OBJECTIVE To investigate the effect of injecting the methylprednisolone in the ear for the sudden deafness and the improvement of speech discrimination test. METHODS 50 inpatients with a sudden hearing loss were recruited. Inject the methylprednisolone in the subperiosteal of the ear which is 0.5 cm distance to the ear ditch every three days. Methylprednisolone was placed for fifteen days. Si...

Progress in crop improvement is limited by the ability to identify favourable combinations of genotypes (G) and management practices (M) given the resources available to search among possible combinations in the target population of environments (E). Crop improvement can be viewed as a search strategy on a complex G×M×E adaptation or fitness landscape. Here we consider design of an integrated s...

Learning is based on the remodeling of neural connections in the brain. The purpose of the present study was to examine the extent to which training-induced improvements in tactile frequency discrimination in humans are correlated with an increase of cortical representations in the primary somatosensory cortex. Healthy male subjects (n = 16) were trained in a tactile frequency discrimination ta...

It is generally believed that attention enhances the processing of sensory information during perception and learning. Here we report that, contrary to common belief, attention limits the degree of plasticity induced by repeated exposure to image features. Specifically, daily exposure to oriented stimuli that are not linked to a specific task causes an orientation-specific improvement in percep...

In recent years, business process management (BPM) has emerged as a major process management approach to acquire the agility and flexibility of the business processes. As being failed to effectively evaluate, monitor, and control the business processes, paradigms of BPM have evolved continuously with changes in information technology (IT), and vice versa. BPM should be implemented based on a sy...

Unlike traditional manufacturing, nanomanufacturing (NM) involves product characteristics and process variables at multiple feature scales. However, control of the multiscale process/product variations (MPVs) in NM is constrained by the scarcity of measurement data, a lack of observation during processing, and limited physical knowledge. The article argues that NM and nanoinformatics should be ...

The inclusion of a genetic risk score (GRS) can modify the prediction coronary artery disease (CAD), providing an advantage over use traditional models. predictive value information on recurrence major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) remains controversial. A total 33 variants previously associated with CAD were genotyped in 1587 patients from GENEMACOR study. Of these, 18 presented hazard ...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN) is a common complication of primary percutaneous coronary intervention (pPCI) and is associated with high mortality and morbidity and long hospital stay in patients with ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). The Syntax Score (SS) has previously been studied in STEMI patients, and it was associated with increased CIN development ...

the self-talk is one of psychological interventions that can be effective on improving and success in the motor performance and sport performance. so, the aim of the present study was to investigation effectiveness the motivational self-talkon secondary task performance (discrimination reaction time). 30 subjects have participated of the 160 students studying at the undergraduate from faculty o...