conclusions the tmd, with a cut-off point of 65 mm, had superior diagnostic value compared with the hmdr and mallampati score. therefore, the tmd could be used in malay patients to predict the difficulty of larynx visualization during laryngoscopy. results difficulty in visualizing the larynx was found in 28 (10.1%) patients. the auc, sensitivity, and specificity for the three airway predictors...

background disability is a relatively common problem in children. the pattern of admission in these children and their common infections may differ from other children because of their special disabilities. objectives we aimed to determine common infectious diseases resulting in admission of these children to our hospital. patients and methods between september 2006 and september 2007, 60 disab...

suspended particles with aerodynamic diameters not greater than 2.5 μm (pm2.5) were sampledat the urban background, regional background and urban traffic points in southern poland. in total, 120 sampleswere collected between 2nd august 2009 and 27th december 2010. 16 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (pahs)and organic carbon (oc) were determined in each sample. the samples were collected with a ...

results pain scores, analgesic requirements assessed at 24 hours and operation duration were significantly lower in the non-closure group as compared to the closure group. febrile conditions and changes in hemoglobin levels were similar in both groups. conclusions non-closure of both visceral and the parietal peritoneum when performing a cs produces a significant reduction in pain, fewer analge...

Objective(s): Estrogen receptor-alpha (ERα) mediates estrogen action in regulation of different levels of the hypothalamic-pituitary-testis axis. It has a key role in spermatogenesis. Estrogen receptor alpha knock-out (ER koα) male mice were infertile and severe impairment in spermatogenesis and seminiferous tubules was observed. Recently, it has been reported that microRNA (miRNA) mir-100 and ...

Gout is a common clinical problem encountered by both general and specialist clinicians. The key principles in gout management include establishing a definitive diagnosis, the swift treatment of acute attacks, and using urate-lowering therapies appropriately to prevent further attacks and joint damage. The gold standard diagnostic tool for gout remains the identification by polarised light micr...

The article discusses using embedded systems for diagnostic and maintenance planning. There is described design and using of two embedded systems with different digital signal processors, their advantages and disadvantages. There are described applications of embedded systems for diagnostic and maintenance planning for machines, drives and ventilators. There is practice demonstration of the sig...

The paper includes illustrative and detailed information about implementation of automated diagnostic systems and feature extraction/selection from signals recorded from arteries. The major objective of the paper is to be a guide for the readers, who want to develop an automated diagnostic systems for detection of arterial disorders. Toward achieving this objective, this paper present the techn...

Automated real-time problem diagnosis is a key feature of a self-healing system. However, rapidly growing size and complexity of modern distributed systems creates a challenge for traditional centralized diagnostic approaches and calls for parallel and distributed architectures. Dividing the system into subsystems controlled by separate diagnostic engines is an obvious choice; however, on top o...