Examining the effects of early patient care and biomedical science integration on predoctoral dental student competence and confidence.

Introduction: Our study investigates early experiential learning as a method of curricular integration by allowing students to begin their clinical experience in the first year of the programme, as well as distributing biomedical classes throughout the predoctoral dental school curriculum.

Materials And Methods: This study utilises a quasi-experimental design with two different groups, Standard Curriculum Group and Integrated Curriculum Group, n = 87. Data were collected from 2017 to 2021.

Wind Tunnel and Field Evaluation of Trapping Efficiency of Semiochemical Baited Camera-Traps for Capturing Codling Moth (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae).

Sex pheromone baited monitoring traps are a critical tool for integrated pest management decisions against many insects, particularly codling moths (Cydia pomonella L.). The addition of cameras for remote monitoring has the potential to enhance the usefulness of these important tools.

Relationship between balance confidence and social engagement in people with multiple sclerosis.

Objective: To evaluate the relationships among patient-reported balance confidence and social satisfaction and social participation in people with multiple sclerosis (pwMS).

Methods: 75 ambulatory pwMS who had sustained at least two falls or near falls in the prior two months self-reported their balance confidence (Activities-specific Balance Confidence (ABC) questionnaire) and social satisfaction and participation (Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) measures). Correlations between the ABC and PROMIS measures were examined using Spearman's rank correlation.

Free From Falls education and exercise program for reducing falls in people with multiple sclerosis: A randomized controlled trial.

Background: People with multiple sclerosis (PwMS) fall frequently. Community-delivered exercise and education reduce falls in older adults, but their efficacy in multiple sclerosis (MS) is unknown.

Objectives: To evaluate the impact of the Free From Falls (FFF) group education and exercise program on falls in PwMS.

Photo-uncaging a Ru(II) intercalator photodecomposition of a bridged Mn(I) photoCORM.

A Ru(ii) intercalating complex capped with a Mn(i) photoCORM allows for a new mode of DNA intercalator delivery. The steric bulk of the Mn(i) photoCORM inhibits intercalation in the dark, and visible light irradiation (470 nm) dissociates the photoCORM, allowing for DNA intercalation of the Ru(ii) complex.