It is known that subjects vary in their head movements. This paper presents an analysis of this variety over different tasks and speakers and their impact on head motion synthesis. Measured head and articulatory movements acquired by an ElectroMagnetic Articulograph (EMA) synchronously recorded with audio was used. Data set of speech of 12 people recorded on different tasks confirms that the he...

The present study aims to understand the influence of a reduced amount straw litter on goats’ lying comfort and hygienic characteristics milk straw. Lying behaviour (frequency, posture, location social context) 24 Alpine goats subjected two different treatments (Regular: 2 kg/straw/head + 1 kg straw/head/day, n = 12; Scarce: straw/head 0.5 12) was observed from video recordings using scan sampl...

background and aims. head and neck tumors are the most common complaints of people referring to different medical sections, especially in children. the aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of these tumors in children less than 12 years of age to provide a better perspective for future studies. materials and methods. all the files in department of pathology at tabriz pediatric hospit...

BACKGROUND Reports from the U.S. suggest increases in the proportion and rate of head and neck injuries in skiers and snowboarders. It is important to determine if the same is true in Canada. METHODS Skiers and snowboarders (< 18 years) presenting to 16 selected emergency departments from 1991 to 1999 were assigned one body region of injury in the following order: i) brain and spine-spinal co...

introduction: squamous cell carcinoma (scc) is the most common head and neck malignancy. smoking, alcohol consumption, viral infections, exposure, oral hygiene, and dietary, genetic, and occupational factors are the most important etiologic factors. the aim of this study was determining the incidence of etiologic factors in head and neck scc.  materials and methods: this is a cross-sectional su...

BACKGROUND Gross trunnion failure (GTF) is a rare complication in total hip arthroplasty (THA) reported across a range of manufacturers. Specific lots of the Stryker low friction ion treatment (LFIT) anatomic cobalt chromium alloy (CoCr) V40 femoral head were recalled in August 2016. In part, the recall was based out of concerns for disassociation of the femoral head from the stem and GTF. ME...

Objective. Consequences of mild head injury for behavioral adjustment have not been well researched, and little is known about the long-term effects of mild head injury for attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Methods. In this longitudinal study of 418 children in Jintan City, China, parents reported children's history of head injury at age 6 years, and the Child Behavior Checklist ...

Empirical estimates of pathogen prevalence in samples of fish may underestimate true prevalence because available detection techniques are incapable of perfect detection. Trout of several species were collected from enzootic (Myxobolus cerebralis, causative agent in whirling disease) habitats, and individual fish were examined for presence of the parasite two or six times by one of four methods...

PURPOSE Residual head tilt has been reported in patients with superior oblique muscle palsy (SOP) after surgery to weaken the inferior oblique (IO) muscle. The treatments for these patients have not received appropriate attention. In this study, we evaluated the superior rectus (SR) muscle recession as a surgical treatment. METHODS The medical records of 12 patients with SOP were retrospectiv...

This work evaluates sperm head morphometric characteristics in adolescents from 12 to 18 years of age, and the effect of varicocele. Volunteers between 150 and 224 months of age (mean 191, n = 87), who had reached oigarche by 12 years old, were recruited in the area of Barranquilla, Colombia. Morphometric analysis of sperm heads was performed with principal component (PC) and discriminant analy...