background and aims. the aim of this study was to compare the biocompatibility of calcium-enriched mixture ce-ment (cem), composite resin and nano-particled mineral trioxide aggregate (np-mta) using human gingival fibroblasts. materials and methods. a comparative in vitro cell culture study was carried out using 60 single-rooted teeth which were assigned to the following four groups: 1) untreat...

AIM To obtain the cut-off value of anthropometric measurements and nutritional status of elderly in Indonesia. METHODS A multicentre-cross sectional study was performed at 9 hospitals in Indonesia. The data collected comprises of samples characteristics, anthropometric measurements (weight, height, trisep, bisep, subscapular, suprailiac, and circumference of the hip, waist, arm, calf, and thi...

empirical studies show that there is stronger dependency between large losses than large profit in financial market, which undermine the performance of using symmetric distribution for modeling these asymmetric. that is why the assuming normal joint distribution of returns is not suitable because of considering the linier dependence, and can be lead to inappropriate estimate of var. copula theo...

The objectives of this study were to diagnose the nutritional status of the elderly Brazilian population and to identify associated factors. The study used data from the Brazilian Household Budget Survey (2008/2009) for 20,114 elderly, whose nutritional status was assessed by body mass index (BMI). Associated factors were tested with the Pearson chi-square test and multilevel linear models. The...

the purpose of this research was to investigate the relationship between customer equity and the performance of parsian international hotels corporation. for this reason it’s an applied and descriptive research. a review of the current literature revealed three key determinants of customer equity: (1)value equity, (2) brand equity and (3) relationship equity. in order to examine the proposed hy...

background: malnutrition is prevalent among patients hospitalized in intensive care units (icus) and causes various complications. dietary supplementation to provide appropriate nutritional support may reduce the malnutrition and complications through improvement in nutritional status. this study was carried out to assess the association between dietary supplementation and malnutrition among pa...

one of the capital market financial instruments, especially in islamic countries, is sukuk or islamic securities. sukuk is based on islamic law. different types of sukuk are available for different economic situations of countries and different investors. one type of sukuk is mozare'e which is the subject of this research. to do this, we have used financial indices of crops to compare moza...

BACKGROUND The Chilean population has inadequate lifestyles and high prevalence of chronic diseases. AIM To analyze eating behaviors, nutritional status and history of previous diseases, in students of higher education. MATERIAL AND METHODS Cross-sectional study in students of 54 higher education centers across the country. They answered a survey about dietary habits, physical activity, smo...

BACKGROUND Increasing obesity among adolescents in the industrialized world may result from poor nutritional habits and inadequate exercise. AIM To determine differences in food intake, nutritional habits, and body mass index between Spanish adolescents who engage in ski activity and those who do not. METHODS A socio-demographic survey, food frequency questionnaire, 24-hr dietary recall, an...