scholarly journals THE FATE OF A LEGENDARY PRACTICE

10.28945/3531 ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
Steve Oscher
Keyword(s):  
Patient Population ◽  
Dental School ◽  
Dental Practice ◽  
Business Relationship ◽  
University Of Florida ◽  
Chapel Hill ◽  
New Ideas ◽  
Equity Ownership ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The Devil

Calvin T. Jones, DMD slammed the door to his office, walked to his desk, and glared at the diplomas on his wall. UNC at Chapel Hill (Magna Cum Laude), University of Florida (Doctor of Dentistry), all those awards for service and achievement. So perfect, and yet he thought.....how could my career have fallen into total chaos? As Calvin reached for his bottle of Tums, he reflected on the events that brought him to this crossroad in his career. In the months prior to his graduation, Calvin had reviewed the American Dental Association’s suggested questions for new dentists interviewing to enter the practice of dentistry: Who is the patient population? What kind of care will I be providing? What is the practice’s experience with employee dentists? Why are they hiring now? How is compensation calculated? How long do dentists typically stay in this position? Is there an opportunity for an equity ownership? It was that last question...the opportunity for a “piece of the pie”, that Calvin allowed himself a wry smile. Dr. Albert S. Waxman was a legend in the Florida dental community. A frequent speaker at UF, Calvin was honored when Dr. Waxman, after a Dental School reception, invited Calvin to visit his office in Tampa. His professors were excited to hear that Al Waxman had taken an interest in one of their top students. Two weeks later, Calvin visited the Hyde Park Family Dentistry Center and was impressed by the facility, the location, the employees, and most importantly, Dr. Waxman. As the meeting ended, Calvin was surprised when Dr. Waxman extended an offer to join his practice after graduation. Everything he had hoped for was falling into place. He accepted Dr. Waxman’s offer the next day. After seven years, Dr. Waxman offered and Calvin accepted, a 50% interest in the practice. As an equal partner, Calvin expected that he would be able to introduce new ideas and opportunities into the dental practice. Yet, with each suggestion there appeared to be more resistance from Dr. Waxman. Employees became divided in their loyalties. The practice administrator Calvin had been responsible for hiring was now viewed as the devil incarnate by Dr. Waxman. What happened? How did things go so wrong? As Calvin returned to the present, his anger started to build, first at himself, then Dr. Waxman, and finally at this mess of a business relationship. A few moments ago, Dr. Waxman informed him that he wanted to dissolve their business relationship. Was there still a way to salvage the relationship? What could Dr. Calvin Jones do?

Charting the Mode for Community Participation in Service Delivery

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Olayemi Bakre ◽  
Nirmala Dorasamy
Keyword(s):  
Service Delivery ◽  
Community Participation ◽  
Planning Process ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Community Inclusion ◽  
Community Needs ◽  
Local Municipalities ◽  
Process Failure ◽  
New Ideas ◽  
The Relationship

Poor service delivery has always been considered a legacy of the apartheid era. However, 25 years into democracy, many local municipalities are still battling with service delivery backlogs. These backlogs are often attributed to, for example, dysfunctional ward committees, corruption amongst councillors, exclusion of community members in the planning process, failure to prioritise community needs, and institutional capacity issues. These challenges have undermined municipalities’ provision of quality service delivery and have precipitated service delivery protests. This article argues that community participation, which has been identified as a factor that can mitigate the aforementioned challenges, can be pivotal in the provision of effective and efficient services by municipalities. The relationship between community inclusion and service delivery outcomes is not simplistic, but depend upon a combination of proactive and highly skilled leaders and a cooperative and supportive populace. In this article, we identify the modes for successful participation and also the consequences of community exclusion through textual analysis of pertinent sources. We argue that such participation can only be successful and sustainable if it is reinforced by support from local government in the form of community training and capacity development workshops to exchange and instil new ideas as well as by resource allocation.

The Effects of P75NTR on Learning Memory Mediated by Hippocampal Apoptosis and Synaptic Plasticity

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jun-Jie Tang ◽  
Shuang Feng ◽  
Xing-Dong Chen ◽  
Hua Huang ◽  
Min Mao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Synaptic Plasticity ◽  
Learning And Memory ◽  
Neurological Diseases ◽  
Neurotrophin Receptor ◽  
P75 Neurotrophin Receptor ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Apoptotic Effect ◽  
New Ideas ◽  
The Relationship

: Neurological diseases bring great mental and physical torture to the patients, and have long-term and sustained negative effects on families and society. The attention to neurological diseases is increasing, and the improvement of the material level is accompanied by an increase in the demand for mental level. The p75 neurotrophin receptor (p75NTR) is a low-affinity neurotrophin receptor and involved in diverse and pleiotropic effects in the developmental and adult central nervous system (CNS). Since neurological diseases are usually accompanied by the regression of memory, the pathogenesis of p75NTR also activates and inhibits other signaling pathways, which has a serious impact on the learning and memory of patients. The results of studies shown that p75NTR is associated with LTP/LTD-induced synaptic enhancement and inhibition, suggest that p75NTR may be involved in the progression of synaptic plasticity. And its pro-apoptotic effect is associated with activation of proBDNF and inhibition of proNGF, and TrkA/p75NTR imbalance leads to pro-survival or pro-apoptotic phenomena. It can be inferred that p75NTR mediates apoptosis in the hippocampus and amygdale, which may affect learning and memory behavior. This article mainly discusses the relationship between p75NTR and learning memory and associated mechanisms, which may provide some new ideas for the treatment of neurological diseases.

PREVALENCE OF HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN IN A DENTAL SCHOOL PATIENT POPULATION

1978 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 4-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael J. Tullman ◽  
Ronald A. Barrett ◽  
Charles H. Boozer ◽  
J. T. Hamrick ◽  
Jack H. Rayson
Keyword(s):  
Hepatitis B ◽  
Surface Antigen ◽  
Patient Population ◽  
Hepatitis B Surface Antigen ◽  
Dental School

Analysis of Body Mass Index (BMI) Trends Among a Pediatric Dental Patient Population: A Pilot Study. (Preprint)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tengfei Su ◽  
Mac Jackson ◽  
Keaton Sacry ◽  
Karl Kingsley MPH
Keyword(s):  
Body Mass Index ◽  
Body Mass ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Patient Population ◽  
Pediatric Population ◽  
Primary Care Providers ◽  
Overweight And Obesity ◽  
Dental School ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Over Time

BACKGROUND Over the past few decades, a growing trend of overweight and obesity has emerged among the pediatric population. This is a cause of significant concern as these are significantly correlated to other negative oral and systemic health outcomes over time. Although measurement of body mass index (BMI) is common among pediatric physicians and primary care providers, few studies have explored the feasibility of BMI measurement and analysis from pediatric dental providers. OBJECTIVE The primary objective of this study was to compile and analyze pediatric BMI measurements taken from a pediatric dental school patient population. METHODS This study was a retrospective analysis of previously collected data of pediatric patients between 2012 and 2019 (N=451), which was reviewed and approved by the Institutional Review Board (IRB). Descriptive statistics and trend analysis were compiled to determine the trends in pediatric BMI over time. RESULTS Nearly equal percentages of females and males were represented in the study (P=0.432), with the overwhelming majority identified as racial/ethnic minorities (84.5%), P=0.0075. These data revealed that pediatric BMI increased significantly from 25.6 in 2012 to 31.3 in 2018 (22.1%), P=0.031. No significant differences between males and females were observed (P=0.4824) or between minority and non-minority patients (P=0.8288). CONCLUSIONS This study provides significant novel temporal information regarding pediatric BMI among this low-income, minority patient population and highlights the need for expanding the dental school (and pediatric dental residency) curriculum to include more topics related to measuring and tracking overweight and obese children and the most appropriate methods for use in the pediatric dental office.

«Arab Spring»: Transformation of Political Paradigm in Context of International Relations

2012 ◽  
pp. 3-14
Author(s):  
L. Fituni
Keyword(s):  
International Relations ◽  
Arab Spring ◽  
Arab World ◽  
Arab Countries ◽  
New Ideas ◽  
World Economic ◽  
The Arab Spring ◽  
The 19Th Century ◽  
The Relationship

The author presents his own original conception of the 2011 Arab upheavals. First, he tries to find parallels between the Arab Spring and the 19th century European Spring of Peoples. Second, he dwells on the idea of three types of transition in the Arab World: economic, demographic, and ideological. Third, he reflects on the issues of democracy and autocracy in the Arab countries emphasizing the role of youth. Fourth, he puts forward some new ideas as regards the relationship between Europe and the Arab World, offering such terms as “democratic internationalism” and “young democratic safety belt” in the Mediterranean region.

scholarly journals Recapitulation of the relationship between economic thoughts and realities

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 123-135
Author(s):  
Hua Liang
Keyword(s):  
Economic History ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Economic Thought ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Economic Problems ◽  
Root Cause ◽  
New Ideas ◽  
Economic Thinking ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose It is rather common for China’s current academic circles to use western doctrines that originated in situ to explain China’s economic problems, a suspicion of scenario misplacement may thus arise. The root cause lies in the lack of reflection about the current relationship between economic thoughts and realities. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach Correctly understanding economic thoughts associated with the brand of “that era” and effectively deducing its characteristics is of great significance to finding new features of this era and constructing new ideas with the characteristics of “this era.” Findings This motif is exactly the keynote on which to base the study of economic history and economic thought. Originality/value In a period of major historical turning points, the economic realities on which the economic thinking about that era (the era of economists) relied was undergoing major changes, and re-emphasizing the ancient topic of the relationship between economic thoughts and economic realities became particularly urgent.

scholarly journals Psychological Mindedness and Procrastination among University Students

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Priyanka Pathak ◽  
Prof. Shobhna Joshi
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
University Students ◽  
Personal Data ◽  
Data Sheet ◽  
The Self ◽  
Psychological Mindedness ◽  
Psychological Understanding ◽  
New Ideas ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Practical Implications

This study was conducted to investigate the relationship between psychological mindedness and procrastination among university students and to determine gender differences in psychological mindedness and procrastination. The sample consisted of 200 university students (100 male and 100 female) aged 18 to 25 years from different faculties of Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi. Psychological mindedness scale (PMS) by Conte et al., (1986) and Tuckman procrastination scale by Tuckman (1991) along with personal data sheet were used to assess the level of  psychological mindedness and procrastination among university students. Psychological mindedness is the ability to psychological understanding of the self and other’s behaviour, thought and feelings. It is openness to new ideas whereas procrastination is known as the irrational tendency of delaying the tasks until an individual experiences discomfort (Solomon & Rothblum 1984). Results showed that there were no significant gender differences in psychological mindedness and procrastination. Correlational analysis indicated that the psychological mindedness was significantly negatively correlated with the level of procrastination; i.e., the higher the level of psychological mindedness the lower the level of procrastination. Thus, it can be concluded that psychological mindedness play an important role in procrastination among university students. The theoretical and practical implications of these findings are discussed.

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