Twenty-four patients were recruited and given either sevoflurane or desflurane as their sole anaesthetic. Each patient was given sequentially increasing or decreasing doses at 0.5 MAC intervals, and the median nerve somatosensory evoked response recorded after an equilibration at each concentration. The N20-P25 and P25-N35 amplitudes decreased with increasing agent concentration. However, for b...

Subjective speech evaluation is the gold standard to assess speech quality of head and neck cancer patients. This study investigates if conventional acoustic-phonetic and novel feature analysis contribute to the development of a multidimensional speech assessment protocol. Speech recordings of 51 patients 6 months post-treatment and of 18 control speakers were subjectively evaluated for intelli...

Abstract Four types of magnets were used in this study: neodymium NdFeB (grade N35 and N52), ferrite (Y10), samarium-cobalt SmCo (XG30 2:17). They chosen to represent a wide range volumes from 0.035 19 cm 3 (540 times), radius R 1.5 12.5 mm (8 ×), length L 0.5 40 (80 aspect ratio L/R 0.051 17 (330 contact forces 0.2 250 N (over 1000 ×). The study shows that previously reported closed-form equat...

We analyze individual satisfaction with life as a whole and satisfaction with the personal financial situation for Israeli citizens of Jewish and Arab descent. Our data set is the Israeli Social Survey (2006). We are especially interested in the impact of the religions Judaism, Islam and Christianity, where we are able to differentiate between individuals who vary in religiosity between secular...

The aim of this study is to analyze surgical and functional outcomes in order verify the applicability treatment guidelines as foreseen by MASCC/ISOO/ASCO 2019. Patients affected stage 2 MRONJ refractory conservative management were grouped if underwent resection (Group A) or debridement B). Health-related quality life was evaluated using European Organization for Research Treatment Cancer ques...

COVID-19 has become one of the biggest humanitarian crises affecting millions lives around world. Bangladesh is also affected by crisis. Society, health, and economic sectors are this pandemic. Violence against Women common in Bangladesh. This study discusses trends violence women during The prevailing gender norms, patriarchy, socio-economic factors made vulnerable to different forms gender-ba...

BACKGROUND Hospital acquired infections worsen the outcome of patients treated in intensive care units and are costly. Coatings with silver or metal alloys may reduce or alter the formation of biofilm on invasive medical devices. An endotracheal tube (ETT) is used to connect the patient to a ventilator and coated tubes have been tested in relation to bacterial colonization and respiratory infec...