Although many quantitative parameters have been devised to describe abnormalities in vocal fold vibration, little is known about the priority of these parameters. We conducted a prospective study using high-speed digital imaging elucidate disease-specific key (KPs) characterize vibrations individual voice disorders. From 304 patients with various disorders and 46 normal speakers, sustained phon...

BACKGROUND Large brain metastases (BM) remain a significant cause of morbidity and death for cancer patients despite current advances in multimodality therapies. The goal of the present study was to evaluate the efficacy and limitations of 2-session Gamma Knife stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) for patients with large BM. METHODS This is a prospective, open-label and single arm study analyzing ...

OBJECT Beyond its oncological benefit, surgery could improve seizure control in paralimbic frontotemporoinsular or temporoinsular WHO Grade II gliomas generating intractable seizures. However, no studies have examined the impact of hippocampal resection on chronic epilepsy when the hippocampus is not invaded by Grade II gliomas. Here, the authors compared the epileptological outcomes and return...

PURPOSE The letrozole study 025 is a large (n = 907), international, double-blind, randomized, phase III trial in postmenopausal women with advanced breast cancer. This subanalysis compares the efficacies of letrozole and tamoxifen as first-line therapy in postmenopausual women with advanced breast cancer according to site of metastatic lesions and Karnofsky Performance Status (KPS). MATERIAL...

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk (1) mengetahui karakteristik KPS berbasis website Bioenial pada materi sistem pernapasan dan (2) kelayakan SPS digunakan dalam kegiatan pembelajaran Negeri 1 Teras berpartisipasi penelitian ini. . Kuesioner validasi, angket respon guru siswa lainnya, adalah jenis metode pengumpulan data. Teori klasik model Rasch menganalisis Berdasarkan hasil penelitian, bahan men...

We rst present two tight lower bounds on the size of the secret keys of each user in an unconditionally secure one-time use broadcast encryption scheme (OTBES). Then we show how to construct a computa-tionally secure multiple-use broadcast encryption scheme (MBES) from a key predistribution scheme (KPS) by using the ElGamal cryptosystem. We prove that our MBES is secure against chosen (message,...

The Boston keratoprosthesis (KPro) has been used successfully in eyes with poor prognosis for conventional penetrating keratoplasty. However, postoperative changes in iris configuration after Boston KPro may occur, including iris obstruction of the Boston KPro, limiting visual potential in otherwise successful transplants. We describe our technique of argon laser iridoplasty after Boston KPro a...

Congenital hereditary endothelial dystrophy (CHED) has historically been managed with penetrating keratoplasty (PK), with moderate success, and, more recently, with Descemet's stripping endothelial keratoplasty (DSEK). The possibility of repeated graft failures with CHED, however, makes alternative surgical procedures desirable. To our knowledge, this is the first reported use of a keratoprosth...