This study looks at the syllable onset interval (SOI) patterning in Taiwan Mandarin spontaneous speech and its relationship to discourse and syntactic units. Monologs were elicited by asking readers to tell stories depicted in comic strips and were transcribed and segmented into Discourse Segment Units (Grosz & Sidner, 1986), clauses, and phrases. Results showed that the degree of final lengthe...

Received August 6, 2003 Abstract Achondroplasia and hypochondroplasia limb lengthening has become better accepted over last thirty years. We studied our experience on all limb lengthening for short stature over the last ten years. We reviewed patient records, X-rays and Dual Energy X-ray Absorptiometry (DEXA) scans to evaluate the changes in body proportion after limb lengthening and the compli...

Longitudinal studies of human leucocyte telomere length often report a percentage of individuals whose telomeres appear to lengthen. However, based on theoretical considerations and empirical data, Steenstrup et al. (Nucleic Acids Research, 2013, vol 41(13): e131) concluded that this lengthening is unlikely to be a real biological phenomenon and is more likely to be an artefact of measurement e...

As [1]’s model of speech production suggests, speakers sense upcoming difficulties and can correct them before uttering. A reasonable strategy to bridge resulting gaps is to prolong the words in the articulatory buffer [2]. This often buys enough time to correct the issue, resulting in standalone disfluent lengthening, after which fluency is resumed [3]. In case of more severe difficulties, the...

BACKGROUND The current clinical repair method used for the segmental peripheral nerve defect is autogenous nerve grafting. However, this method has several inherent disadvantages. Therefore, the authors have invented an alternative method for repairing the segmental peripheral nerve defect with a direct gradual lengthening of nerve stumps. In this study, for the clinical application, the author...

In high charge RF photoinjectors for wakefield two beam acceleration studies, due to the strong longitudinal space charge, bunch lengthening between the photocathode and photoinjector exit is a critical issue. We present beam dynamics studies of bunch lengthening in an RF photoinjector for a high charge electron beam and describe methods to compensate the bunch lengthening to various degrees. I...

BACKGROUND Gaining and maintaining spinal balance after surgery is of great importance for early onset scoliosis (EOS). However, tendency of balance on the coronal plane after growing rod surgery has not been studied before. This study evaluated the effect of growing rod treatment on coronal balance (CB) during serial lengthening surgeries in EOS. METHODS All EOS patients treated with growing...

  Objective: Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are the most commonly prescribed pain control medications following periodontal surgery. This study aimed to compare the efficacy of three drug regimens namely celecoxib, celecoxib + caffeine and ibuprofen for pain relief following crown lengthening surgery.   Methods: This randomized, double blind clinical trial was performed on 45 pa...