Is Teledentistry as Effective as Clinical Dental Diagnosis in Pediatric Patients?

Background: Teledentistry integrates telecommunications with dental practice, facilitating the exchange of clinical information and images for remote dental consultation and treatment planning. This approach enables dental care access across long distances, addressing the need for flexible healthcare solutions.

Aim: This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of teledentistry compared to clinical in-person dental diagnosis in pediatric patients during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Expanding the Spectrum of Endocrine Abnormalities Associated with SOX11-related Disorders.

Context: SOX11 variants cause Coffin-Siris Syndrome (CSS), characterized by developmental delay, hypogonadotropic hypogonadism (HH), skeletal and facial defects.

Objective: To examine the contribution of SOX11 variants to the pathogenesis of Idiopathic Hypogonadotropic Hypogonadism (IHH), a disorder caused by hypothalamic GnRH deficiency.

Setting: The Reproductive Endocrine Unit and the Pediatric Endocrinology Division, Massachusetts General Hospital.

Evolutionary engineering and molecular characterization of cobalt-resistant .

With its versatile metabolism including aerobic and anaerobic respiration, photosynthesis, photo-fermentation and nitrogen fixation, can adapt to diverse environmental and nutritional conditions, including the presence of various stressors such as heavy metals. Thus, it is an important microorganism to study the molecular mechanisms of bacterial stress response and resistance, and to be used as a microbial cell factory for biotechnological applications or bioremediation. In this study, a highly cobalt-resistant and genetically stable strain was obtained by evolutionary engineering, also known as adaptive laboratory evolution (ALE), a powerful strategy to improve and characterize genetically complex, desired microbial phenotypes, such as stress resistance.

New-onset diabetes in children during the COVID-19 Pandemic: an assessment of biomarkers and psychosocial risk factors at play in Mississippi.

Purpose: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has led to an association between COVID-19 and pediatric diabetes. Studies have indicated the increased likelihood of children with COVID-19 infection developing diabetes. Our objective was to assess not only the increase in pediatric diabetes at our hospital and identify possible risk factors, but also to correlate the psychosocial changes resulting from the pandemic with new-onset diabetes.

From to Ethanol: Unlocking the Power of Evolutionary Engineering in Metabolic Engineering Applications.

Increased human population and the rapid decline of fossil fuels resulted in a global tendency to look for alternative fuel sources. Environmental concerns about fossil fuel combustion led to a sharp move towards renewable and environmentally friendly biofuels. Ethanol has been the primary fossil fuel alternative due to its low carbon emission rates, high octane content and comparatively facile microbial production processes.