Aim: The aim of the study was to explore the use of storytelling as a teaching method for emotional competence interventions within undergraduate dental curriculum (dental and dental hygiene students).<p> <p>Materials and Methods: Students participated in five sessions related to emotional competence: one theoretical and four practical. During the latter, divided in small groups, students told ...

<p>Bakgrunn: Hidrosadenitt (HS) er en kronisk inflammatorisk hudsykdom som kjennetegnes av et svingende forløp med hyppige residiv av smertefulle lesjoner. Tilstanden er en klinisk utfordring, spesielt da informasjon om best tilgjengelig behandling av disse utbruddene er vanskelig tilgjengelig for klinikere. Formålet med oppgaven er å undersøke dokumentasjonen bak disse behandlingsformene, også med ...

<p><b> Context</b> Inflammation is proposed to influence tumor response in radiotherapy (RT). Clinical studies to investigate the relationship between inflammatory markers and RT response is warranted to understand the variable RT efficacy in patients with painful bone metastases. <p><b> Objectives</b> To evaluate the association between inflammatory markers and analgesic response to RT in ...

Avalanche decision-making falls into two general categories; probabilistic approaches and analytical approaches. Analytical approaches have traditionally been considered applicable to experts only, as they require assessing risk factors precisely and understanding their relevance in each situation. In this study we question this assumption. We asked 1,220 amateur backcountry recreationalists how ...

In this study, the potential of gaseous fuels such as hydrogen, methane, and hythane in combination with diesel fuel is assessed in a closed loop thermodynamic framework. An experimental test is conducted with basic diesel fuel and then the model is configured based on the realistic one-cylinder diesel engine to evaluate the robustness and reliability of the simulation. The model is accurate in terms ...

Acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) cells interact and modulate components of their surrounding microenvironment into their own benefit. Stromal cells have been shown to support AML survival and progression through various mechanisms. Nonetheless, whether AML cells could establish beneficial metabolic interactions with stromal cells is underexplored. By using a combination of human AML cell lines and AML ...

Inhibitory control is the capacity to withhold or suppress a thought or action intentionally. The anterior Midcingulate Cortex (aMCC) participates in response inhibition, a proxy measure of inhibitory control. Recent research suggests that response inhibition is modulated by individual variability in the aMCC sulcal morphology. However, no study has investigated if this phenomenon is associated with ...

Recently, subgraphs-enhanced Graph Neural Networks (SGNNs) have been introduced to enhance the expressive power of Graph Neural Networks (GNNs), which was proved to be not higher than the 1-dimensional Weisfeiler-Leman isomorphism test. The new paradigm suggests using subgraphs extracted from the input graph to improve the model’s expressiveness, but the additional complexity exacerbates an ...

The mechanical properties of quartz are fundamental to control the plastic behaviour of the continental crust. Our understanding of quartz rheology is still limited in the following respects: i) the large variability of flow law parameters in the earlier literature (stress exponent n = 4 to ≤ 2 and activation energy Q = 120 to 242 kJ/mol), and ii) the difficulty to identify the rate-limiting deformation ...

Snow avalanches endanger lives and infrastructure in mountainous regions worldwide. Consistent and accurate datasets of avalanche events are critical for improving hazard forecasting and understanding the spatial and temporal patterns of avalanche activity. Remote sensing-based identification of avalanche debris allow for the acquisition of continuous and spatially consistent avalanches datasets. ...