Purpose: The transanal procedure for rectal cancer surgery is one of the many techniques currently available. Different techniques for local excision of rectal tumors include: conventional transanal technique, posterior access surgery, therapeutic colonoscopy, transanal endoscopic surgery. Methods: The aim of the present study is to describe a new method of transanal endoscopic resection, trans...

PURPOSE The transanal procedure for rectal cancer surgery is one of the many techniques currently available. Different techniques for local excision of rectal tumors include: conventional transanal technique, posterior access surgery, therapeutic colonoscopy, transanal endoscopic surgery. METHODS The aim of the present study is to describe a new method of transanal endoscopic resection, trans...

The aim of the present paper is to show how a slight generalization of a splitting-off result of Berstimas and Teo [1] offers a common understanding of several seemingly unrelated results in graph connectivity theory.

There are many stressful environments which deteriorate the performance of speech recognition systems. Examples include aircraft cockpits, 911 emergency telephone response, high workload task stress, or emotional situations. To address this, we investigate a number of linear and nonlinear features and processing methods for stressed speech classi cation. The linear features include properties o...

Whey edible films (EFs) functionalized with essential oils have a high potential to be used on various foods due their antimicrobial and antioxidant activities. Encapsulation is applied for better retention of volatiles in EFs; however, the functional properties EFs are modified. The containing thyme oil (TEO) encapsulated by co-precipitation β-CD, developed three formulae, inclusion complexes ...

OBJECTIVE this study designed to test the antibacterial potency of enrofloxacin (ENR) and essential oils from Zataria multiflora Boiss (ZEO) and Trachyspermum copticum (TEO) on Aeromonas hydrophila. MATERIAL AND METHODS The antibacterial potency of test compounds was determined by several methods including the inhibition zone diameter determination, microbroth dilution method and colorimetric...

The “elimination” of chemical additives used in a wide variety of foods is demanded, while “natural” additives are seen as a benefit for both quality and safety. Researchers are looking for new sources of ingredients and/or additives. The aim of this work was to study the effect of 1) the addition of 5.00% citrus fibre washing water (CFWW) and 0.02% rosemary essential oil (REO) or 0.02 % thyme ...

We present a systematic study of the acoustic features for emotional stress in university students across gender and language groups. We design a common questionnaire of stress-inducing and non-stressinducing questions in Chinese and English, and interviewed 25 native speakers of Mandarin and 31 native speakers of English, of both gender. We extract 560 acoustic features including as low-level ...