Introduction: Foreign body ingestion is common among children and more common in boys and in children under the age of 3. It can present with a wide variety of symptoms like dysphagia and drooling or symptoms related to the upper aerodigestive tract.   Case Report: A 20-month-old male presented with refractory croup and poor feeding since 2 weeks. Bronchoscopy and esophagoscopy was performed du...

We used infrared thermography to study respiratory cooling in the rattlesnakes (Viperidae: Crotalinae) and to partition the effects of air temperature, humidity, and activity levels on head-body temperature differences. We observed a single, cooled region centered around the mouth and nasal capsule that extended across the pit membrane at air temperatures above 20 degrees C. Both head and body ...

AIM In this study, it was aimed to investigate which method was superior by applying selective head cooling or whole body cooling therapy in newborns diagnosed with moderate or severe hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy. MATERIALS AND METHOD Newborns above the 35th gestational age diagnosed with moderate or severe hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy were included in the study and selective head cooli...

Exclusion of the head from total-body dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) scans is recommended when measuring pediatric bone mass (1,2).We write to suggest that a similar approach, that is, total body less head (TBLH) measurement, should be considered when measuring total-body lean mass in adults. DXA-measured total-body lean mass is often used as a surrogate for muscle mass in athletic perf...

Elongation factor-G-catalyzed translocation of mRNA and tRNAs during protein synthesis involves large-scale conformational changes in the ribosome. Formation of hybrid-state intermediates is coupled to counterclockwise (forward) rotation of the body of the 30S subunit. Recent structural studies implicate intrasubunit rotation of the 30S head in translocation. Here, we observe rotation of the he...

Vestibular and neck proprioceptive signals are known to be used in judging the locations of objects in space and relative to the body. Given that these signals are asymmetric in patients with spasmodic torticollis, one would expect such patients to have abnormal spatial perception. We tested this idea by measuring patients' perception of visual straight ahead (VSA) under various conditions: wit...