[Treatment of dementia patients in a geriatric day clinic : Improvement of behavioral abnormalities and distress of caring relatives].

Background And Objective: The aim of the study was to evaluate a specific treatment concept for patients suffering from dementia in a geriatric day clinic with respect to improvement of dementia-related behavioral abnormalities and effects on distress of the caring relatives.

Material And Methods: Designed as a naturalistic study with a sample of 34 dementia patients (average age 83 years, 62% female, 82% mild dementia, 18% moderate dementia) surveyed at three time points, the dementia-related behavioral symptoms and the relatives' distress were measured using the neuropsychiatric inventory. A waiting time before treatment was implemented as a control condition.

Age effect on orthodontic tooth movement rate and the composition of gingival crevicular fluid : A literature review.

Purpose: To evaluate and form a comprehensive understanding of the effect of patient age on bone remodeling and consequently on the rate of orthodontic tooth movement (OTM).

Methods: A systematic search in PubMed and Embase from 1990 to December 2017 was performed and completed by a hand search. Prospective clinical trials which investigated the rate of OTM and/or studies assessing age-related changes in the composition of gingival crevicular fluid (GCF) in older compared to younger study groups were included.

Exotic QTL improve grain quality in the tri-parental wheat population SW84.

Developing The Tri-parental Exotic Wheat Population Sw84: Genetic diversity of cultivated wheat was markedly reduced, first, during domestication and, second, since the onset of modern elite breeding. There is an increasing demand for utilizing genetic resources to increase genetic diversity and, simultaneously, to improve agronomic performance of cultivated wheat. To locate favorable effects of exotic wheat alleles, we developed the tri-parental wheat population SW84.

Using Rasch Analysis to Examine the Item-Level Psychometrics of the .

The Infant-Toddler Meaningful Auditory Integration Scales (IT-MAIS; Zimmerman-Phillips et al. 2001) is a popular assessment designed to measure listening skills in children with hearing loss aged 0-3 years. For this study we analyzed the item-level psychometric properties of the IT-MAIS via Rasch analysis to gain further understanding about its validity and reliability.

Are self-adhesive resin cements suitable as core build-up materials? Analyses of maximum load capability, margin integrity, and physical properties.

Objectives: The aim of the present study was to test a self-adhesive resin cement used as core build-up material in comparison to two commercially available core build-up materials.

Materials And Methods: Forty human anterior teeth were endodontically treated and fiber post insertion (RelyX Fiber posts) and core build-ups were performed using two core build-up materials applied with an etch-and-rinse adhesive approach (Luxacore Dual-LC and Clearfil Core-CC) and an experimental self-adhesive resin cement (SAR) in two application modes (SAR Handmix and SAR Automix). Samples were subjected to thermo-mechanical loading.

Urolithiasis through the ages: data on more than 200,000 urinary stone analyses.

Purpose: The incidence and prevalence of urolithiasis are increasing but clinicians also have the impression that gender and age distributions of stone formers are changing. Moreover, regional differences in stone occurrence and composition have been observed. We analyzed such trends based on a large series of urinary stone analyses.