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Additionally, cleft of the soft palate, anterior open bite, severe crowding in the maxillary dental arch, and congenitally missing teeth occurred more frequently among AS patients. Multiple fusions between cervical vertebrae C2, C3, C5, and C6 were observed in the AS patients. LIMITATIONS Small sample size. CONCLUSIONS/IMPLICATIONS Our study shows that AS patients have more severe craniofacial and maxillofacial deformities than CS patients. © The Author(s) 2020. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Orthodontic Society. All rights reserved. For permissions, please email journals.permissions@oup.com.BACKGROUND The aim of this retrospective cohort study was to assess long-term occlusal changes at debond and a median of 8 years afterwards (in retention) with the American Board of Orthodontics (ABO) objective grading system and identify risk factors. Caspase inhibitor MATERIALS AND METHOD Fifty patients (median age 14.3 years at debond; 60% female) treated with fixed appliances (25 with and 25 without premolar extractions) were included. The occlusal outcome was assessed with the ABO tool and analyzed statistically at 5%. RESULTS Extraction treatment was associated with better occlusal outcome than non-extraction treatment (34.2 versus 40.9 points; P = 0.009). In retention, ABO scores improved by 7.4 points, while patients with worse debond finishing improved more afterwards (P = 0.001). Alignment/rotations deteriorated in 58% of the cases and occlusal relationships in 38% of the cases. Marginal ridges improved more for extraction than non-extraction patients (28% versus 0%; P = 0.001). Occlusal relationships improved more for cases that 'passed' the ABO requirements at debond than failed cases (64% versus 28%; P = 0.02). Furthermore, patients with worse debond ABO scores were more likely to deteriorate at alignment/rotations in retention. Finally, the proportion of cases passing the ABO requirements improved considerably between debond (28%) and in retention (54%) as half (47%) of the cases that had failed the ABO requirements at debond passed them in retention. CONCLUSIONS Considerable long-term occlusal changes are seen post-debond, which mostly favour improved settling. Extraction treatment and higher finishing quality at debond significantly influenced the chance for improvement. However, setting a cut-off score to denote treatment excellence showed considerable instability through time. © The Author(s) 2020. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Orthodontic Society. All rights reserved. For permissions, please email journals.permissions@oup.com.Our understanding of cerebellar involvement in brain disorders has evolved from motor processing to high-level cognitive and affective processing. Recent neuroscience progress has highlighted hierarchy as a fundamental principle for the brain organization. Despite substantial research on cerebellar dysfunction in schizophrenia, there is a need to establish a neurobiological framework to better understand the co-occurrence and interaction of low- and high-level functional abnormalities of cerebellum in schizophrenia. To help to establish such a framework, we investigated the abnormalities in the distribution of sensorimotor-supramodal hierarchical processing topography in the cerebellum and cerebellar-cerebral circuits in schizophrenia using a novel gradient-based resting-state functional connectivity (FC) analysis (96 patients with schizophrenia vs 120 healthy controls). We found schizophrenia patients showed a compression of the principal motor-to-supramodal gradient. Specifically, there were increased gradiia. © The Author(s) 2020. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Maryland Psychiatric Research Center. All rights reserved. For permissions, please email journals.permissions@oup.com.CONTEXT Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is closely associated with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD); however, evidence regarding the link between blood glucose, especially below the threshold for T2D, and NAFLD is scarce. OBJECTIVE To examine the associations of fasting glucose, OGTT 2-h glucose, and hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) and changes in these measures with development and resolution of NAFLD in nondiabetic individuals. METHODS This longitudinal cohort study comprised 4,273 Chinese adults aged ≥ 40 years and free of baseline T2D from 2010 to 2015. Blood sampling was performed during the OGTT test. NAFLD was ascertained by hepatic ultrasonography. Risk ratios (RRs) were calculated using Modified Poisson regression models. RESULTS During a mean 4.4 years of follow-up, NAFLD occurred in 573 (17.9%) of the 3,209 participants without baseline NAFLD and resolved in 304 (28.6%) of the 1,064 participants with baseline NAFLD. OGTT 2-h glucose was positively associated with NAFLD incidence (RR per 1-SD increase 1.16, 95% CI 1.08-1.25), while fasting (RR 0.86, 95% CI 0.78-0.94) and 2-h glucose (RR 0.85, 95% CI 0.77-0.93) were inversely associated with resolution of NAFLD. Glycemic deterioration conferred increased risk of developing NAFLD and decreased likelihood of resolution of NAFLD than maintaining normal glycemic regulation (NGR). The strongest associations were observed for individuals who developed T2D. Meanwhile, baseline or incident NAFLD significantly increased the risk of deterioration in glucose metabolism. CONCLUSIONS Increased glycemic levels within the nondiabetic range, as well as progression from NGR to T2D or prediabetes, were adversely associated with development and improvement of NAFLD. © Endocrine Society 2020. All rights reserved. For permissions, please e-mail journals.permissions@oup.com.BACKGROUND Feasible and effective interventions to improve daily functioning in people with a severe mental illness (SMI), such as schizophrenia, in need of longer-term rehabilitation are scarce. AIMS We assessed the effectiveness of Cognitive Adaptation Training (CAT), a compensatory intervention to improve daily functioning, modified into a nursing intervention. METHOD In this cluster randomized controlled trial, 12 nursing teams were randomized to CAT in addition to treatment as usual (CAT; n = 42) or TAU (n = 47). Daily functioning (primary outcome) was assessed every 3 months for 1 year. Additional follow-up assessments were performed for the CAT group in the second year. Secondary outcomes were assessed every 6 months. Data were analyzed using multilevel modeling. RESULTS CAT participants improved significantly on daily functioning, executive functioning, and visual attention after 12 months compared to TAU. Improvements were maintained after 24 months. Improved executive functioning was related to improved daily functioning.