scholarly journals 2020: Renewing the Paradigms for Orofacial Pain

Author(s):  
Daniel Chavarría-Bolanos ◽  
Amaury Pozos-Guillén ◽  
Mauricio Montero-Aguilar

In 2020, two important changes were adapted by the international health community: a new definition of pain and a new classification for orofacial pain conditions. With these changes new tasks and challenges also emerged, and clinicians from several disciplines begun to adopt and reconsidered classic paradigms, and the policies derived from them. This new perspective article, examine the new definition of pain proposed by the International Association for the Study of Pain, and the new International Classification of Orofacial Pain; analyzing the positive impact and further perspectives of these.

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (14) ◽  
pp. 7545
Author(s):  
Nikolai Bardarov ◽  
Vladislav Todorov ◽  
Nicole Christoff

The need to identify wood by its anatomical features requires a detailed analysis of all the elements that make it up. This is a significant problem of structural wood science, the most general and complete solution of which is yet to be sought. In recent years, increasing attention has been paid to the use of computer vision methods to automate processes such as the detection, identification, and classification of different tissues and different tree species. The more successful use of these methods in wood anatomy requires a more precise and comprehensive definition of the anatomical elements, according to their geometric and topological characteristics. In this article, we conduct a detailed analysis of the limits of variation of the location and grouping of vessels in the observed microscopic samples. The present development offers criteria and quantitative indicators for defining the terms shape, location, and group of wood tissues. It is proposed to differentiate the quantitative indicators of the vessels depending on their geometric and topological characteristics. Thus, with the help of computer vision technics, it will be possible to establish topological characteristics of wood vessels, the extraction of which would be used to develop an algorithm for the automatic classification of tree species.


2020 ◽  
pp. 28-29
Author(s):  
Paulo Cesar Rodrigues Conti ◽  
Juliana Stuginski Barbosa ◽  
Leonardo R Bonjardim ◽  
Daniela Aparecida de Godoi Gonçalves

Editorial


Author(s):  
Maria Pigg ◽  
Donald R. Nixdorf ◽  
Alan S. Law ◽  
Tara Renton ◽  
Yair Sharav ◽  
...  

Author(s):  
D.R. Kasimov

The article provides a new classification of evaluative concepts enshrined in the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, indicates the purpose of its existence in the doctrine of criminal law. The article describes the definition of constitutive evaluative concepts that are determined as legislatively vague evaluative concepts that, by their normative-essential and functionally-substantive characteristics, are absolute, necessarily alternative, or accompanying structural features of a crime. Through the prism of the features of constitutive evaluative concepts, their varieties, essential features and functions are distinguished; interpretation (including cognitive) meaning is revealed. Moreover, the interpretation features of these evaluative concepts are considered in two interdependent aspects: the structurally-essential (associated with the types, attributes and functions of constitutive evaluative concepts) and the procedural-substantive (associated with the informative and informative activities of the interpreter). It is indicated that the interpretation features of an structurally-essential nature are, firstly, in the composition and criminogenic properties of constitutive evaluative concepts, and secondly, in the semantic structural composition, indicating a meaningful dependence of the evaluative concept on the accompanying structural features of a crime, and thirdly, legally significant functional features. At the same time, interpretative features of a procedural-substantive order are also highlighted, which include, firstly, the need for a paramount definition of the criminogenic determinant, designed to establish the structural features of a crime in a perfect act, and secondly, in an increased degree of normative casuistic derivative of these evaluative concepts. The author comes to the conclusion that constitutive evaluative concepts are interpreted according to the same logical-linguistic and legal laws, but with some marked structurally meaningful features.


2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (35) ◽  
pp. 40-46
Author(s):  
N. V. Latysheva ◽  
E. G. Filatova ◽  
Al. B. Danilov ◽  
R. R. Parsamyan ◽  
E. A. Salina

The diagnosis and treatment of orofacial pain is in many cases a complex task due to difficulties in history taking, multi‑faceted pathology, psychiatric comorbidities and psychosocial factors involved in such pain. Neurologists tend to overdiagnose trigeminal neuralgia. However, other types of neuropathiс orofacial pain are also common. Moreover, neurologists are often unfamiliar with the temporomandibular disorder and tend to neglect this extremely prevalent cause of orofacial pain. Correct understanding of the causes of orofacial pain is vital not only for treatment selection, but also to minimize the risk of adverse events associated with unnecessary madications. Moreover, untreated orofacial pain often becomes chronic and treatment resistant. Many patients in this case would require physical therapy, pharmacological treatments, cognitive behavioral therapy and other support options. The aim of this paper is to review the new International classification of orofacial pain as well as the prevalence, pathophysiology and treatment of the temporomandibular disorder, trigeminal neuralgia, persistent idiopathic facial pain, burning mouth syndrome and other forms of orofacial pain.


2020 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. 251581632096278
Author(s):  
Noboru Imai ◽  
Asami Moriya ◽  
Eiji Kitamura

The International Classification of Orofacial Pain (ICOP) classifies orofacial pain resembling primary headache as orofacial migraine and tension-type, trigeminal autonomic, and neurovascular orofacial pain. We used the ICOP classification style to make a diagnosis on a 76-year-old woman with orofacial pain, which developed only during sleep three times per week, caused awakening, and lasted 3–4 h without cranial autonomic symptoms or restlessness. Except for the pain area, her symptoms fulfilled the diagnostic criteria for hypnic headache. We diagnosed her with orofacial pain resembling hypnic headache. We should review the cases of such patients and classify them according to the ICOP.


2020 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 390-398 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew A. Fanous ◽  
Luis M. Tumialán ◽  
Michael Y. Wang

Kambin’s triangle is an anatomical corridor used to access critical structures in a variety of spinal procedures. It is considered a safe space because it is devoid of vascular and neural structures of importance. Nonetheless, there is currently significant variation in the literature regarding the exact dimensions and anatomical borders of Kambin’s triangle. This confusion was originally caused by leaving the superior articular process (SAP) unassigned in the description of the working triangle, despite Kambin identifying that structure in his original report. The SAP is the most relevant structure to consider when accessing the transforaminal corridor. Leaving the SAP unassigned has led to an open-handed application of the term “Kambin’s triangle.” That single eponym currently has two potential meanings, one meaning for endoscopic surgeons working through a corridor in the intact spine and a second meaning for surgeons accessing the disc space after a complete or partial facetectomy. Nevertheless, an anatomical corridor should have one consistent definition to clearly communicate techniques and use of instrumentation performed through that space. As such, the authors propose a new surgically relevant classification of this corridor. Assigning the SAP a border requires adding another dimension to the triangle, thereby transforming it into a prism. The term “Kambin’s prism” indicates the assignment of a border to all relevant anatomical structures, allowing for a uniform definition of the 3D space. From there, the classification scheme considers the expansion of the corridor and the extent of bone removal, with a particular focus on the SAP.


2020 ◽  
Vol 83/116 (6) ◽  
pp. 602-607
Author(s):  
Pavel Řehulka ◽  
Julie Bartáková ◽  
Markéta Hudečková ◽  
Tomáš Filipovský ◽  
Rudolf Kotas ◽  
...  

2020 ◽  
Vol 54 ◽  
pp. 45
Author(s):  
Juliana Scholtão Luna ◽  
Gina Torres Rego Monteiro ◽  
Rosalina Jorge Koifman ◽  
Anke Bergmann

OBJECTIVE: To review the main instruments of functional assessment and health status cited in the literature to evaluate Brazilian workers and verify the compatibility of their items with the core set for professional rehabilitation. METHODS: A review of the literature was conducted in the main databases in search of articles that used assessment instruments in populations of workers between 2007 and 2017. Subsequently, the contents of the identified instruments were retrieved, and two evaluators analyzed their items to verify the compatibility with the categories of the core set of the International Classification of Functioning for professional rehabilitation. Cohen’s kappa coefficient was used to evaluate the agreement between the evaluators. RESULTS: Five specific and eight generic instruments were selected to evaluate the functioning of workers. The analysis of the items of the total instruments allowed the definition of 58 categories (64.5%) of the core set with minimal overlap: 13 (76.5%) of the body functions component, 29 (72.5%) of the activities and participation component and 16 (49%) environmental factors. CONCLUSIONS: The association of several instruments requires time and makes it difficult to use the classification. The development of instruments with direct association with its categories is essential to operationalize it.


Author(s):  
Dmitry Ruban

Some intra-cratonic basins are traditionally called ?aulacogens?. This term has persisted in the geoscience literature since its invention by Soviet geologists in the mid-20th century before the triumph of the plate tectonics, but its meaning has evolved. Attempts to change its meaning from descriptive to genetic have led to a broad spectrum of opinions on the definition of aulacogens. Some specialists related them to continental rifts, while others have restricted aulacogens to the only particular rift systems or peculiar stages in the evolution of young cratons. The Donets Basin is a typical aulacogen stretching across the southern margin of the East European Craton. A brief review of present knowledge of this basin shows that its nature is rather incompatible with the present understanding of aulacogens. Instead, the new classification of rifts offers a more precise terminology for its exact characteristics. It is suggested that the term ?aulacogen? should only be restricted to those basins for which it has been applied historically.


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