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... Abstract Oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) is a multifaceted concept that surpasses an exclusively clinical perception and includes functional, social, emotional, and environmental issues. The measure of OHRQoL represents a holistic approach for research and clinical practice...

... Abstract Dental caries is the most prevalent oral health disease and affects the health of individual and populations. The conventional disease metrics do not represent the impact of caries on people’s lives. Oral-health-related quality of life measures were developed to help understand which...

... whether differences in newborn body composition between ethnic groups are a consequence of genetic endowment, or intrauterine influences. Progress in this area requires funders and investigators to collaborate to establish high-quality, longitudinal cohort studies designed to have the ability to elicit...

... microbiological safety and biological quality can be ensured. To ensure safety and quality of the final product given to the recipient, an appropriately designed and implemented quality assurance plan is crucial. Although some bioactive milk components are lost to varying degrees with the current heat...

...Key Messages Involvement in a quality improvement network helps in upgrading nutritional care services for better outcomes. Early prenatal education in promoting lactation and breastfeeding is a crucial step in increasing the availability of breast milk in preterm births...

... into consideration. Diet quality does not only depend on the availability and accessibility of food, but also on the food and nutrition knowledge and awareness of consumers and families as well. The double burden of malnutrition, i.e., the coexistence of undernutrition and caloric overnutrition with the quickly...

... and beyond, not only in terms of sufficient dietary energy but also in terms of adequate diet quality? How do these outcomes differ under alternative global development pathways? The recent literature adopts various approaches to assess parts of the answer, such as future food demand, sustainable...

... Abstract An electronic registry is essential for the evaluation of quality of data collection and the clinical outcome related to any medical procedure. At our institution, we developed a new comprehensive electronic quality assurance registry for Gamma Knife radiosurgery. A task force...

... Abstract Quality of life (QoL) is an important consideration in the management of individuals with head and neck cancer. The poor prognosis and significant impact of treatment modalities on function of the salivary glands, larynx and pharynx combine to make hypopharyngeal carcinoma...

... decision making. However, the quality of evidence stemming from clinical trials is frequently poor. Here, the pathway of evidence from basic research to the generation of implementable clinical guidelines will be described. Relevant factors related to trial design and reporting, such as the choice of trial...

..., patients are released from bag exchange for PD, defined as a PD holiday. The effectiveness of combined PD + HD therapy for solute clearance and fluid management has been recognized, but only a few reports have considered whether combined PD + HD therapy improves health-related quality of life (HRQOL...

... for patients requiring CRRT remain suboptimal. The use of information technology coupled with structured quality improvement programs offers a methodology for studying the delivery of CRRT with an eye toward improving outcomes. Furthermore, integration of information from the CRRT treatment can be combined...

... Abstract Continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) is one of the most predominant forms of renal replacement therapy (RRT) currently in use now, this therapy being the initial RRT modality in most critically ill patients. However, in general, the quality of CRRT is still suboptimal...

... Abstract Public partners play a key role when we want to improve nutrition quality. They will not succeed, when they try to achieve the goal alone or tend to dominate other players. In their responsibility for common interests it is up to public partners to moderate and facilitate the multi...

... public health problems in many developing countries [ 1 , 2 ]. Nutritional deficiencies are not only the result of low food quantities consumed, but also of poor dietary quality and diversity. In fact, measures of dietary diversity were shown to be good indicators of people's food security and broader...