Background and objectives: Although the main objective of any orthodontic treatment is to correct malocclusion, a range of psychosocial and/or esthetic factors drive patients to undergo orthodontic treatment.The aim of the present study was to analyze variations in oral health-related quality of life (OHRQL) levels in patients undergoing orthodonti
Evidence from ileum and liver transcriptomes of resistance to high-salt and water-deprivation conditions in camel
Abstract Camels have evolved various resistance characteristics adaptive to their desert habitats.In the present study, we used high-throughput sequencing to investigate stress-induced alternative splicing events as well as different genes involved in resistance to water deprivation and salt absorption in the ileum and liver in Camelus bactrianus.T
Could posture reflect welfare state? A study using geometric morphometrics in riding school horses.
Despite the fact that animal posture is known to reflect emotional state, the presence of chronic postures associated with poor welfare has not been investigated with an objective tool for measuring, quantifying and comparing postures.The use of morphometric geometrics (GM) to describe horse posture (profile of the dorsum) has shown to be an effect
Equally able, differently looking: discrimination and physical violence against persons with albinism in Ghana
Albinism, an inherited condition from birth as a result of the lack of melanin pigment which usually changes the colour of the skin, hair and eyes, is usually greeted with resentment in most African communities.In Ghana, Patio Occasional Table some communities and families consider it a misfortune to give birth to Albinos and hence, attempts are ma