Longer implants with nanowire coats

Speech Perception in Children with Cochlear Implants

Cochlear implants provide access to the speech signal in children with hearing loss that often cannot benefit from acoustic hearing aids. However, despite the numerous positive results in pediatric cochlear implantation, published data still indicated a wide range of performance among implant recipients. Hence, a need to study the possible variables that can affect performance, could account fo...

Coats disease

Coats disease

Coats' disease is an idiopathic ophthalmic condition caused by a defect in the development of retinal vasculature, characterized by retinal telangiectasis, haemorrhages, intraretinal and subretinal exudation. There are two pathological processes, which are evident in Coats' disease. The first consists of a breakdown of the bloodretinal barrier at the endothelial level, which causes plasma leaka...

Randomized controlled multicentre study comparing short dental implants ( 6 mm ) versus longer dental implants ( 11 - 15 mm ) in combination with sinus

AIM To test whether or not the use of short dental implants (6 mm) results in an implant survival rate similar to long implants (11-15 mm) in combination with sinus grafting. METHODS This multicentre study enrolled 101 patients with a posterior maxillary bone height of 5-7 mm. Patients randomly received short implants (6 mm) (group short) or long implants (11-15 mm) with sinus grafting (group g...

Permeability Modulating Membrane Coats

Many protozoans and some other organisms possess contractile vacuoles (CVs), membranous organelles which help maintain cellular water/ electrolyte balance by extracting a dilute solution from the cytoplasmic colloid and expelling it from the cell (35, 37). Although the similarity of CV function in the various organisms has long been recognized, the expected similarity of morphological elements ...