The relationship between malocclusion and speech patterns: a cross-sectional study by Nada E. Tashkandi, Razan AlDosary, Hissah Zamandar, Misk Alalwan, Mohannad Alwothainani, Hissah Aljoaid, Duaa Alghazhmri, Eman Allam, Anand Marya, Samar M. Adel

“…P-value < 0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results The PAR score ranged from 0 to 15, with an average of 4.87. …”
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Quality of orthodontic care in an academic setting in the Middle East by Kabir Syed Gyasudeen, Abdelrahman Arafat Yousef, Raed Alrubaiaan, Osama Khader, Ahmed Ghoneima, Sabarinath Prasad

“…The average numerical reduction of the PAR and ICON scores at the start and end of the treatment were 17.2 and 30.3, respectively, while the ABO-OGS post-treatment score was 14.8. The average PAR score reduction (84.5%) showed that the majority of the patients showed significant improvement at the end of treatment. …”
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Digital Models as an Alternative to Plaster Casts in Assessment of Orthodontic Treatment Outcomes by Chung-Yan Vanessa Leung, Yanqi Yang, Chongshan Liao, Urban Hägg, Ricky Wing Kit Wong, Colman McGrath, Min Gu

“…There was no significant difference in neither PAR scores (p > 0.05) nor ICON scores (p > 0.05) between digital and plaster cast assessments. …”
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Potentials of Presepsin as a Novel Sepsis Biomarker in Critically Ill Adults: Correlation Analysis with the Current Diagnostic Markers by Mai S. Sater, Nourah Almansour, Zainab Hasan Abdulla Malalla, Salim Fredericks, Muhalab E. Ali, Hayder A. Giha

“…The best results were for presepsin, which scored 10/13, followed by IL-6 and IL-8 (each scored 7/13), and the worst were for TREM-1 and uPAR (scored 3/13). Presepsin, IL-6, and IL-8 discriminated between the SSI sub-types, whilst only presepsin correlated with bilirubin and creatinine. uPAR was positive for kidney dysfunction, and TREM-1 was the only indicator of artificial ventilation (AV). …”
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