through the last three decades different seismological and engineering approaches for the generation of artificial earthquakes have been proposed. selection of an appropriate method for the generation of applicable artificial earthquake accelerograms (aeas) has been a challenging subject in the time history analysis of the structures in the case of the absence of sufficient recorded accelerogra...

objective: social anxiety disorder (sad) is defined as a constant fear of being embarrassed or negatively evaluated in social situations or while doing activities in the presence of others. several studies have examined the role of certain variables that might predict response to treatment and may affect treatment outcome. the purpose of this study was to identify predictive variables of change...

Telemetry systems is an innovative design of electronics and computer system which can be used to take measurements from a remote site by using any type of link like Radio link, optical fiber, co-axial cables etc. Telemetry systems can take any of the measurement like pressure, temperature, density, humidity etc. from a target location and sends the taken measurements via wired or wireless link...

OBJECTIVE: This multicenter study describes the effects of perimodiolar electrode position on 50 adult patients (31 with an implanted Nucleus 24 Contour perimodiolar hugging electrode array [Cochlear Limited, Lane Cove, NSW, Australia] and 19 with an implanted straight electrode array) with a severe-to-profound sensorineural hearing loss. MATERIALS AND METHODS: In all patients, intraoperative i...

Auditory brainstem implants (ABIs) provide a means of restoring some hearing sensations to individuals with neurofibromatosis type 2 (NF2) who are deaf after vestibular schwannoma removal. In this study, neural response telemetry (NRT) was used to record electrically evoked neuronal activity near the ABI electrode array in 15 such subjects. Our interest was to investigate whether NRT recordings...

The accelerating pace of research in neuroscience has created a considerable demand for neural interfacing microsystems capable of monitoring the activity of large groups of neurons. These emerging tools have revealed a tremendous potential for the advancement of knowledge in brain research and for the development of useful clinical applications. They can extract the relevant control signals di...

OBJECTIVES Remotely monitored patients may be at risk for a delayed response to critical arrhythmias if the telemetry watchers who monitor them are subject to an excessive patient load. There are no guidelines or studies regarding the appropriate number of patients that a single watcher may safely and effectively monitor. Our objective was to determine the impact of increasing the number of pat...

UNLABELLED There are two techniques for cochlear implant (CI) electrode placement: cochleostomy and the round window (RW) approach. OBJECTIVE This study aims to compare neural response telemetry (NRT) results immediately after surgery to check for possible differences on auditory nerve stimulation between these two techniques. MATERIALS AND METHODS This is a prospective cross-sectional stud...

Introduction Currently the cochlear implant allows access to sounds in individuals with profound hearing loss. The objective methods used to verify the integrity of the cochlear device and the electrophysiologic response of users have noted these improvements. Objective To establish whether the evoked compound action potential of the auditory nerve can appear after electrical stimulation when i...