Impact of shortened dental arch therapy on nutritional status and treatment costs in older adults: A systematic review.

Objective: This review was undertaken to evaluate, whether a shortened dental arch (SDA) was a good alternative to a conventional prosthodontic rehabilitation (RPD) in older adults when nutritional and economic factors are compared.

Data: A total of 92 studies were included for the full-text analysis, and finally 4 reports from two RCTs qualified for data extraction and analysis. The final search update was performed on 06.

[Frequency Distribution and Risk Factors for Latent Tuberculosis in Contact Persons: Cologne 2012-2016].

Background:  As part of tuberculosis control and the WHO end-TB strategy, contact persons of tuberculosis patients in Germany are examined for a possible infection with latent tuberculosis (LTBI). Activation of LTBI contributes a considerable proportion of newly reported tuberculosis cases in low-incidence countries such as Germany. Therefore, the aim is to detect cases of LTBI and, through chemopreventive treatment of these cases, prevent future, post-primary, active tuberculosis.

Brassinosteroids Influence Arabidopsis Hypocotyl Graviresponses through Changes in Mannans and Cellulose.

The force of gravity is a constant environmental factor. Plant shoots respond to gravity through negative gravitropism and gravity resistance. These responses are essential for plants to direct the growth of aerial organs away from the soil surface after germination and to keep an upright posture above ground.

Spatio-Temporal Distribution of Tuberculosis in an Urban Setting in Germany.

Background:  Big cities in Europe have the highest incidence rates of TB in otherwise low incidence settings. Understanding of the spatio-temporal patterns of TB incidence can support efforts for TB prevention and control in line with the End-TB Strategy of the WHO in such settings for low incidence settings.

Methods:  Data from the municipal TB register of Cologne collected between 2006 and 2015 under the infection prevention legislation were retrieved, addresses geographically identified and all notified incident TB cases retrospectively analysed for their spatial and temporal distribution in this large German city using a geographic information system.

[Contact Investigation in Active Tuberculosis and Management of Latent TB Infection: 5-year Analysis at a German City Health Authority].

Background: As part of the German TB control program, health authorities conduct investigations among contacts of patients with active tuberculosis based on the infection prevention legislation, to identify potential infections among these persons. The aim of this study was to analyze retrospectively procedures of the city health authority Cologne, in cases of newly diagnosed latent TB infection (LTBI) over a 5-year period.

Methods: Data from the Cologne City Health Authority on contact investigations of TB cases between July 1 2012 und December 31 2016 were analyzed.

Prevalence of latent TB infection among asylum seekers in emergency accommodation in Cologne, Germany.

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A Mechanism for Sustained Cellulose Synthesis during Salt Stress.

Abiotic stress, such as salinity, drought, and cold, causes detrimental yield losses for all major plant crop species. Understanding mechanisms that improve plants' ability to produce biomass, which largely is constituted by the plant cell wall, is therefore of upmost importance for agricultural activities. Cellulose is a principal component of the cell wall and is synthesized by microtubule-guided cellulose synthase enzymes at the plasma membrane.

Transcript and metabolite profiling for the evaluation of tobacco tree and poplar as feedstock for the bio-based industry.

The global demand for food, feed, energy and water poses extraordinary challenges for future generations. It is evident that robust platforms for the exploration of renewable resources are necessary to overcome these challenges. Within the multinational framework MultiBioPro we are developing biorefinery pipelines to maximize the use of plant biomass.

Higher plant calreticulins have acquired specialized functions in Arabidopsis.

Background: Calreticulin (CRT) is a ubiquitous ER protein involved in multiple cellular processes in animals, such as protein folding and calcium homeostasis. Like in animals, plants have evolved divergent CRTs, but their physiological functions are less understood. Arabidopsis contains three CRT proteins, where the two CRTs AtCRT1a and CRT1b represent one subgroup, and AtCRT3 a divergent member.