ELECTROMYOGRAPHIC EVALUATION OF THE EFFECT OF LINED DENTURES ON MASTICATORY MUSCLE ACTIVITY IN EDENTULOUS SUBJECTS

Electromyographic Evaluation of the Effect of Lined Dentures on Masticatory Muscle Activity in Edentulous Subjects

Aim: The purpose of this study was to examine changes in relative electromyographic (EMG) activities of temporal and masseter muscles after relining the dentures with silicone and acrylic-resin based denture liners.Materials and Methods: Conventional complete dentures were fabricated for 20 edentulous patients.One month after completing adjustments

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Improving the Robustness of Variable Selection and Predictive Performance of Regularized Generalized Linear Models and Cox Proportional Hazard Models

High-dimensional data applications often entail the use of various statistical and machine-learning algorithms to identify an optimal signature based on biomarkers and other patient characteristics that predicts the desired clinical outcome in biomedical research.Both the composition and predictive performance of such biomarker signatures are criti

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Severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus 2 in domesticated animals and its potential of transmission: A meta-analysis

Background and Aim: The coronavirus Power Banks diseases-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has caused a global lockdown, which has limited the mobility of the public, and thus, more time is spent with their pets.Unfortunately, many social media have blamed pet animals as a reservoir of severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the etiolo

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