Main results 14 RCTs (1379 participants, 42% in 1 RCT) met the selection criteria. The quality of study methods was low (mean quality score 2.3 out of 5). Behaviour symptoms: methylphenidate was superior to placebo in 4 of 6 RCTs and to thioridazine in 1 RCT and was equivalent to imipramine in 1 RCT. Medication management was equivalent to combined medication and behavioural intervention; both ...

introduction : teeth with irreversible pulpitis usually undergo root canal therapy (rct). this treatment modality is often considered disadvantageous as it removes vital pulp tissue and weakens the tooth structure. a relatively new concept has risen which suggests vital pulp therapy (vpt) for irreversible pulpitis. vpt with calcium enriched mixture (vpt/cem) has demonstrated favorable treatment...

Atherosclerosis is a progressive disease characterized by the appearance of inflamed lesions in the arterial wall. The main component of an atherosclerotic lesion is a cholesterol-filled macrophage (a foam cell). In addition, the inflamed intima contains numerous mast cells which, upon activation, acutely secrete serine proteases and other mediators that can influence the progression of atheros...

When cytoplasmic extracts of human prostatic tissues were split to permit quantitation of total androgen receptor (RCT) content by saturation analysis at 15 degrees and 2 degrees, we observed that 30% (10 of 32) of the specimens yielded statistically increased values for RCT following incubation at 15 degrees as compared to 2 degrees. Considering only those specimens (13 of 32) showing statisti...

Reverse cholesterol transport (RCT) describes the process whereby cholesterol in peripheral tissues is transported to the liver where it is ultimately excreted in the form of bile. Given the atherogenic role of cholesterol accumulation within the vessel intima, removal of cholesterol through RCT is considered an anti-atherogenic process. The major constituents of RCT include cell membrane- boun...

Full Text PDF Images References Journal of Endodontics Volume 39, Issue 10 , Pages 1226-1233, October 2013 A Survey of Dentists' Preferences for the Treatment of Teeth with Apical Periodontitis Amir Azarpazhooh, DDS, MSc, PhD , Thuan Dao, DDS, MSc, PhD, Rafael Figueiredo, DDS, MSc, Murray Krahn, MD, MSc, Shimon Friedman, DDS Abstract Introduction This study surveyed the preferences of Ontario, ...

Randomised controlled trials (RCT) examining the effects of fish oil supplementation on cardiac outcomes have yielded varying results over time. Although RCT are placed at the top of the evidence hierarchy, this methodology arose in the framework of pharmaceutical development. RCT with pharmaceuticals differ in important ways from RCT involving fish oil interventions. In particular, in pharmace...

abstract : inflammatory external root resorption (ierr) is a pathological phenomenon of microbial origin. this stu dy reports a case of external apical inflammatory root resorption of maxillary incisors associated with periradicular lesions in a 22 year old female, which was successfully treated by one-visit root canal therapy (rct). radiographic investigation revealed periapical radiolucencies...

The randomized clinical trial (RCT) is a powerful experimental design that when properly executed produces generalizable results. Conducting a RCT becomes complex when technical skills are required. Without requisite skills, a RCT may yield misleading results, an elegant RCT unwittingly generating spurious results due to technical inexperience. This pitfall is applicable to procedures used to e...

Background Authors assessed lean body mass (fat free tissue), upper and lower, and bone mineral density (BMD) in patients of osteoporotic bone distal radius fracture (DRF) and degenerative rotator cuff tear (RCT) patients of shoulder. We predict inferior muscle mass and osteoporosis are more frequent in DRF group than RCT group. Methods Between January 2016 and June 2017, overall 38 of DRF an...