quantification of arterial elasticity and its dependency to age is considered in this paper. we use radiofrequency (rf) signals fromcarotid artery ultasonography to evaluate this dependency. blood pressure, blood flow, and tethering to surrounding tissue are the maincauses of the motion of the carotid wall. tracking carotid artery wall motion from a series of ultrasound b‑mode images is challen...

Abstract Different views exist regarding the nature of patients’ dependency in psychotherapy (trait versus contextual dependency), and its impact on treatment outcome duration. Therefore we examined whether levels care changed over time during a 9-month period, was related to symptom reduction wish for continuation at end treatment. Participants this longitudinal study were 113 patients ( M age...

    In 2010, the World Bank categorized countries in per capita gross domestic product in terms of purchasing power parity (at constant 1990 prices) in three categories: low, middle (lower and upper) and high income. If a country caught at least 28 years in lower middle income level and at least 14 years caught in upper middle-income level, then they are trapped in lower middle and upper middle...

Introduction: Laryngeal cancer is the second most common cancer involving the respiratory tract, second only to lung cancer. Previous studies have shown opium dependency to be a possible risk factor for laryngeal cancer. Opium consumption is a major problem in some parts of the world. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of opium consumption on the pattern of involvement in laryn...