SUMMARY The objectives of this study were to evaluate the assessments of maxillofacial surgeons, orthodontists, and laypersons on the predicted aesthetic outcome of various surgical options in Class III correction and the associations between certain initial cephalometric values and the judges' preferred option. Pre-surgical lateral headfilms and coloured profile photographs of 18 skeletal Clas...

BACKGROUND The emergence of resistant tuberculosis (TB) is a major setback to the global control of the disease as the treatment of such resistance is complex and expensive. Use of direct detection of mutations by molecular methods could facilitate rapid diagnosis of resistance to offset diagnostic delays. We evaluated the performance of the Genotype MTBDRsl (Hain Life Sciences) for the detecti...

Introduction: As animal production has changed and the facilities in which livestock and poultry are raised have grown in size, neighbors of animal feeding operations increasingly are expressing concerns about potential negative environmental effects on the surrounding rural community. Degradation of air quality is a prevalent concern, and the expected presence of offensive odors commonly is ne...

BACKGROUND Unconditional regard refers to the feeling that one is accepted and valued by others without conditions. Psychological theory suggests that experiences of unconditional regard lead children to feel that they are valuable despite setbacks. We hypothesized that reflecting on experiences of unconditional regard would buffer children's negative self-feelings (eg, shame, insecurity, power...

Abstract Wind power is a key for decarbonizing economies. Yet, wind turbines can produce negative environmental externalities. These include bird collisions and disamenities residents. Setback distances onshore to settlements nests are common policy instrument address these In this paper, we evaluate the cost-effectiveness of setback distances. We use spatially-explicit model investigate social...