BACKGROUND Hypertrophy of the lingual tonsil tissue in the adult patient is thought to contribute to the pathophysiology of obstructive sleep apnea. The underlying etiology of lingual tonsil hypertrophy (LTH) in the adult patient is unclear and likely multifactorial. Previous studies have suggested that the lingual tonsils may undergo compensatory hyperplasia post-tonsillectomy in children, alt...

AIM: To evaluate the efficacy and tolerability of administering a combined therapy in patients with dry eye syndrome (DES) associated laryngopharyngeal reflux (LPR). METHODS: The study was retrospective, open, observational, conducted real-life setting. Patients had pathological symptom assessment (SANDE) index (RSI) at baseline. were re-assessed after 1mo end treatment. treatment consisted thr...

Currency trading is an important area for individual investors, government policy decisions, and organization investments. In this study, we propose a hybrid approach referred to as MKL-DE, which combines multiple kernel learning (MKL) with differential evolution (DE) for trading a currency pair. MKL is used to learn a model that predicts changes in the target currency pair, whereas DE is used ...

The Professional Board for Emergency Care at the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) has approved pre-hospital rapid sequence intubation (RSI) as part of the scope of practice for registered emergency care practitioners (ECPs). RSI is an advanced airway management process that facilitates endotracheal intubation in adults and children. Features of this technique include pre-oxyge...

In the present study participants completed two blocks of the Stroop task, one in which the response-stimulus interval (RSI) was 3500 ms and one in which RSI was 200 ms. It was expected that, in line with previous research, the shorter RSI would induce a low Task Conflict context by increasing focus on the color identification goal in the Stroop task and lead to a novel finding of an increase i...

OBJECTIVE To identify factors that may be associated with lingual tonsil hypertrophy (LTH). STUDY DESIGN Case series with chart review. SETTING Tertiary academic center. SUBJECTS AND METHODS Retrospective chart review identified 380 patients from August 2013 to April 2014 with graded lingual tonsils, documented during routine flexible laryngoscopy. Lingual tonsils were graded using a 0 to...

INTRODUCTION Rapid Sequence Induction of anaesthesia (RSI) is the recommended method to facilitate emergency tracheal intubation in trauma patients. In emergency situations, a simple and standardised RSI protocol may improve the safety and effectiveness of the procedure. A crucial component of developing a standardised protocol is the selection of induction agents. The aim of this study is to c...

Abstract The influence mechanism of basicity on the reduction swelling index (RSI) iron ore briquettes was investigated using SEM analysis and Factsage 7.3 thermodynamic calculations based addition pure CaO to Bayan Obo concentrate. results revealed that solid solution Ca 2+ in FeO lattice increased with briquettes, whereas diffusion channels Fe ions during process from resulted formation a gre...