BACKGROUND Transoral laser microsurgery (TLM) is a mature approach to supraglottic cancer, while transoral robotic surgery (TORS) is emerging. The present study compared these approaches. METHODS The first 10 patients (2002-2005) given TLM were compared with the first 10 (2007-2011) given TORS for cT1-3 cN0-cN2c supraglottic cancer. RESULTS A feeding tube was used in four TLM and seven TORS...

TLM (Transaction-Level Modeling) was introduced to cope with the increasing complexity of Systems-on-Chip designs by raising the modeling level. Currently, TLM is primarily used for system-level functional testing and simulation using the SystemC C++ API widely accepted in industry. Nevertheless, TLM requires a careful handling of asynchronous concurrency. In this paper, we give a semantics to ...

The approach presented in this paper is a contribution to the methodology of transaction-level modelling (TLM) based on SystemC and the TLM standard of the Open SystemC Initiative (OSCI). Different from previously published approaches to the use of SystemC / TLM, we use object-oriented features to represent transactions, namely an inheritance relationship of transaction classes, transaction pol...

BACKGROUND The Two layer method (TLM) has been extremely successful in the preservation of the pancreas. However, this has not been thoroughly investigated in other organs or in clinically relevant large animal models. The aim of this study was to assess the effects of TLM in a large animal model of kidney preservation. MATERIAL/METHODS Porcine kidneys were retrieved after 10 minutes of warm ...

Continuous-flow bioassays were employed to determine 96.hour median tolerance limits (TLm), for the stonefly. Pteronnrcrllu hadia (Hagen) (TLm was 18.0 mg Cd/l) and the mayfly, Ephemerella grundis grarzdis Eaton (TLm was 28.0 mg Cd/l). Ninety-six hours TLm values for other species of aquatic insects tested were not determined, since these species were relatively insensitive to cadmium. Insects ...

Transoral laser microsurgery (TLM) was pioneered in the early 1970s as an approach to treat laryngeal pathology with precision and minimal thermal damage to the vocal cords. Over the last four decades, TLM has become an integral part of the treatment paradigm for patients with laryngeal cancer. TLM is one of the primary treatment options for early-stage laryngeal tumors. However, in recent year...

This paper presents a capillary-to-microchip connection, which can be used as an interface for coupling capillary electrophoresis (CE) with a thermal lens microscope (TLM). It is difficult to directly apply TLM to samples in a capillary with a curved surface, and such an interface chip at the end of a CE separation column is needed for reliable TLM measurements. The dependence of the TLM signal...

Accumulating evidence has indicated the implication of angiotensin II in the pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) via its proinflammatory features. Telmisartan (TLM) is an angiotensin II receptor antagonist with marked anti-inflammatory and antioxidant actions that mediated its cardio-, reno- and hepatoprotective actions. However, its impact on IBD has not been previously explored....

Evolution of Electronic System Level design methodologies, allows a wider use of Transaction-Level Modeling (TLM). TLM is a high-level approach to modeling digital systems that emphasizes on separating communications among modules from the details of functional units. This paper explores different functional testing approaches for the implementation of Built-in Functional Self Test facilities i...

BACKGROUND Concurrent chemoradiation therapy (CCRT) and transoral laser microsurgery (TLM) have become therapeutic selections for organ preservation in patients with hypopharyngeal cancer. METHODS Our cross-sectional, observational study assesses quality of life (QOL) in patients with hypopharyngeal cancers receiving TLM plus radiotherapy (RT) compared with those treated with CCRT only or rad...