ASSESSMENT OF SKELETAL MATURATION WITH PERMANENT MANDIBULAR SECOND MOLAR CALCIFICATION STAGES AMONG A GROUP OF NEPALESE ORTHODONTIC PATIENTS

Assessment of skeletal maturation with permanent mandibular second molar calcification stages among a group of Nepalese orthodontic patients

Jamal Giri,1 Basanta Kumar Shrestha,2 Rajiv Yadav,2 Tika Ram Ghimire21Department of Orthodontics, BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, 2Department of Dentistry, Institute of Medicine, Kathmandu, Nepal Background: Assessment of growth status of a patient is a key component in orthodontic diagnosis and treatment planning for growing patie

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Investigation on the Mechanical Properties and Shape Memory Effect of Landing Buffer Structure Based on NiTi Alloy Printing

Abstract With the deepening of human research on deep space exploration, our research on the soft landing methods of landers has gradually deepened.Adding a buffer and energy-absorbing structure to the leg structure of the lander has become an effective design solution.Based on the energy-absorbing structure of the leg of the interstellar lander, t

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Fall injuries, associated deaths, and 30-day readmission for subsequent falls are increasing in the elderly US population: a query of the WHO mortality database and National Readmission Database from 2010 to 2014

Colette Galet,1 Yunshu Zhou,2 Patrick Ten Eyck,2 Kathleen S Romanowski1 1Acute Care Surgery Division, Department of Surgery, Iowa City, IA, USA; 2Institute for Clinical and Translational Science, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA Purpose: Clinicians anecdotally noted that elderly patients who suffered from traumatic injuries (falls or other in

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What if becoming information literate were an adventure?

What if becoming information literate were an adventure? This question was posed in a keynote for the Creating Knowledge Conference 2021.It was answered in a thought piece by examining adventure-based ways to prepare students to be information literate adults through the principles and mechanisms that people find arousing and pleasurable and that a

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