OBJECTIVE To identify physical findings that can be standardized to predict the presence and the severity of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). STUDY DESIGN One hundred seventy-two patients who answered questionnaires with responses that suggested they might have OSA were included in this prospective study. METHODS All patients underwent a physical examination and polysomnography. The physical ...

Irrigation with moderately saline waters may provoke soil salinization and sodification. The objectives of this three-year study were (1) to quantify these processes in two seedless table grapevines (Vitis vinifera cvs. Autumn Royal and Crimson) subject to a full irrigation and two regulated deficit irrigations (RDI, irrigated at 80% and 60% of net irrigation requirements from post-veraison til...

Diffusional limitations to photosynthesis, relative water content (RWC), pigment concentrations and their association with reflectance indices were studied in olive (Olea europaea) saplings subjected to water-stress and re-watering. RWC decreased sharply as drought progressed. Following rewatering, RWC gradually increased to pre-stress values. Photosynthesis (A), stomatal conductance (gs), meso...

In recent years, there have been numerous reports addressing the relationship between sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) and hypertension (HTN). This study investigated the relationship between SDB and BP after controlling for age, gross obesity, and notably, antihypertensive medications. Sixty-seven men and women between 30 and 60 years of age and between 0.90 to 1.5 times ideal body weight were...

A field experiment was conducted to evaluate the effects of regulated deficit irrigation (RDI) on fine root redistribution mature pear trees in 2009 and 2010. The consisted four RDI treatments: MRDI-1 SRDI-1, which received replacing 60% 40% pan evaporation (Ep) during Stage 1 (cell division stage), MRDI-1+2 SRDI-1+2, Ep 1+2 slow shoot growth stage). All RDI-treated 80% (full irrigation) other ...

Abstract Funding Acknowledgements Type of funding sources: None. Background Sleep apnea, dilated left atrial has been related to a higher possibility develop fibrillation (AF). Some pacemakers are able detect periods apnea during the sleeping time obtaining respiratory disturbance index (RDI) sleep (SA), as well high rate episodes (AHREs) that also predictors AF. Another possible predictor AF i...

ABSTRACT We study the linear growth and non-linear saturation of ‘acoustic Resonant Drag Instability’ (RDI) when dust grains, which drive instability, have a wide, continuous spectrum different sizes. This physics is generally applicable to dusty winds driven by radiation pressure, such as occurs around red-giant stars, star-forming regions, or active galactic nuclei. Depending on physical size...

When Policy Topic is covered Uvulopalatopharyngoplasty (UPPP) may be considered medically necessary for the treatment of clinically significant obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSA) in appropriately selected adult patients who have not responded to or do not tolerate nasal continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP). Clinically significant OSA is defined as those patients who have:  Apnea/hypo...