pacemaker infection has multiple risk factors. its presentation is most often similar to infected endocarditis and the diagnosis is made through studying blood cultures. transesophageal echocardiography can confirm the diagnosis. the most common microorganisms are staphylococcus speciesis. as a matter of fact, complete pacemaker removal appears to be the only definite treatment. we presented a ...

CHEST I 93 I 3 I MARCH, 1988 647 In summary, we report the first patient with bilateral pneumothoraces, bilateral empyemas and baeteremia resuiting from the common practice of illicit drug injection into the internal jugular veins. Needle marks in the supraclavicular area in dyspneic patients suspected of intravenous drug abuse should alert physicians to the possibility of these potentially lif...

The video discusses Machine Rhythm, a program which emulates human rhythm perception. Given a musical performance represented as a MIDI stream, the program determines the program’s rhythm that is, it decides the meter of the performance, the rhythmic value of each note, and the location of barlines. The basic orientation of the video is to demonstrate applications of the program; more theoretic...

The sequence of right and left atrial contractions was analysed in 8 patients during spontaneous sinus rhythm and paced left atrial rhythm. During sinus rhythm, the beginning or peak of the right atrial a wave invariably preceded the beginning or peak of the left atrial a wave by a median of 32 and 34 msec, respectively. During paced left atrial rhythm, the beginning or peak of the right atrial...

This paper examines the relationship between rhythm, place, and race. It argues that Roland Barthes’ concept of idiorhythmy is useful for understanding politics rhythm in relation to The explores how has been used think about interrelatedness place mobility – adding dynamism place. I analyze reactions performance Stravinsky’s Le Sacre du Printemps demonstrate culturally politically encoded thro...

Rhythm is a basic property of acoustic signals [1][2], with a presumed common basis for its perception grounded both in speech and music [3], hinting towards a similarity which can be tracked in the acoustic signals as well. For speech signals, rhythm analysis can provide relevant conclusions both with respect to linguistic questions (e.g. language rhythm typology) and for applications in speec...

The circadian sleep-wake rhythm changes with aging, resulting in a more fragmented sleep-wake pattern. In individuals with intellectual disabilities (ID), brain structures regulating the sleep-wake rhythm might be affected. The aims of this study were to compare the sleep-wake rhythm of older adults with ID to that of older adults in the general population, and to investigate which factors are ...

Speech rhythm has been investigated from phonetic, phonological and signal processing perspectives, leading to a wide range of non–comparable methodologies. We assume that this is because speech rhythm is an emergent phenomenon (Emergent Rhythm Theory), due to many ‘hidden’ physiological and other factors, and that specialists make different selections from these factors. We also claim that mod...