems— particularly children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)—experience highly elevated levels of daily child-rearing stresses. Children with ADHD disregard parental requests, commands, a...

What you don't know can hurt you (and your patients).

The goal of modern dentistry is to return patients to oral health in a predictable fashion. The partial and complete edentulous patient may be unable to recover normal function, aesthetics, comfort, or speech with a traditional removable prosthesis. The aesthetics of the edentulous patient are affected as a result of bone atrophy. Continued resorption leads to irreversible facial changes. An im...