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Association between diabetes and the outcome of root canal treatment in adults: An umbrella review
Background
Diabetes mellitus is the most common metabolic disorder among dental patients. The association between diabetes and the outcome of root canal treatment is unclear.
Aim
To conduct an umbrella review to determine whether there is an association between diabetes and the outcome of root canal treatment.
Data source.
The protocol of the review was developed and registered in the PROSPERO database (ID number: 141684). Four electronic databases (PubMed, EBSCHOhost, Cochrane and Scopus databases) were used to perform a literature search until July 2019.
Study eligibility criteria, participants, and interventions.
Systematic reviews with or without meta‐analyses published in English assessing any outcomes of root canal treatment comparing diabetic and nondiabetic patients were included. Two reviewers were involved independently in study selection, data extraction and appraising the reviews that were included. Disagreements were resolved with the help of a third reviewer.
Study appraisal and synthesis methods.
The quality of the reviews was assessed using the AMSTAR tool (A measurement tool to assess systematic reviews), with 11 items. Each AMSTAR item was given a score of 1 if the criterion was met, or 0 if the criterion was not met or the information was unclear.
Results
Four systematic reviews were included. The AMSTAR score for the reviews ranged from 5‐7, out of a maximum score of 11 and all the systematic reviews were classified as “medium” quality.
Limitations.
Only two systematic reviews included a meta‐analysis. Only systematic reviews published in English were included.
Conclusions and implications of key findings
Diabetes mellitus is associated with the outcome of root canal treatment and can be considered as a preoperative prognostic factor
Consistent model of magnetism in ferropnictides
The discovery of superconductivity in LaFeAsO introduced the ferropnictides
as a major new class of superconducting compounds with critical temperatures
second only to cuprates. The presence of magnetic iron makes ferropnictides
radically different from cuprates. Antiferromagnetism of the parent compounds
strongly suggests that superconductivity and magnetism are closely related.
However, the character of magnetic interactions and spin fluctuations in
ferropnictides, in spite of vigorous efforts, has until now resisted
understanding within any conventional model of magnetism. Here we show that the
most puzzling features can be naturally reconciled within a rather simple
effective spin model with biquadratic interactions, which is consistent with
electronic structure calculations. By going beyond the Heisenberg model, this
description explains numerous experimentally observed properties, including the
peculiarities of the spin wave spectrum, thin domain walls, crossover from
first to second order phase transition under doping in some compounds, and
offers new insight in the occurrence of the nematic phase above the
antiferromagnetic phase transition.Comment: 5 pages, 3 figures, revtex
Anisotropic three-dimensional magnetism in CaFe2As2
Inelastic neutron scattering measurements of the magnetic excitations in CaFe2As2 indicate that the spin wave velocity in the Fe layers is exceptionally large and similar in magnitude to the cuprates. However, the spin wave velocity perpendicular to the layers is at least half as large that in the layer, so that the magnetism is more appropriately categorized as anisotropic three-dimensional, in contrast to the two-dimensional cuprates. Exchange constants derived from band structure calculations predict spin wave velocities that are consistent with the experimental data
PRISMA for abstracts: best practice for reporting abstracts of systematic reviews in Endodontology
An abstract is a brief overview of a scientific, clinical or review manuscript as well as a stand‐alone summary of a conference abstract. Scientists, clinician–scientists and clinicians rely on the summary information provided in the abstracts of systematic reviews to assist in subsequent clinical decision‐making. The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta‐Analyses (PRISMA) for Abstracts checklist was developed to improve the quality, accuracy and completeness of abstracts associated with systematic reviews and meta‐analyses. The PRISMA for Abstracts checklist provides a framework for authors to follow, which helps them provide in the abstract the key information from the systematic review that is required by stakeholders. The PRISMA for Abstracts checklist contains 12 items (title, objectives, eligibility criteria, information sources, risk of bias, included studies, synthesis of results, description of the effect, strength and limitations, interpretation, funding and systematic review registration) under six sections (title, background, methods, results, discussion, other). The current article highlights the relevance and importance of the items in the PRISMA for Abstracts checklist to the specialty of Endodontology, while offering explanations and specific examples to assist authors when writing abstracts for systematic reviews when reported in manuscripts or submitted to conferences. Strict adherence to the PRISMA for Abstracts checklist by authors, reviewers and journal editors will result in the consistent publication of high‐quality abstracts within Endodontology
Association between diabetes and the outcome of root canal treatment in adults: an umbrella review
Background
Diabetes mellitus is the most common metabolic disorder among dental patients. The association between diabetes and the outcome of root canal treatment is unclear.
Aim
To conduct an umbrella review to determine whether there is an association between diabetes and the outcome of root canal treatment.
Data source.
The protocol of the review was developed and registered in the PROSPERO database (ID number: 141684). Four electronic databases (PubMed, EBSCHOhost, Cochrane and Scopus databases) were used to perform a literature search until July 2019.
Study eligibility criteria, participants, and interventions.
Systematic reviews with or without meta‐analyses published in English assessing any outcomes of root canal treatment comparing diabetic and nondiabetic patients were included. Two reviewers were involved independently in study selection, data extraction and appraising the reviews that were included. Disagreements were resolved with the help of a third reviewer.
Study appraisal and synthesis methods.
The quality of the reviews was assessed using the AMSTAR tool (A measurement tool to assess systematic reviews), with 11 items. Each AMSTAR item was given a score of 1 if the criterion was met, or 0 if the criterion was not met or the information was unclear.
Results
Four systematic reviews were included. The AMSTAR score for the reviews ranged from 5‐7, out of a maximum score of 11 and all the systematic reviews were classified as “medium” quality.
Limitations.
Only two systematic reviews included a meta‐analysis. Only systematic reviews published in English were included.
Conclusions and implications of key findings
Diabetes mellitus is associated with the outcome of root canal treatment and can be considered as a preoperative prognostic factor
Itinerant magnetic excitations in antiferromagnetic CaFe2As2
Neutron scattering measurements of the magnetic excitations in single
crystals of antiferromagnetic CaFe2As2 reveal steeply dispersive and
well-defined spin waves up to an energy of 100 meV. Magnetic excitations above
100 meV and up to the maximum energy of 200 meV are however broader in energy
and momentum than the experimental resolution. While the low energy modes can
be fit to a Heisenberg model, the total spectrum cannot be described as arising
from excitations of a local moment system. Ab-initio calculations of the
dynamic magnetic susceptibility suggest that the high energy behavior is
dominated by the damping of spin waves by particle-hole excitations.Comment: 4 pages, 5 figure