UNLABELLED Acoustic rhinometry, rhinomanometry and Inspiratory Peak Nasal Flow (IPNF) are used in order to objectively assess nasal patency. These are expensive not very practical tests, except for IPNF, which is a fast, simple and low cost method. OBJECTIVE To assess IPNF in healthy individuals complaining of nose obstruction caused by allergic rhinitis. METHOD IPNF use in 78 individuals w...

Bacgond The clinical significance of exercise-induced chest pain remains controversial, as reflected by sharply discordant clinical results within the medical literature. Thus, we developed a prospective study to compare the functional significance of silent versus symptomatic ischemia and to evaluate whether patient selection biases influence this analysis. Metds andRss We evaluated 117 patien...

Objective: Explore the practical clinical significance and correlation of voice handicap index (VHI) for vocal polyps and vocal nodules, and further validate practicality of VHI. Methods: VHI of vocal cord polyp group (n = 35), vocal nodule group (n = 29), and control group (n = 22) was surveyed respectively. The VHI investigation included three categories of function (F), physiology (P) and em...

Bacgond The clinical significance of exercise-induced chest pain remains controversial, as reflected by sharply discordant clinical results within the medical literature. Thus, we developed a prospective study to compare the functional significance of silent versus symptomatic ischemia and to evaluate whether patient selection biases influence this analysis. Metds andRss We evaluated 117 patien...

In the digital age, e-learning systems have been employed as new equipment in the higher education system in different universities. Consideringthe importance of optimization of this system, this research is aimed at providing a modelfor the effectiveness of e-learning at in higher education systems. The study is a descriptive survey study in terms of its data collection method.The population i...

Translation is a challenging task, especially when it deals with ideological turns. Translations may be ma- nipulated and rewritten by rival parties to serve their own interests and convey their own ideologies and also translators play a significant role in negotiating meaning within social and political processes. In the field of ideological turns, different matters are being discussed f...

Methods Clinical history was documented along with clinical response to prednisolone, anakinra and etanercept. Intracellular signaling pathways that govern inflammation associated with TNFRSF1A signaling pathways were examined in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) using reverse-phase protein microarray. Profiles were compared between the subject with intronic change, C33Y TRAPS subjects ...

The objective of this study was to investigate the performance of 3 brain-computer interface (BCI) paradigms in an amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) population (n = 11). Using a repeated-measures design, participants completed 3 BCI conditions: row/column (RCW), checkerboard (CBW), and gray-to-color (CBC). Based on previous studies, it is hypothesized that the CBC and CBW conditions will resu...