Comparing alveolar bone regeneration using Bio-Oss and autogenous bone grafts in humans: a systematic review and meta-analysis

INTRODUCTION: Bone regeneration grafts (BRG) are widely used in the treatment of osseous defects and oral surgery. The various techniques and associated success rates of bone augmentation require evaluation by systematic review and meta-analysis of eligible studies. The aim of this systematic review was to compare alveolar bone regeneration in humans using Bio-Oss and autogenous bone graft. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The computerized bibliographical databases including Pubmed, Google, ScienceDirect and Cochrane were searched for randomized and cohort studies in which autogenous grafts were compared to Bio-Oss in the treatment of periodontal defects. The inclusion criteria were human studies in English that were published 1998-2009. Exclusion criteria included non randomized observation and cohort studies, papers which provided summary statistics without the variance estimates, and studies that did not use BRG intervention alone, were excluded. The screening of eligible studies, assessment of the methodological quality of the trials and data extraction were collected by two observers independently. For comparing autogenous grafts used alone against Bio-Oss used alone 5 situations were investigated. Thirteen studies were included in the review which compared autogenous against Bio-Oss, autogenous combined with guided tissue regeneration (GTR) against GTR, Bio-Oss combined with GTR versus GTR, autogenous alone versus Open Flap Debridement (OFD), Bio-Oss versus OFD. In meta-analysis, changes in bone level (bone fill) was used as the measure. Data were analyzed using Bayesian meta-analysis by WinBUGS and Boa software. RESULTS: Only one comparison demonstrated that the difference in bone augmentation between Bio-Oss and OFD was statistically significant. CONCLUSION: There is insufficient evidence to show that Bio-Oss is superior to autogenous grafts in bone augmentation techniques however autogenous bone involves donor site surgery and thus donor site morbidity, so we can conclude that Bio-Oss is better than autogenous for alveolar regeneration. [Iranian Endodontic Journal 2009;4(4):125-30

Calculation of the Autocorrelation Function of the Stochastic Single Machine Infinite Bus System

Critical slowing down (CSD) is the phenomenon in which a system recovers more slowly from small perturbations. CSD, as evidenced by increasing signal variance and autocorrelation, has been observed in many dynamical systems approaching a critical transition, and thus can be a useful signal of proximity to transition. In this paper, we derive autocorrelation functions for the state variables of a stochastic single machine infinite bus system (SMIB). The results show that both autocorrelation and variance increase as this system approaches a saddle-node bifurcation. The autocorrelation functions help to explain why CSD can be used as an indicator of proximity to criticality in power systems revealing, for example, how nonlinearity in the SMIB system causes these signs to appear.Comment: Accepted for publication/presentation in Proc. North American Power Symposium, 201

Study of the Effectiveness of Brain Exercise Training and Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy (ISDTP) on Emotional Self-Awareness of Mothers with Mentally Retarded Children in Ahvaz

Nowadays, study of the conditions of families with mentally retarded children, especially their mothers, is of great interest to researchers. Therefore, the present study aimed to investigate the Effectiveness of Brain Exercise Training and Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy (ISDTP) on Emotional Self-Awareness of Mothers with Children with Mentally Retarded Children in Ahvaz in the spring 2020. The statistical population of the study included all mothers of mentally retarded children in Ahvaz who were selected by available sampling method of 45 mothers and were divided into three groups of 15 (two experimental groups and one control group) by lot. The research design was experimental with pre-test and post-test with control group. The instruments used were Grant et al. (2002) Emotional Self-Awareness Questionnaire, which were completed in two stages before the intervention and at the end of the intervention. The results of the study using multivariate analysis of covariance and Bephroni post hoc test showed that the groups of brain exercise training and short-term dynamic psychotherapy in comparison with the control group are effective in increasing the emotional self-awareness of mothers of mentally retarded children. The results also showed that both methods are effective in increasing emotional self-awareness

Risk Factors for Senile Corneal Arcus in Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction

Purpose: To investigate the association between senile corneal arcus and atherosclerosis risk factors in patients with recent acute myocardial infarction. Methods: In this cross sectional study, atherosclerosis risk factors including fasting blood sugar, total cholesterol and triglyceride levels were measured in 165 patients with recent (less than three months′ duration) acute myocardial infarction. Slitlamp examination was performed to detect corneal arcus. Associations between senile corneal arcus and atherosclerosis risk factors were assessed. Results: Overall, 165 patients including 100 male and 65 female subjects with mean age of 62±10.3 years were evaluated. In 122 patients (74%), variable degrees of corneal arcus were observed. The presence of corneal arcus was significantly associated with age (P = 0.03) and high levels of total cholesterol (over 200 mg/dl, P < 0.01). After adjusting for age, arcus was not associated with sex (P = 0.10), hypertriglyceridemia (P = 0.09), fasting blood sugar (P = 0.06), or systemic hypertension (P = 0.08). Conclusion: Our study revealed that corneal arcus is associated with age and hypercholesterolemia in patients with recent acute myocardial infarction. No association was detected with sex, fasting blood sugar, hypertension, and hypertriglyceridemia