OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to test the ability to discriminate low-frequency pure-tone stimuli for ears with and without contralateral dead regions, in subjects with bilateral high-frequency hearing loss; we examined associations between hearing loss characteristics and frequency discrimination of low-frequency stimuli in subjects with high-frequency hearing loss. DESIGN Cochlear...

Double-imaging photoelectron photoion coincidence spectroscopy (i2PEPICO) with tunable synchrotron vacuum ultraviolet radiation was used to record threshold ionization mass spectra of the halocyclohexanes C6H11X (X = Cl, Br, and I). Calculations show that experimental dissociative thresholds correspond thermochemical limits. Among processes observed loss, followed by C2H4 or C3H6 loss; C2H3Cl H...

The objective of this research was to evaluate the efficacy of various pre-emergence (PRE) and post-emergence (POST) herbicides for the control of volunteer adzuki bean (Vigna angularis (Willd.) Ohwi & Ohashi) in soybean (Glycine max L.). Trials were conducted at two locations in 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2009. Experiments were arranged in a randomized complete block design with either five PRE or ...

Reported differences in the relaxation of cell walls in enlarging stem tissues of soybean (Glycine max [L.] Merr.) and pea (Pisum sativum L.) cause measurements of the yield threshold turgor, an important growth parameter, to be in doubt. Using the pressure probe and guillotine psychrometer, we investigated wall relaxation in these species by excising the elongating tissue in air to remove the ...

background in many industries, noise is attributed as the most prevalent harmful agent threatening workers' health. geographic information system (gis) is an applicable surveying tool in civil engineering. but, the use of gis for noise and hearing loss screening seems to be partly a new approach. objectives this study aimed to apply gis in noise and hearing loss screening in the production hall...

Background: Hearing loss induced by noise is one of the well-known and main health problems of occupational exposures. As a result, the current study sought to examine the association between age, working experience, and smoking status and hearing loss among sugar factory workers. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in 2016 among 270 workers of a sugar factory in Fa...

Defect parameter extraction plays an important role in process control and yield prediction. A methodology of evaluating wafer level defect clustering will be presented to detect equipment specific particle contamination. For that, imaginary wafermaps of a variety of different chip areas are generated to calculate a yield-to-area dependency. Based on these calculations a Micro Density Distribut...