The mental health care system for children and adolescents in Greece: a review and structure assessment.

Background: The mental health system in Greece faces challenges to complete its transition to a community-oriented model, having significant concerns for child and adolescent care due to lower coverage and service gaps. This component of the mental health system has not been comprehensively evaluated.

Methods: We conducted a review of the mental health care system for children and adolescents in Greece.

Condemnation of bovine carcasses due to tuberculosis-gross lesions in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil: Associated risk factors.

Surveillance of bovine tuberculosis (bTB) lesions in animals at slaughterhouses is useful for controlling and eradicating the disease, besides providing epidemiological information. This study aimed to identify risk factors for bovine tuberculosis (bTB) condemnation in cattle at slaughterhouses in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. A logistic regression analysis was conducted using data on bTB-related condemnations.

Oral l-ornithine-l-aspartate in minimal hepatic encephalopathy: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial.

Aim: Evaluate efficacy/safety of oral l-ornithine-l-aspartate (LOLA) in controlling minimal hepatic encephalopathy (MHE).

Methods: Consecutive cirrhotic outpatients with MHE (defined by psychometric number connection tests A/B [NCT-A/B] and digit symbol substitution test [DSST] score of >2 standard deviations) were randomized to a 60-day oral LOLA (5 g t.i.

Shear bond strength of metallic and ceramic brackets using color change adhesives.

Objective: To determine the shear bond strength of orthodontic brackets using color change adhesives that are supposed to aid in removing excess of bonding material and compare them to a traditional adhesive.

Methods: Ninety metallic and ninety ceramic brackets were bonded to bovine incisors using two color change adhesives and a regular one. A tensile stress was applied by a universal testing machine.

Influence of heating rate on the microstructure of glass foams.

In the present study, glass foams made of ground soda-lime glass obtained from transparent glass bottles and dolomite were investigated. The objective of this paper was to evaluate the influence of the heating rate on the microstructure of the obtained material and on its properties. The technological characterization of the ceramic bodies involved the determination of the volumetric expansion and average diameter of the pore.