Introduction: Patients with muscle tension dysphonia (MTD) suffer from several physical discomforts in their vocal tract. However, few studies have examined the effects of voice therapy (VT) on the vocal tract discomfort (VTD) in patients with voice disorders. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to investigate the effects of VT on the VTD in patients with MTD.   Materi...

INTRODUCTION The purpose of this paper is to review the literature on the behavioral treatment of voice disorders in teachers. The focus is on phonogenic disorders, that is voice disorders thought to be caused by voice use. METHODS Review of the literature and commentary. RESULTS The review exposes distinct holes in the literature on the treatment of voice problems in teachers. However, eme...

Confronted with public concerns about health and obesity, food companies are taking several measures. However, it is unclear to what extent they should communicate these policies. This article explores reactions in the blogosphere to health-related announcements by large food companies. Results show that taste-related announcements generate not only more reactions, but also more positive buzz t...

Confronted with public concerns about health and obesity, food companies are taking several measures. However, it is unclear to what extent they should communicate these policies. This article explores reactions in the blogosphere to health-related announcements by large food companies. Results show that taste-related announcements generate not only more reactions, but also more positive buzz t...

Lee distance Gray codes for k-ary n-cubes and torus networks are presented. Using these Lee distance Gray codes, it is further shown how to directly generate edge disjoint Hamiltonian cycles for a class of k-ary n-cubes, 2-D tori, and hypercubes.

background: health?related quality of life (hrql) and voice handicap index (vhi) of laryngectomies seem to be relevant regarding voice rehabilitation. the aim of this study is to assess the impact on hrql and vhi of laryngectomies, following voice rehabilitation. materials and methods: a retrospective study done at the ear, nose, and throat department of the emergency county hospital. sixty?fiv...

Learning styles are more and more incorporated in technology enhanced learning and a lot of research work is done in this area. For example, systems are developed which provide adaptivity according to the learning styles of students; relationships to students’ performance and other characteristics of students such as cognitive traits are investigated, and techniques are designed to derive the l...