The presence of inhalation breaths in speech pauses has recently attracted more attention especially since the focus of speech synthesis research has shifted to prosodic aspects beyond a single sentence, as, for instance in the synthesis of audiobooks. Inhalation breath pauses are usually not an issue in traditional speech synthesis corpora because they typically use single sentences of limited...

OBJECTIVE The SiPAP flow driver (Care Fusion, Dublin, Ohio, USA) offers synchronised nasal intermittent positive pressure ventilation (sNIPPV) using an abdominal capsule. This study aims to describe the accuracy and effects of synchronised NIPPV using SiPAP in preterm infants. DESIGN Ten infants, born <28 weeks' gestation, receiving synchronised SiPAP-generated NIPPV, in 'biphasic trigger' mo...

In this issue of RESPIRATORY CARE, Lurie and colleagues report a laboratory investigation in which they compared ventilation rates of 10 breaths/min and 2 breaths/min during cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) of swine.1 This is an important hypothesis-generating study regarding cardiopulmonary interactions during CPR. In their model, their data establish that carotid-artery blood flow and brai...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE When the fellowship match for trainees entering neuroradiology programs was first proposed in 2001, the program directors in neuroradiology agreed to a 3-year trial utilizing the National Residency Match Program (NRMP) for selecting fellows. A decision as to whether to continue with the neuroradiology fellowship match was to be assessed at the 3-year mark in 2004. METHO...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Debate in the neuroradiology community surrounds the amount of formal training in sonography of the carotid arteries that should be provided to fellows. This study was designed to assess current practice patterns at both academic and nonacademic practices regarding the performance of carotid sonography. METHODS A neurovascular radiology survey was sent to all 102 progra...