A study on digital tooth preparation assessment software in undergraduate pre-clinical skills teaching.

Introduction: Aims This research aims to evaluate the effectiveness and efficiency of the PrepCheck digital system as an additional feedback tool in enhancing undergraduate dental students' tooth preparation skills and its potential to enhance students' learning experience.

Material And Methods: A total of 55 BDS3 students attending the "Crowns Course" and divided into three groups participated in the study. One group (n = 24) was randomly selected as the case group and received feedback using the digital tooth preparation analysis system, PrepCheck, alongside standard visual assessment.

Expression of aquaporin and Na/K-ATPase in gill and gut cells of the shrimp Palaemon argentinus regulated by ecdysone.

The crustacean molting cycle is triggered by the elevation of ecdysteroid levels in the hemolymph during late pre-molt. It is known that these animals absorb water through the intestine and gills to promote bodily swelling and rupture of the old exoskeleton. The participation of two membrane proteins responsible for the most uptake of water during the late pre-molt has been shown in the gill and gut cells of the freshwater shrimp Palaemon argentinus: Na/K-ATPase (NKA), which generates an osmoionic gradient, and Aquaporins (AQPs), water channels, which provide higher water permeability.

Mycotic aneurysms due to Burkholderia pseudomallei in Far North Queensland, tropical Australia: A case series and review of the literature.

Since 2019, Burkholderia pseudomallei has been the most common cause of mycotic aneurysm at Cairns Hospital in tropical Australia. Among 233 culture-confirmed cases of melioidosis since this time, 8 (3.4 %) were diagnosed with a mycotic aneurysm.