A Look in the Mirror: How the Field of Behavior Analysis Can become Anti-Racist.

Sparked by recent events, discussions of systemic racism and racial inequalities have been pushed to the foreground of our global society, leading to what is being called the largest modern-day civil rights movement (Buchanan et al., 2020). In the past, Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) activists and scholars, among others, have evaluated and critiqued systems and organizations within our society.

Biological events related to corticotomy-facilitated orthodontics.

Corticotomy-facilitated orthodontics is a clinical treatment modality comprising the application of conventional orthodontic forces combined with selective decortication of the alveolar process of the bone, which generates a localized process of bone remodeling (turnover) that enables accelerated orthodontic tooth movement. Compared with conventional orthodontic treatment, corticotomy-facilitated orthodontics is associated with reduced treatment time and reduces the frequency of apical external root resorption; however, this modality increases morbidity and financial costs. Although the clinical outcomes of corticotomy-facilitated orthodontics appear favorable, no results of evidence-based investigations of long-term outcomes are available in the literature, and the long-term effects of corticotomy-facilitated orthodontics on the teeth and periodontium are unclear.

SureSelect RNA Direct: A Technique for Expression Analysis Through Sequencing of Target-Enriched FFPE Total RNA.

Gene expression profiling of samples from biobanks requires a method that can be used with intact as well as partially degraded RNA. High throughput applications can benefit from reducing the number of processing steps including eliminating the poly(A) selection and ribosomal depletion steps. When performing targeted capture, we have found that we can eliminate the upfront poly(A) selection/ribosomal depletion steps that cause bias in standard mRNA-Seq workflows.

Choukroun Platelet-Rich Fibrin as an Autogenous Graft Biomaterial in Preimplant Surgery: Results of a Preliminary Randomized, Human Histomorphometric, Split-Mouth Study.

This study aimed to test the null hypothesis that platelet-rich fibrin (PRF), as an immediate postextraction graft material, produces bone that is histomorphometrically no different than bone derived from healing without intervention. The authors compared split-mouth human bone biopsy specimens derived from PRF with bone that had healed without intervention. Eight human bone biopsies were successfully harvested from four patients.