This study was designed to develop a database for the electroglottographic measurement of fundamental frequency (Fo) in normal subjects in running speech, for reference in the diagnosis and follow-up of dysphonic patients. A prospective pilot study included 20 healthy male volunteers without laryngeal disorder. Electroglottographic recordings of speaking Fo during connected speech (French) were...

CONTEXT Foot-orthosis (FO) intervention to prevent and treat numerous lower extremity injuries is widely accepted clinically. However, the results of quantitative gait analyses have been equivocal. The foot models used, participants receiving intervention, and orthoses used might contribute to the variability. OBJECTIVE To investigate the effect of a custom-molded FO intervention on multiseg...

OBJECTIVE Hypoalbuminemia, fluid overload (FO), and oxidative stress (OS) may be related to cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients. OS produces molecular modifications of serum albumin that interfere with its quantification by the commonly used bromocresol green assay. This study evaluated the impact of oxidized serum albumin (OSA) on oncotic pressure (OP) a...

We investigated the effects of fructooligosaccharides (FO)-feeding on the absorption of iron (Fe), calcium (Ca) and magnesium (Mg) and on the biochemical parameters in Fe-deficient anemic rats. Fe-deficient anemic rats were made by feeding an Fe-deficient diet for 3 weeks. Then these Fe-deficient rats were fed an experimental diet that contained one of two levels of Fe (15 or 30 mg/kg diet), in...

Recently, fractional order systems (FOS) have attractedmore andmore attention in various fields. But the control design techniques available for the FOS suffer from the lack of direct systematic approaches. In this paper, we focus on a given type of simple model of FOS. A fractional order [proportional derivative] (FO-[PD]) controller is proposed for this class of FOS, and a practical and syste...

The present study demonstrates that immunization with a low dose of unmodified live myeloma tumor cells (FO) elicited tumor-specific immunity. BALB/c mice were vaccinated with 104 live dendritic cells (DC)-FO fusion cells or 103 live FO cells. 80% of vaccinated mice survived from the later challenge with 1x106 FO cells, whereas all control mice developed tumors. Additionally, vaccination with l...

Abstract— Dental radiographs are essential in diagnosing the pathology of the jaw. However, similar radiographic appearance of jaw lesions causes difficulties in differentiating cyst from tumor. Therefore, we conducted a development of computer-aided classification system for cyst and tumor lesions in dental panoramic images. The proposed system consists of feature extraction based on texture u...

First-order logic (FO) is an important foundation of many domains, including computer science and artificial intelligence. In recent efforts to teach basic CS AI concepts children, FO has so far remained absent. this paper, we examine whether it possible design a learning environment that both motivates enables children learn the basics FO. The key components are syntax-free blocks-based notati...

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