Albanian University

Forecasting and Structural-Break Characterisation of Water Cut in a Mature Heavy Oil Field: A Multi-Regime Analysis of the Gorisht-Kocul System (2000–2016)

This study characterises and forecasts monthly water cut in the mature Gorisht-Kocul heavy oil field of southern Albania across 204 monthly observations spanning 2000 to 2016. The record is held in two parallel sets of archival year tables, and a physical-consistency framework bu...

Stress and Periodontal Disease: Reflections on the Integration of Stress and Lifestyle Management into Routine Periodontal Disease Prevention

This narrative review examines the role of psychological stress in periodontal disease and evaluates the evidence supporting stress-informed lifestyle and behavioural interventions within a proposed theoretical framework for stress reduction/regulation. The framework includes slo...

Preliminary Clinical Outcomes of an Alternating-Current-Assisted Implant Surface Decontamination Protocol: A Prospective Case Series with 12-Month Follow-Up

Background: Treatment of peri-implantitis remains challenging because biofilm removal from microstructured implant surfaces is often incomplete. The present study is an uncontrolled, prospective feasibility case series involving six patients (six implants), not a controlled clini...