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Challenges of Establishing a de novo Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry Service in a Tertiary Hospital : Practical considerations and challenges
(2020)Abstract: Consultation-liaison psychiatry (CLP), also known as psychosomatic medicine, is a subspecialty of psychiatry that focuses on the care of patients with mental health disorders and general medical/surgical conditions. ... -
Challenging the Illusion: Health Equity Amidst New Variants
(2022)HIGHLIGHTS • LMICs with limited capacities and infrastructures have experienced striking and disproportionate public health and economic losses during the COVID-19 pandemic—particularly due to imposed lockdowns and ... -
Change management in higher education: A sequential mixed methods study exploring employees perception
(2023)Background: Higher education institutions need to put change management as a pivotal part of their strategy. The challenge is to effectively contextualize existing change management models to the respective work environment. ... -
Change management in higher education: A sequential mixed methods study exploring employees’ perception
(2023)Abstract: Background: Higher education institutions need to put change management as a pivotal part of their strategy. The challenge is to effectively contextualize existing change management models to the respective ... -
Changes In Children’s Oral-Health-Related Quality Of Life Following Dental Rehabilitation Under General Anesthesia In The United Arab Emirates
(2019)Background: Early Childhood Caries (ECC) is one of the most common childhood diseases in preschool children. Many young pediatric patients with ECC receive Dental treatment under Dental General Anesthesia (DGA). Changes ... -
Changes in incisor relationship over the life course - Findings from a cohort study
(2021)Objective: The aim of this longitudinal cohort study was to investigate the changes in incisor relationship over three decades from adolescence to mid-adulthood. Materials and Methods: The sample included 1,037 ... -
Changes in oral home care and smoking habits during COVID‐19 pandemic: A cross‐sectional study
(2024)Objectives: The coronavirus disease‐19 (COVID‐19) pandemic has caused disruption in the health behavior in many aspects of life. While hand hygiene was promoted as one of the precautionary measures to mitigate and contain ... -
Changes in preschool children’s oral health-related quality of life following restorative dental general anaesthesia
(2020)Background: Early childhood caries is the most common childhood disease in preschool children which often requires dental treatment under restorative dental general anaesthesia (RDGA). Aim: To assess the efect of ... -
Changes in skin blood flow, respiration and blood pressure in participants reporting motion sickness during sinusoidal galvanic vestibular stimulation
(2019)Abstract: We tested the hypothesis that galvanic vestibular stimulation, which produces illusions of side-to side swaying, causes a greater reduction in skin blood flow in participants who report stimulation induced nausea. ... -
Characterisation of a novel SCCmec VI element harbouring fusC in an emerging Staphylococcus aureus strain from the Arabian Gulf region
(2019)Fusidic acid is a steroid antibiotic known since the 1960s. It is frequently used in topical preparations, i.e., ointments, for the treatment of skin and soft tissue infections caused by Staphylococcus aureus. There is an ... -
Characterisation of MicroparticleWaste from Dental Resin-Based Composites
(2021)Abstract: Clinical applications of resin-based composite (RBC) generate environmental pollution in the form of microparticulate waste. Methods: SEM, particle size and specific surface area analysis, FT-IR and potentiometric ... -
Characterisation of S. aureus/ MRSA CC1153 and review of mobile genetic elements carrying the fusidic acid resistance gene fusC
(2021)Abstract: While many data on molecular epidemiology of MRSA are available for North America, Western Europe and Australia, much less is known on the distribution of MRSA clones elsewhere. Here, we describe a poorly known ... -
Characteristics of pediatric dental treatment provided under general anesthesia in Dubai, United Arab Emirates - A retrospective analysis
(2021)Background: Dental general anesthesia (DGA) is a widely used technique in pediatric dentistry. Several researchers have examined their DGA cases and tried to pinpoint the primary cause leading to it. Furthermore, factors ... -
Characterization of Fertility Clinic Attendees in the Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates: A Cross-Sectional Study
(2023)Abstract: This study describes the primary and secondary infertility in patients attending fertility clinics and reports factors associated with primary infertility. A cross-sectional survey was conducted in two fertility ... -
Characterization of Odontoblast-like Cell Phenotype and Reparative Dentin Formation In Vivo: A Comprehensive Literature Review
(2019)Introduction: The primary aim was to explore the criteria used in characterization of reparative cells and mineralized matrices formed after treatment of pulp exposures, and the sequence of relative events. The secondary ... -
Checkpoint molecules on infiltrating immune cells in colorectal tumor microenvironment
(2022-08)Abstract: Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the most prevalent cancer types worldwide, with a high mortality rate due to metastasis. The tumor microenvironment (TME) contains multiple interactions between the tumor and ... -
Child malnutrition in Afghanistan amid a deepening humanitarian crisis
(2022)Abstract: Decades of political turmoil and stifling war, among other issues, has turned Afghanistan into the world’s largest humanitarian crisis. Just 4 months after the Taliban seized control, the majority of the Afghan ... -
Child maltreatment in Dubai and the Northern United Arab Emirates: dental hygienists and assistants’ knowledge
(2021)Purpose: Dental assistants (DAs) and hygienists (DHs) should play an active role in the detection and reporting of child abuse and neglect (CAN). We aimed to investigate CAN knowledge of DAs and DHs in the United Arab ... -
Child perceptions questionnaire: translation, cultural adaptation and initial validation in a Greek adolescent population with malocclusion
(2020)Purpose: Several studies have shown that orthodontic anomalies may afect young people’s Oral Health-Related Quality of Life (OHRQoL). The purpose the present study was to translate in the Greek language, culturally adapt ... -
Children’s dental anxiety (self and proxy reported) and its association with dental behaviour in a postgraduate dental hospital
(2020)Purpose: Child dental anxiety (CDA) and uncooperative dental behaviour are common. We aimed to assess the prevalence of CDA (self- and proxy- reported) in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) children related to their dental ...