* University of Padova, Dipartimento di Elelttronica ed Informatica, Via Gradenigo, 6/a, I-35131 Padova, Italy. Email: [email protected], Ph. +39-049-8277728, Fax.: +39049-8277699. Abstract This work proposes a way to analyze and quantify noise in SC networks. The proposed approach is simplified with respect to other results presented in the literature, in order to allow circuit designer to p...

Petrous apicitis is a rare but fatal complication of otitis media. An infection within the middle ear can extend within the temporal bone into the air cells of the petrous apex. With only the thin dura mater separating the trigeminal ganglion and the 6th cranial nerve from the bony petrous apex, they are vulnerable to inflammatory processes, resulting in deep facial pain, lateral rectus muscle ...

INTRODUCTION Traditional management of Gradenigo's syndrome requires aggressive and radical surgery without any attempt to preserve hearing. Recent reports, however, describe a successful outcome after conservative surgical intervention without labyrinthectomy. A similar outcome has also been reported in patients who were only prescribed with antibiotics and did not undergo myringotomy. CASE ...

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2 Dipartimento di Biotecnologie Agrarie, Universita di Padova, Via Gradenigo 6, 35131 Padova, Italy Genes encoding fiketothiolase (phaA), acetoacetyl-CoA reductase (phaB) and PHB-synthase (phaC) from R. meliloti 41, together with a fourth gene, referred to as ORF1, presumed to be involved in PHB biosynthesis, have been cloned and sequenced. phaA, phaB and ORFl were identified by heterologous hy...

We report a case of a non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in a young woman presenting with an abdominal mass and an unusual instance of cranial nerve palsies mimicking Gradenigo's syndrome. This condition is characterized by a triad of otorrhea, facial pain and diplopia, related to otitis media in the pre-antibiotic era. Incomplete and atypical clinical features of Gradenigo's syndrome have been described a...

Otits media is a common problem. Some of its complications that were seen frequently in the preantibiotic era are rare today. We report a case of an 8 year boy who presented with earache, retro-orbital pain and diplopia secondary to a sixth nerve palsy--Gradenigo's syndrome. In this syndrome infection from the middle ear spreads medially to the petrous apex of the temporal bone. Work-up include...