Thermal tasters (TTs) perceive thermally induced taste (thermal taste) sensations when the tongue is stimulated with temperature in the absence of gustatory stimuli, while thermal non tasters (TnTs) only perceive temperature. This is the first study to explore detailed differences in thermal taste responses across TTs. Using thermal taster status phenotyping, 37 TTs were recruited, and the temp...

Transdermally delivered nitroglycerin (TTS-NTG) through a rate-controlling membrane yields stable blood levels for 24 h. We studied the effect of TTS-NTG (25 mg per 10 cm2) on exercise induced angina in 10 patients with stable angina pectoris, all in NYHA class III, who were not under treatment with other cardiac drugs. In a pre-study exercise test, all patients had angina pectoris and more tha...

Abstract Background and aims The Takotsubo syndrome (TTS) is characterised by an acute left ventricular dysfunction without exhibiting signs of stenosis. TTS affects mainly the ventricle, however, its pathophysiology comprises transient impairments in atrium functions with a prevalence atrial fibrillation (AF) around 18% correlating higher heart rhythm disorders. In this study, we aimed to prov...

  Culture is an extremely complex concept. Translating cultural elements is a demanding task due to the fact that these elements comprise specific meanings and implications belonging exclusively to the lan-guage and culture from which they have emerged. Regarding this point, the present article investigated the strategies employed for translating culture-specific items (CSIs) in an English nov...

All pathogenic Yersinia enterocolitica strains carry the pYV plasmid encoding the Ysc-Yop type III secretion (TTS) system, which operates at 37 degrees C. In addition, biovar 1B Y. enterocolitica strains possess a second, chromosomally encoded, TTS system called Ysa, which operates, at least in vitro, under low-temperature and high-salt (LTHS) conditions. Six open reading frames, sycB, yspB, ys...

Type III secretion (TTS) chaperones are critical for the delivery of many effector proteins from Gram-negative bacterial pathogens into host cells, functioning in the stabilization and hierarchical delivery of the effectors to the type III secretion system (TTSS). The plant pathogen Erwinia amylovora secretes at least four TTS effector proteins: DspE, Eop1, Eop3, and Eop4. DspE specifically int...

Speech synthesis is the artificial production of human speech. A system used for this purpose is termed a speech synthesizer, and can be implemented in software or hardware. Speech synthesis systems are often called text-to-speech (TTS) systems in reference to their ability to convert text into speech. However, systems exist that instead render symbolic linguistic representations like phonetic ...

Unit selection techniques have improved the quality of textto-speech (TTS) synthesis. However, mistakes which had been less noticeable previously in poorer quality synthetic speech become very noticeable in more natural-sounding synthetic speech. Many problems appear to be caused by mismatches between phones requested by the TTS frontend and phones selected from the labeled speech inventory. Gi...

Symptoms of takotsubo syndrome (TTS) include acute and transient regional systolic dysfunction the left ventricle, as well a variety wall-motion abnormalities. The clinical features TTS, including initial symptoms, cardiac biomarkers, electrocardiogram (ECG) changes, are similar to those coronary syndrome, with exception that TTS patients typically have no obstructive artery disease. primarily ...

Takotsubo syndrome (TTS) is estimated to account for 1–3% of all patients presenting with suspected ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. A sudden surge in sympathetic nervous system considered the cause TTS. Nonetheless, no specific recommendations have been provided regarding β-blocking therapy. Apart from contra-indications (severe LV dysfunction, hypotension, bradycardia and corrected...