Background Low-level laser treatment (LLLT) was thought to increase bone quality during osseointegration when combined with dental implants. However, there is no sufficient information on its impact on dental implants in diabetics. Osteoprotegerin (OPG) has been described as a marker for bone turnover to determine implant prognosis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The risk of tuberculosis is increased in solid organ transplantation. Rates remain high in developed and developing countries. We developed protocols to better identify transplant recipients at risk of tuberculosis and initiate interventions to prevent tuberculosis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe brain is a large-scale complex network often referred to as the "connectome". Cognitive functions and information processing are mainly based on the interactions between distant brain regions. However, most of the 'feature extraction' methods used in the context of Brain Computer Interface (BCI) ignored the possible functional relationships between different signals recorded from distinct brain areas.
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