PURPOSE : To investigate the root and canal morphology of mandibular second molars, including anatomical variations, in a Black South African population using two classification systems. METHODS : Cone-beam computed ...

The idea behind density-based clustering is to associate groups to the connected components of the level sets of the density of the data to be estimated by a nonparametric method. This approach claims some advantages over ...

BACKGROUND : In rugby, the shoulder contributes to attack/defence during collisions, tackling, falling, scrummaging, and mauling. We investigated the frequency, tissue, and pathology type of shoulder injuries per player ...

Limited research focusing on the cognitive strategies that support the resilience of teachers in a world pandemic has been conducted. By employing a sequential explanatory mixed method research design, this study was ...

Many factors can lead to an increase in the prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MetS) in different populations. Using an advanced structural equation model (SEM), this study is aimed to determine the most important risk ...

Individuals are different in a relatively constant pattern of thoughts, feeling, and behaviors, which are called personality traits. Mental health is a condition of well-being in which people may reach their full potential ...

Many researchers have shown interest in profile monitoring; however, most of the applications in this field of research are developed under the assumption of normal response variable. Little attention has been given to ...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS : Reduction of alcohol consumption is important for people undergoing treatment for HIV. We tested the efficacy of a brief intervention for reducing the average volume of alcohol consumed among patients ...

Several studies have shown that twin birth contributes substantially to infant and child mortality mainly in resource-poor countries. The excess rates among twins call for research in statistical modeling to identify the ...

There is no literature on outlier-robust parametric mixed-effects quantile regression models for continuous proportion data as an alternative to systematically identifying and eliminating outliers. To fill this gap, ...