Many researches have focused on the optimal design of tuned mass damper (TMD) system without the effect of soil–structure interaction (SSI), so that ignoring the effect of SSI may lead to an undesirable and unrealistic design of TMD. Furthermore, many optimization criteria have been proposed for the optinal design of the TMD system. Hence, the main aim of this study is to compare different opti...

BACKGROUND This study assessed the dimensional structure of sleep quality with the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) and investigated its psychometric properties in cases with temporomandibular disorders (TMD). METHODS A convenience sample of 609 TMD cases (age: 37.1 ± 13.1 yrs, 18-67 yrs, 85% female) of the multi-center Validation Project meeting Research Diagnostic Criteria for Temporom...

Aim – To investigate the prevalence of temporomandibular joint disorder (TMD) among university students. Material and methods – In this cross sectional prospective study, the sample consisted of 310 students (105 male and 205 female) with an age range from 18-25 years. The prevalence and severity of TMD was determined using a self reported anamnestic questionnaires. The symptoms were transposed...

o bjectives: temporomandibular dysfunction (tmd) is a group of disorders in the facial region and temporomandibular joint (tmj). biomarkers are assumed to play a role in pain and early detection of destruction. the aim of this study was to compare the saliva and serum antioxidant levels in patients with tmd and healthy subjects. mat erials and methods : this case-control study was conducted on ...

OBJECTIVES To report the prevalence and demographics of temporomandibular disorder (TMD) within a population of clinic patients and to describe the prevalence of revisited and new, previously unstudied, aural symptoms described by a sample of these patients with TMD (hereinafter "TMD patients"). DESIGN A retrospective evaluation of patient records was completed to determine the percentage and...

We assess the current phenomenological status of transverse momentum dependent (TMD) parton distribution functions (PDFs) and fragmentation functions (FFs) and study the effect of consistently including perturbative QCD (pQCD) evolution. Our goal is to initiate the process of establishing reliable, QCD-evolved parametrizations for the TMD PDFs and TMD FFs that can be used both to test TMD facto...