Abstract Background Major neck surgery is done typically under general anesthesia (GA). The neural blocks of the include blocking cervical plexus, superior laryngeal nerve, trans-laryngeal, block glossopharyngeal and local anesthetic infiltration. In patients with a high risk GA, including those pulmonary dysfunction, prior myocardial ischemia or infarction, regional mainly indicated. Case pres...

Trigeminal neuralgia (TN) is a frequent cause of paroxysmal facial pain and headache in adults. Glossopharyngeal neuralgia (GPN) is less common, but can cause severe episodic pain in the ear and throat. Neurovascular compression of the appropriate cranial nerve as it leaves the brain stem is responsible for the symptoms in many patients, and neurosurgical decompression of the nerve is now a wel...

The aim of the present study was to investigate the effects of aortic depressor nerve (ADN) transection, supranodosal vagi denervation (NG vagi cut) and adrenergic receptor blocker treatment on the cardiovascular responses evoked by systemic injection of bombesin. The cardiovascular effects were studied in spontaneously breathing rats that were (i) bilaterally, midcervically vagotomized (MC vag...

This issue features facsimiles of Regimento proueytoso contra ha pestenença and Modus curandi cum balsamo, based on the original texts housed in the Biblioteca Pública de Evora and the Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal, respectively. Semi-diplomatic editions of both facsimiles--with transliterations into modern characters--have also been provided. These are followed by translations, in the case o...

Weak values allow the measurement of observables associated with noncommuting operators. Up to now, position-momentum weak values have been mainly developed for (relativistic) photons. In this Letter, a proposal for the measurement of such weak values in typical electronic devices is presented. Inspired by the Ramo-Shockley-Pellegrini theorem that provides a relation between current and electro...

Title of Doctoral Thesis: ”Domains of attraction and applications to control theory” (2006) Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Stefan Balint and Prof. Dr. Alain Grigis joint doctoral program of Université Paris Nord, France, Institut Galilée LAGA (UMR 7539) and West University of Timisoara, Romania. Defended on the 2nd of June, 2006, Université Paris Nord, France. Distinction: ”Tres Honorable” / ”Cum Laude”.

'Teaching is an imp'ortant art. Because it is important, it must be measured through appropriate means, respectful to that art." Michael Krueger, psychology mayor and summa cum laude, designed the present course evaluation. The above remarks r eflect Krueger's opinions concerning the validity of course evaluation. The present evaluation has been c ir culated among 94 courses and is expected to ...

Since,by applying the integrator recording method to the quantitative study of the taste receptors of rat's tongue,BEIDLER(1953)confirmed that cations appear to have the greater effectiveness than anions for stimulating the chemoreceptors,the similar experiments have been carried out on several other animals by a number of investigators(BEIDLER,FISHMAN and HARDIMAN, 1955;FISHMAN,1957;TATEDA,196...

OBJECTIVE Compared with other lower cranial nerves, the glossopharyngeal nerve (GPhN) is well hidden within the jugular foramen, at the infratemporal fossa, and in the deep layers of the neck. This study aims to disclose the course of the GPhN and point out landmarks to aid in its exposure. METHODS The GPhN was studied in 10 cadaveric heads (20 sides) injected with colored latex for microsurg...

The combination of the microsurgical method using a microscope together with bipolar coagulation for tonsillectomy was fi rst described by Andrea [1]. A signifi cant reduction in postoperative morbidity was reported. A modifi ed technique with similar success in more than 1.000 tonsillectomies uses a new instrument which incorporates not only precise bipolar coagulation, but also suction and ex...