There are large individual differences in susceptibility to noise exposure. Most hearing impairment begins with dip type hearing loss, and continual evoked otoacoustic emissions (C-EOAEs) are frequently seen in ears with dip type hearing loss. The present study was performed in order to ascertain the relationship between dip type hearing loss and C-EOAE. Brass band members in two junior high sc...

[1] Since the work of Kanamori and Given (1981), it has been recognized that shallow, pure dip‐slip earthquakes excite long‐period surface waves such that it is difficult to independently constrain the moment (M0) and the dip (d) of the source mechanism, with only the product M0 sin(2d) being well constrained. Because of this, it is often assumed that the primary discrepancies between the momen...

Drug-induced parkinsonism (DIP) is the second-most-common etiology of parkinsonism in the elderly after Parkinson's disease (PD). Many patients with DIP may be misdiagnosed with PD because the clinical features of these two conditions are indistinguishable. Moreover, neurological deficits in patients with DIP may be severe enough to affect daily activities and may persist for long periods of ti...

OBJECTIVE Temporomandibular joint (TMJ) involvement is common in juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). Dexamethasone iontophoresis (DIP) uses low-grade electric currents for transdermal dexamethasone delivery into deeper anatomic structures. The purpose of this study was to assess the safety and effectiveness of DIP for the treatment of TMJ involvement in JIA, and to delineate variables that are...

We report extraordinary structural order along the surface normal in thin films of the organic semiconductor diindenoperylene ~DIP! deposited on silicon–dioxide surfaces. Cross-sectional transmission electron microscopy ~TEM!, noncontact atomic force microscopy ~NC–AFM!, as well as specular and diffuse x-ray scattering measurements were performed to characterize thin films of DIP. Individual mo...

Desquamative interstitial pneumonia (DIP) is characterised by the accumulation of numerous pigmented macrophages within most of the distal airspace of the lung and, sometimes, the presence of giant cells. Diagnosis of DIP is not easy and requires surgical lung biopsy. DIP is usually associated with tobacco smoke. However, the association between smoking and DIP is less robust than that with res...

Abstract In many cases, pesticides’ side effects on natural enemies have closely related to their exposure route. We assessed long-term lethal and sublethal of thiamethoxam (TMX) the predatory bug, Orius albidipennis (Reuter), fed Aphis gossypii Glover (Hemiptera: Aphididae), through three routes. First-instar nymphs were treated with maximum field recommended concentration (MFRC), ½ MFRC, ¼ MF...

Atorvastatin (ATV) limits infarct size (IS) by activating Akt and ecto-5-nucleotidase, which generates adenosine. Activated Akt and adenosine activate endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS). When given orally, high doses (10 mg/kg) are needed to achieve full protection. We determined whether dipyridamole (DIP), by preventing the reuptake of adenosine, has a synergistic effect with ATV in redu...

Systemic insecticides and application methods were evaluated in two trials that began in 2005 and 2006 for control of potato leafhopper (Empoasca fabae [Harris]) on four red maple (Acer rubrum L.) cultivars and rated annually through 2007. Treatments evaluated in this study included surface drenches of imidacloprid plus cyfl uthrin (Discus) or imidacloprid plus bifenthrin (Allectus SC), clothia...