EFFECT OF LAB PROCEDURES AND ULTRASONIC-BATH CLEANING ON CUSTOMIZED IMPLANT ABUTMENT POLLUTION: AN IN VITRO STUDY.

Purpose: To validate the effectiveness of a simplified ultrasonic cleaning protocol to clean customized abutments, and to investigate the percentage of pollutants on customized abutments provided by the implant company and the additional effect of dental laboratory manipulations.

Materials And Methods: A total of 24 customized abutments were divided in two groups, 12 returning from the implant company and 12 others returning from the dental laboratory. In each group, there were 6 zirconia (Zr02) abutments and 6 .

The CTSA Consortium's Catalog of Assets for Translational and Clinical Health Research (CATCHR).

The 61 CTSA Consortium sites are home to valuable programs and infrastructure supporting translational science and all are charged with ensuring that such investments translate quickly to improved clinical care. Catalog of Assets for Translational and Clinical Health Research (CATCHR) is the Consortium's effort to collect and make available information on programs and resources to maximize efficiency and facilitate collaborations. By capturing information on a broad range of assets supporting the entire clinical and translational research spectrum, CATCHR aims to provide the necessary infrastructure and processes to establish and maintain an open-access, searchable database of consortium resources to support multisite clinical and translational research studies.

An academic-health service partnership in nursing: lessons from the field.

Purpose: To describe the development of an academic-health services partnership undertaken to improve use of evidence in clinical practice.

Approach: Academic health science schools and health service settings share common elements of their missions: to educate, participate in research, and excel in healthcare delivery, but differences in the business models, incentives, and approaches to problem solving can lead to differences in priorities. Thus, academic and health service settings do not naturally align their leadership structures or work processes.

Curbing the cardiovascular disease epidemic: aligning industry, government, payers, and academics.

Despite decades of progress in the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of cardiovascular disease, its prevalence continues to grow in both developed and developing countries. We have constructed a model, the "cycle of quality," which connects the innovation of initial scientific discovery with validated methods of translating research into effective delivery. This model can serve as a basis for evaluating proposed efforts to improve interactions among private and public aspects of health care to accelerate development and appropriate adoption of new treatments, and to achieve greater penetration of effective behavioral therapies and established technologies, resulting in major improvements in cardiovascular health.

The measurement and impact of childhood teasing in a sample of young adults.

This study examined the psychometric properties of the Teasing Questionnaire-Revised (TQ-R) and the relationships among recalled childhood teasing and current psychosocial distress in 414 undergraduate students. Participants were administered the TQ-R, Beck Depression Inventory-II, State-Trait Anxiety Inventory-Trait Version, Brief Fear of Negative Evaluation Scale, and UCLA Loneliness Scale. Confirmatory factor analysis supported a five-factor model assessing teasing related to performance, academic issues, social behavior, family background, and appearance.

Factor structure, concurrent validity, and internal consistency of the Beck Depression Inventory-Second Edition in a sample of college students.

We examined the psychometric properties of the Beck Depression Inventory-Second Edition (BDI-II) [Beck et al., 1996, San Antonio: The Psychological Corporation]. Four hundred fourteen undergraduate students at two public universities participated.

Effects of the presence of others on food intake: a normative interpretation.

The authors review the effect of the presence of others on food intake. In social facilitation studies, people tend to eat more in groups than when alone. In modeling studies, the presence of others may facilitate or inhibit intake, depending on how much these other people eat.

Cognitive-behavioral treatment of social phobia: new advances.

Cognitive-behavioral treatment (CBT) for social phobia is an effective treatment for many patients, but some patients do not benefit from the treatments and many remain symptomatic. Therefore, researchers have been examining techniques that may improve treatment outcome. In this paper, recent psychopathology and treatment outcome research, much of which supports the expectation that a second-generation CBT treatment may further improve outcome, are discussed.

The relationship between memories for childhood teasing and anxiety and depression in adulthood.

This study explored the relationship between memories for childhood teasing and anxiety and depression in adulthood. A Teasing Questionnaire (TQ) was developed that measured the degree to which people recall having been teased about 20 different topics during childhood. The TQ was completed by a sample of 514 undergraduates who also completed established measures of anxiety and depression.