Odontogenic Keratocyst

Purpose: to review in detail various aspects of odontogenic keratocyst, emphasizing recent nomenclature, clinical, histopathological, recurrence, and management of odontogenic keratocyst. Methods: To achieve the objective of this review, a manual search was done in hard copy books of oral and maxillofacial pathology, and an electronic search was done in the google website, oral and maxillofacial pathology E-books, virtual database sites, such as PubMed, Research Gate, Academia, and Google scholar using the descriptors: odontogenic cyst, kerato odontogenic tumor, odontogenic keratocyst, and jaws cystic lesion. The eligibility criteria for selecting articles were: to be in the English language, studies published in journals, or indexed in these databases until 2021. Exclusion criteria were: articles in any languages other than English, studies presented in duplicate between the bases, whose theme did not contemplate the objective proposed in this review, or those not available in the digital environment. Data collection occurred from October to December 2020, followed by a thorough evaluation of the studies found, including an exploratory, selective, analytical, and interpretative reading. Summary and conclusions: the odontogenic keratocyst is noteworthy because of its unusual growth pattern, the tendency to recur, and association with an inherited syndrome. The renaming of odontogenic keratocysts as keratocystic odontogenic tumors has been one of the most debatable changes in the terminology of odontogenic lesions in recent years. Early diagnose of this lesion is important to perform the more conservative treatment. A wait-and-see policy, with yearly follow-up for the first five years and every two years after that, is strongly advocated.

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Olfactory and gustatory dysfunction in 2019 novel coronavirus: An updated systematic review and meta-analysis

10.21203/rs.3.rs-44648/v1 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Marzieh Esmaeili ◽

Fatemeh Abdi ◽

Gita Shafiee ◽

Hadis Rastad ◽

Hamid Asayesh ◽

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Keyword(s):

Systematic Review ◽

English Language ◽

Meta Analysis ◽

Random Effect ◽

Eligibility Criteria ◽

Language Studies ◽

Pooled Prevalence ◽

Comprehensive Search ◽

Novel Coronavirus

Abstract BackgroundEvidence showed that partial or complete loss of smell and taste might be a possible primary symptom of the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19). This study aimed to systematically review and pool all available evidence on the olfactory and gustatory dysfunction in COVID-19 patients. MethodsIn this systematic review, a comprehensive search was carried out systematically through e-databases including PubMed, EMBASE, Scopus, and Web of Science (WoS); that was limited to English-language studies published from 2019 up to 6th May 2020. Afterward, all studies reported the taste and smell dysfunction in the COVID-19 patients were included. The quality of the studies was assessed by the Mixed Methods Appraisal Tool (MMAT). The pooled prevalence of olfactory and gustatory dysfunction was estimated using the random effects meta-analysis method.ResultsAmong 28 eligible included studies in this systematic review, finally, 22 studies met the eligibility criteria and were included in the meta-analysis. According to the random effect meta-analysis, the global pooled prevalence (95% confidence interval) of any olfactory dysfunction, anosmia, and hyposmia was 55% (40%-70%), 40% (22%-57%), and 40% (20%-61%) respectively. The pooled estimated prevalence of any gustatory dysfunction, ageusia, and dysgeusia was 41% (23%-59%), 31% (3%-59%), and 34% (19%-48%) respectively. ConclusionOlfactory and gustatory dysfunction is prevalent among COVID-19 patients. Therefore, olfactory and gustatory dysfunction seems to be part of important symptoms and notify for the diagnosis of COVID-19, especially in the early phase of the infection.

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The Main Infrastructure for Better Dental Implant Management: A Systematic Review on Dental Implant Registries

10.21203/rs.2.16487/v1 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Roya Naemi(Former Corresponding Author) ◽

Hamid Reza Barikani ◽

Leila Shahmoradi(New Corresponding Author)

Keyword(s):

Systematic Review ◽

Dental Implant ◽

English Language ◽

Web Of Science ◽

Data Sources ◽

Complication Management ◽

English Studies ◽

Language Studies ◽

Registry System ◽

Data Elements

Abstract Background The importance of dental implant registry system has been well documented. However, no systematic review on the dental implant registry system can be found in the literature. Therefore, the aim of this study is to review the dental implant registry system to determine the goals, data elements, reports, data sources, capabilities and institutions that develop dental implant registry system.Methods A systematic study was conducted in PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science and Embase databases. Also, samples of dental implant registry system were searched in Google and were included into the study. For evaluating the dental implant registry system, all English language studies were examined without time limitation. Non-English studies and papers such as conference abstracts were excluded.Results The primary search identified 16905 articles. After eliminating duplicates, full texts of 53 retrieved articles were reviewed by the researchers and finally, 15 studies were included in this review. In this review, the goals of dental implant registry system were determined to be surveillance, complication management and etc. Also, the data elements of dental implant registry system were include patient information, implant information, etc.Conclusion The results of this study provide dentists and other stakeholders with useful dataset on the development of dental implant registry system. It also provides a framework of the goals, characteristics, data elements and reports, data sources, and capabilities of dental implant registry system. The establishment of dental implant registry system will allow the control of complications of dental implants in the future.Systematic review registration CRD42019126424

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Students of Today Changing English Language Studies of Yesterday

ELOPE English Language Overseas Perspectives and Enquiries ◽

10.4312/elope.12.2.175-189 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 12 (2) ◽

pp. 175-189

Author(s):

Irena Vodopija-Krstanović ◽

Maja Brala Vukanović

Keyword(s):

English Language ◽

Bologna Process ◽

Language Education ◽

Primary Data ◽

English Studies ◽

English Language Education ◽

Language Studies ◽

Economic Trends ◽

The University ◽

The Bologna Process

In recent times, concern has been expressed as to whether English Language Studies are in tune with the wider social, political, technological and economic trends, and the latest developments in applied linguistics and English language education. In line with these views, the aim of this study is to explore – by means of interviews with 25 English majors from the University of Rijeka – the students’ expectations with respect to the skills and competencies (to be) developed in their course of English studies, their relevance to the job market, as well as the teaching approaches and methods used to reach these learning outcomes. By comparing and contrasting the emerging educational trends triggered by the Bologna Process with primary data collected in our interviews, we focus on the implications that our results might have in terms of introducing changes to traditional English Language Studies educational paradigms.

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Measuring Sleep in the Intensive Care Unit: A Critical Appraisal of the Use of Subjective Methods

Journal of Intensive Care Medicine ◽

10.1177/0885066617712197 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 34 (9) ◽

pp. 751-760 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Emma L. Jeffs ◽

Julie L. Darbyshire

Keyword(s):

Intensive Care Unit ◽

Intensive Care ◽

Data Collection ◽

English Language ◽

Adult Population ◽

Subjective Assessment ◽

Validity And Reliability ◽

Eligibility Criteria ◽

Language Studies ◽

Sleep Measurement

Objectives:To collate and appraise the use of subjective measures to assess sleep in the intensive care unit (ICU).Design:A systematic search and critical review of the published literature.Data Sources:Medline, Scopus, and Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature were searched using combinations of the key words “Sleep,” “Critical Care,” “Intensive Care,” and “Sleep Disorders,” and this was complemented by hand searching the most recent systematic reviews on related topics.Study Eligibility Criteria:Papers were limited to non-gray English-language studies of the adult population, published in the last 10 years.Outcome Measures:Primary outcomes were the number and categorization of quantitative studies reporting measures of sleep, the number of participants for each data collection method, and a synthesis of related material to appraise the use of survey tools commonly used for sleep measurement in the ICU.Results:Thirty-eight papers reported quantitative empirical data collection on sleep, 17 of which used a primary method of subjective assessment of sleep by the patient or nurse. Thirteen methods of subjective sleep assessment were identified. Many of these tools lacked validity and reliability testing.Conclusions:Research using questionnaires to assess sleep is commonplace in light of practical barriers to polysomnography or other measures of sleep. A methodologically sound approach to tool development and testing is crucial to gather meaningful data, and this robust approach was lacking in many cases. Further research measuring sleep subjectively in ICU should use the Richards Campbell Sleep Questionnaire, and researchers should maintain a commitment to transparency in describing methods.

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Chasing the Anchor: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Perceptual Anchoring Deficits in Developmental Dyslexia

10.31234/osf.io/amzpj ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Kurt D Shulver ◽

Nicholas A Badcock

Keyword(s):

Systematic Review ◽

Reading Ability ◽

English Language ◽

Prediction Interval ◽

Meta Analysis ◽

Visual Assessment ◽

Individual Performance ◽

Future Research ◽

Significant Heterogeneity ◽

Eligibility Criteria

We report the results of a systematic review and meta-analysis investigating the relationship between perceptual anchoring and dyslexia. Our goal was to assess the direction and degree of effect between perceptual anchoring and reading ability in typical and atypical (dyslexic) readers. We performed a literature search of experiments explicitly assessing perceptual anchoring and reading ability using PsycInfo (Ovid, 1860 to 2020), MEDLINE (Ovid, 1860 to 2019), EMBASE (Ovid, 1883 to 2019), and PubMed for all available years up to June (2020). Our eligibility criteria consisted of English-language articles and, at minimum, one experimental group identified as dyslexic - either by reading assessment at the time, or by previous diagnosis. We assessed for risk of bias using an adapted version of the Newcastle-Ottawa scale. Six studies were included in this review, but only five (n = 280 participants) were included in the meta-analysis (we were unable to access the necessary data for one study).The overall effect was negative, large and statistically significant; g = -0.87, 95% CI [-1.47, 0.27]: a negative effect size indicating less perceptual anchoring in dyslexic versus non-dyslexic groups. Visual assessment of funnel plot and Egger’s test suggest minimal bias but with significant heterogeneity; Q (4) = 9.70, PI (prediction interval) [-2.32, -0.58]. The primary limitation of the current review is the small number of included studies. We discuss methodological limitations, such as limited power, and how future research may redress these concerns. The variability of effect sizes appears consistent with the inherent variability within subtypes of dyslexia. This level of dispersion seems indicative of the how we define cut-off thresholds between typical reading and dyslexia populations, but also the methodological tools we use to investigate individual performance.

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Covid-19 and Autoimmune Diseases: A Systematic Review of Reported Cases

Current Rheumatology Reviews ◽

10.2174/1573397116666201029155856 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 16 ◽

Author(s):

Mariam Ahmed Saad ◽

Mostafa Alfishawy ◽

Mahmoud Nassar ◽

Mahmoud Mohamed ◽

Ignatius N Esene ◽

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Keyword(s):

Systematic Review ◽

Autoimmune Disease ◽

Kawasaki Disease ◽

Autoimmune Diseases ◽

English Language ◽

Clinical Evidence ◽

Eligibility Criteria ◽

Thrombocytopenic Purpura ◽

Pubmed Database ◽

Viral Illness

Introduction: Over 4.9 million cases of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) have been confirmed since the worldwide pandemic began. Since the emergence of COVID-19, a number of confirmed cases reported autoimmune manifestations. Herein, we reviewed the reported COVID-19 cases with associated autoimmune manifestations. Methods: We searched PubMed database using all available keyword for COVID-19. All related studies between January 1st, 2020 to May 22nd, 2020 were reviewed. Only studies published in English language were considered. Articles were screened based on titles and abstract. All reports of confirmed COVID-19 patients who have associated clinical evidence of autoimmune disease were selected. Results: Among 10006 articles, searches yielded, Thirty-two relevant articles for full-text assessment. Twenty studies meet the eligibility criteria. The twenty eligible articles reported 33 cases of confirmed COVID-19 diagnosis who developed an autoimmune disease after the onset of covid-19 symptoms. Ages of patients varied from a 6 months old infant to 89 years old female (Mean=53.9 years of 28 cases); five cases had no information regarding their age. The time between symptoms of viral illness and onset of autoimmune symptoms ranged from 2 days to 33 days (Mean of the 33 cases=9.8 days). Autoimmune diseases were one case of subacute thyroiditis (3%), two cases of Kawasaki Disease (6.1%), three cases of coagulopathy and antiphospholipid syndrome (9.1%), three cases of immune thrombocytopenic purpura (9.1%), eight cases of autoimmune hemolytic anemia (24.2%), and sixteen cases of Guillain–Barré syndrome (48.5%). Conclusions: COVID-19 has been implicated in the development in a range of autoimmune diseases which may shed a light on the association between autoimmune diseases and infections.

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Diversity in health professional education scholarship: a document analysis of international author representation in leading journals

BMJ Open ◽

10.1136/bmjopen-2020-043970 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 10 (11) ◽

pp. e043970

Author(s):

Brittany Buffone ◽

Ilena Djuana ◽

Katherine Yang ◽

Kyle J Wilby ◽

Maguy S El Hajj ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Health Professional ◽

Professional Education ◽

Teaching And Learning ◽

Western Europe ◽

English Language ◽

Data Extraction ◽

Document Analysis ◽

Original Research ◽

Health Professional Education ◽

Eligibility Criteria

ObjectivesThe global distribution of health professionals and associated training programmes is wide but prior study has demonstrated reported scholarship of teaching and learning arises from predominantly Western perspectives.DesignWe conducted a document analysis to examine authorship of recent publications to explore current international representation.Data sourcesThe table of contents of seven high-impact English-language health professional education journals between 2008 and 2018 was extracted from Embase.Eligibility criteriaThe journals were selected according to highest aggregate ranking across specific scientific impact indices and stating health professional education in scope; only original research and review articles from these publications were included for analysis.Data extraction and synthesisThe table of contents was extracted and eligible publications screened by independent reviewers who further characterised the geographic affiliations of the publishing research teams and study settings (if applicable).ResultsA total 12 018 titles were screened and 7793 (64.8%) articles included. Most were collaborations (7048, 90.4%) conducted by authors from single geographic regions (5851, 86%). Single-region teams were most often formed from countries in North America (56%), Northern Europe (14%) or Western Europe (10%). Overall lead authorship from Asian, African or South American regions was less than 15%, 5% and 1%, respectively. Geographic representation varied somewhat by journal, but not across time.ConclusionsDiversity in health professional education scholarship, as marked by nation of authors’ professional affiliations, remains low. Under-representation of published research outside Global North regions limits dissemination of novel ideas resulting in unidirectional flow of experiences and a concentrated worldview of teaching and learning.

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Ionizing Radiation Protein Biomarkers in Normal Tissue and Their Correlation to Radiosensitivity: A Systematic Review

Journal of Personalized Medicine ◽

10.3390/jpm11020140 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (2) ◽

pp. 140

Author(s):

Prabal Subedi ◽

Maria Gomolka ◽

Simone Moertl ◽

Anne Dietz

Keyword(s):

Systematic Review ◽

Ionizing Radiation ◽

Normal Tissue ◽

English Language ◽

Kinase Inhibitor ◽

Personalised Medicine ◽

Model Systems ◽

Second Phase ◽

Limited Information ◽

Eligibility Criteria

Background and objectives: Exposure to ionizing radiation (IR) has increased immensely over the past years, owing to diagnostic and therapeutic reasons. However, certain radiosensitive individuals show toxic enhanced reaction to IR, and it is necessary to specifically protect them from unwanted exposure. Although predicting radiosensitivity is the way forward in the field of personalised medicine, there is limited information on the potential biomarkers. The aim of this systematic review is to identify evidence from a range of literature in order to present the status quo of our knowledge of IR-induced changes in protein expression in normal tissues, which can be correlated to radiosensitivity. Methods: Studies were searched in NCBI Pubmed and in ISI Web of Science databases and field experts were consulted for relevant studies. Primary peer-reviewed studies in English language within the time-frame of 2011 to 2020 were considered. Human non-tumour tissues and human-derived non-tumour model systems that have been exposed to IR were considered if they reported changes in protein levels, which could be correlated to radiosensitivity. At least two reviewers screened the titles, keywords, and abstracts of the studies against the eligibility criteria at the first phase and full texts of potential studies at the second phase. Similarly, at least two reviewers manually extracted the data and accessed the risk of bias (National Toxicology Program/Office for Health Assessment and Translation—NTP/OHAT) for the included studies. Finally, the data were synthesised narratively in accordance to synthesis without meta analyses (SWiM) method. Results: In total, 28 studies were included in this review. Most of the records (16) demonstrated increased residual DNA damage in radiosensitive individuals compared to normo-sensitive individuals based on γH2AX and TP53BP1. Overall, 15 studies included proteins other than DNA repair foci, of which five proteins were selected, Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), Caspase 3, p16INK4A (Cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor 2A, CDKN2A), Interleukin-6, and Interleukin-1β, that were connected to radiosensitivity in normal tissue and were reported at least in two independent studies. Conclusions and implication of key findings: A majority of studies used repair foci as a tool to predict radiosensitivity. However, its correlation to outcome parameters such as repair deficient cell lines and patients, as well as an association to moderate and severe clinical radiation reactions, still remain contradictory. When IR-induced proteins reported in at least two studies were considered, a protein network was discovered, which provides a direction for further studies to elucidate the mechanisms of radiosensitivity. Although the identification of only a few of the commonly reported proteins might raise a concern, this could be because (i) our eligibility criteria were strict and (ii) radiosensitivity is influenced by multiple factors. Registration: PROSPERO (CRD42020220064).

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“Twenty Years of Studies in Sport Humanities – a Look at the Journal’s Archival Issues”

Studies in Sport Humanities ◽

10.5604/01.3001.0014.8904 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 28 ◽

pp. 7-12

Author(s):

Joanna Basiaga-Pasternak ◽

Jan Blecharz

Keyword(s):

English Language ◽

Present Form ◽

International Studies ◽

Language Studies

In the text, it is shows how the journal – Studia Humanistyczne [Eng. Humanistic Studies] has changed, initially published as Zeszyty Naukowe [Eng. Scientifi c Notebooks], then as an independent periodical, to fi nally assume the form of the English-language Studies in Sport Humanities. The stages of the Journal’s operation, managed by successive Editors-in-Chief, were presented. It was showed who comprised the Editorial Board and what modifi cations the Journal underwent to fi nally take the present form of international Studies in Sport Humanities.

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From Hard-Copy to Digital Law via “Illustrated Courtrooms”: Visualising the History of Legal English

Pólemos ◽

10.1515/pol-2017-0013 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 11 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Matteo Nicolini

Keyword(s):

English Language ◽

Body Politic ◽

The Body ◽

Hard Copy ◽

Legal Language ◽

History Of ◽

Judicial Proceedings ◽

Three Stages ◽

The Law ◽

Digital Law

Abstract This essay addresses different patterns of the visualisation of the law. It examines how scholars attempt to depict, represent, and perform the law and its founding authority. It also focuses on the pragmatics of legal language: written and spoken standard legal English are pragmatically enriched within contexts where the law is interpreted, uttered, or performed. The linguistic notion of “context” discloses the interrelations between the agendas of law and power and reveals how the law conveys its content to the body politic as its ultimate addressee. It then proposes a renewed concept of legal linguistics. In order to determine the different ideologies underpinning the evolution of English legal language, as well as its prototypical forms of the visualisation of the law, three stages in the history of the English language will be examined: Late Middle English, Early Modern English, and Contemporary English. Each of these stages will be likened to the different parts of judicial proceedings. This will allow us to examine how English legal language has been used in a specific context, the trial, where the law is both uttered and performed.

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