We describe several novel morphological features in the nasal region of the hammerhead shark Sphyrna tudes. Unlike the open, rounded incurrent nostril of non-hammerhead shark species, the incurrent nostril of S. tudes is a thin keyhole-like aperture. We discovered a groove running anterior and parallel to the incurrent nostril. This groove, dubbed the minor nasal groove to distinguish it from t...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate nasal morphology, symmetry, and nostril shape in patients with unilateral cleft lip and palate following mixed-dentition alveolar bone grafting. DESIGN Prospective stereophotogrammetric study. SETTING Hospital-based. PATIENTS Thirty-nine patients with a history of repaired unilateral cleft lip and palate who received an iliac crest alveolar bone graft were recruited ...

Acta Neurologica Taiwanica Vol 16 No 2 June 2007 From the Departments of Neurology, Taichung Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan; Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; National Yang Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan. Received October 20, 2006. Revised November 20, 2006. Accepted December 18, 2006. Reprint requests and correspondence to: Kwong-Kum Liao, MD. Department of Neur...

Two new species of the gobiid genus Coryogalops, C. guttatus sp. nov. and C. pseudomonospilus sp. nov., are described from the Red Sea. Coryogalops guttatus sp. nov. is distinguished from its congeners by having dorsal-fin rays VI + I,12; anal-fin rays I,10-11; pectoral-fin rays 17, three upper rays with free tips; pelvic fins I,5, joined to form a disc, weakly emarginate, with pelvic frenum re...

BACKGROUND To our knowledge, there are no published studies that evaluated the efficacy of azelastine hydrochloride nasal spray in combination with an intranasal corticosteroid, although anecdotal reports of the use of these agents in combination are common. OBJECTIVE To determine if greater efficacy could be achieved with the intranasal antihistamine azelastine and the intranasal corticoster...

Background: Multi drug resistance (MDR) P. aeruginosa consider the main cause of morbidity in hospitalize patients suffering from chronic airway infections such as pulmonary disease, pneumonia and cystic fibrosis (CF). Also, rapidly development antibiotic to last generations a broad spectrum were detected for many isolates. Accordingly vaccines have potential prevent treatment infections. Aim: ...

This paper aims to present facial features extraction by integrating 2 different sensors that will be used in the estimation of internal mental state. Thermal infrared and visible camera are being used in the stimulus experiment by measuring three facial areas of sympathetic importance which is periorbital, supraorbital and maxillary through purely imaging means in thermal infrared spectrums. T...

OBJECTIVE To statistically analyze the long-term results of alar base reduction after rhinoplasty. METHODS Among a consecutive series of 100 rhinoplasty cases, 19 patients required alar base reduction. The mean (SD) follow-up time was 11 (9) months (range, 2 months to 3 years). Using preoperative and postoperative photographs, comparisons were made of the change in the base width (width of ba...

Methods The study population consisted of 28 patients (9 female and 19 males, aged between 18-32 years) with diagnostic of persistent AR (ARIA consensus). This was a randomized, crossover study. Subjects were randomly assigned to receive either azelastine hydrochloride (140 mcg/nostril) or budesonide (64mcg/nostril) or both drugs. All patients received the three treatments using nasal spray twi...

Objective. Short-term nasal forms following primary lip repair were compared between presurgical nasal molding and control groups. Aim. To compare nasal symmetry between patients that had nasal molding and lip repair with those that had only lip repair. Design. Retrospective case-control study Patients. Complete unilateral CL+P patients had basilar and frontal photographs at two time points: (1...