OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS To describe the speech rehabilitation outcomes of patients undergoing total laryngectomy (TL) in the 21st century. STUDY DESIGN Retrospective chart review. SETTING Tertiary academic center SUBJECTS AND METHODS Retrospective review of 167 patients who underwent TL from June 2000 to February 2012. Demographics, disease variables, and surgical factors were reviewed. Pri...

Calcium oxide was reported in the sol-gel-derived hydroxyapatite (HA) as an unavoidable major impurity. In this study phase purity of HA synthesized by sol-gel route was explored using precursors of calcium nitrate tetrahydrate and triethyl phosphate. Two different drying methods, the fast drying of as-prepared precursors and the slow drying of aged precursors were adopted as major processing v...

Numerous membrane fouling studies have been conducted to predict and prevent membrane fouling. It was only recently that a new parameter, TEP, was introduced in this research. The deposition of TEP on reverse osmosis (RO) membranes has already been imaged, correlations between ultrafiltration (UF) fouling and TEP concentrations have been reported. Furthermore, TEP deposition takes place in an e...

An interdigitated electrode sensor was designed and microfabricated for measuring the 11 changes in the capacitance of three phosphate selective molecularly imprinted polymer (MIP) 12 formulations, in order to provide hydroponics users with a portable nutrient sensing tool. The 13 MIPs investigated were synthesised using different combinations of the functional monomers 14 methacrylic acid (MAA...

The sea urchin Lytechinus variegatus can survive chronic exposure to sodium phosphate (inorganic phosphate) concentrations as high as 3.2 mg L-1, and triethyl phosphate (organic phosphate) concentrations of 1000 mg L-1. However, chronic exposure to low (0.8 mg L-1 inorganic and 10 mg L-1 organic phosphate), medium (1.6 mg L-1 inorganic and 100 mg L-1 organic phosphate) or high (3.2 mg L-1 inorg...

The production of transparent exopolymer particles (TEP) in response to several environmental variables was studied in 2 mesocosm experiments. The first (Expt 1) examined a gradient of 4 nutrient levels; the second (Expt 2) examined different conditions of silicate availability and zooplankton presence. Tanks were separated in 2 series, one subjected to turbulence and the other not influenced b...

Selective oxidation of organics over an efficient heterogeneous catalyst under mild liquid phase conditions is a very demanding chemical reaction. Herein, we first report the modification surface mesoporous silica MCM-41 material by phosphate for incorporation Ti(IV) in framework to obtain highly ordered 2D hexagonal STP-1. STP-1 has been synthesized using tetraethyl orthosilicate, triethyl pho...