3 research outputs found
Treatments for Recurrent Aphthous Stomatitis: A Literature Review
No full textBackground/Objectives: This literature review aims to provide guidance on the treatment of recurrent aphthous stomatitis (RAS) based on studies published over the past 10 years. Methods: This study included randomized clinical trials involving human patients from 2013 and 2023, published in any language. The trials examined both pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatments for aphthous lesions, mainly focusing on the adult population, with pain management as the primary outcome. The research was conducted using PubMed, EMBASE, and CINHAL databases. Results: Most of the 45 analyzed studies focused on non-pharmacological therapies, which led to positive results with minimal adverse effects or contraindications, even when compared to cortisone-based treatments. Laser therapy also showed excellent results, particularly in the immediate post-treatment period. Non-pharmacological therapies appeared to offer the best risk-benefit ratio for patients suffering from RAS. Conclusions: Treatment should be individualized based on the patient's specific form of RAS, and laser therapy can be used either as a standalone treatment or as an adjunct to other treatments considered in the review
A COMPUTER EMBEDDED CAPACITIVE SENSORS ARRAY
No full textInterdigitate capacitive sensors are promising devices for gas sensing in terms of fabrication costs and ease of integration. The aim of this study was to investigate a novel arrangement of interdigitate capacitors for air quality monitoring with high sensitivity and resolution, using low cost devices at room temperature. The system is fully controlled (through audio device board) by a personal computer which feature represent a great advantage in terms of cost, versatility and ease of use. The paper will describe the characteristics of the interdigitate capacitors, the electronic system and experimental results
Measuring human and Sustainable Development: An Integrated Approach for European Countries
No full textDuring the last few years, sustainable development has represented one of the most important policy goals at global level and how to design specific policy actions, measuring performance and results continues to present a challenge. Scientific research has explored different analysis directions in order to identify a synthetic indicator to evaluate policy planning and achievements that goes beyond traditional income indicators such as Gross Domestic Product (GDP). In consideration of the social dimension of sustainable development, including health, education and employment, the Human Development Index (HDI) of the United Nations Development Programme represents a widely accepted methodology to be used as a starting point for building a more sustainable-oriented development index. The aim of this paper is to identify a numerical measure of what Amartya Sen defined as “sustainable human development” using a human development framework and adapt it taking into account more specific environmental aspects. For this purpose, building a complex Sustainable Human Development Index (SHDI) may be a difficult task because of data availability and the European countries – especially the European Union - could be a useful pilot area for testing the methodology. The most recent efforts of the EU to standardize statistical information at country level enable us to build more complex indicators, including those with economic, social and environmental dimensions. Long-term sustainability requires the maintenance of capital stock to guarantee constant or growing welfare levels. In a human development perspective, the sustainability condition has been directly analysed on the well-being side, assuming that a constant or growing SHDI could be the result of constant growing capital assets. An SHDI represents the core element of a comparative analysis to assess the effectiveness and the distributional effects of European policies, including environmental actions. Finally, a sensitivity analysis of the results will enable us to underline the key factors of effective sustainable human development and, at the same time test the real meaning of such a modified composite index compared with the existing GDP and HDI.human development, sustainable development, sustainability indicators
