OBJECTIVE Myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) is a slowly progressive neuromuscular disease. Most children and adolescents with DM1 have weak lips and impaired lip function. The primary aim of the present study was to investigate if regular training with an oral screen could strengthen the lip muscles in children and adolescents with DM1. If lip strength improved, a secondary aim would be to see if...

Pegylated amphotericin B (AmB) liposomes (PEG-AmB-LIP) were compared with laboratory-prepared nonpegylated AmB liposomes (AmB-LIP), a formulation with a lipid composition the same as that in AmBisome, as well as with industrially prepared AmBisome regarding their in vitro antifungal activities, toxicities, blood residence times, and therapeutic efficacies. Killing of Candida albicans (> 99.9%) ...

BACKGROUND Lip prints are verified to be unique to an individual and stable over time; hence they have potential for human identification purposes. The aim of this study was to assess the individuality and variability of lip prints in an Iranian population for the first time. We also sought to assess the possibility of sex determination via lip printing. MATERIAL AND METHODS Lip prints of 96 ...

The purpose of this study to clarify the factors an effecting lip seal in Japanese adults with malocclusion. Sixty-three malocclusion patients aged 20 to 27 years were randomly selected and compared with fourteen normal occlusion controls aged 22 to 26 years old. The subjects were divided into a good seal group and a poor lip seal group by observing the distance between the upper and lower lip ...

We previously demonstrated that the activities of neurons in the lateral intraparietal area (LIP) and the parietal reach region (PRR) of the posterior parietal cortex (PPC) are modulated by nonspatial effector-specific information. We now report similar modulation in FEF, an area of frontal cortex that is reciprocally connected with LIP. Although it is possible that these effector-specific sign...

Background: Forensic dentistry, a branch of forensic sciences, identify suspects with the uniqueness of oral and maxillofacial structures. Lip prints and palmprints are unique. Aims and objectives: The present study was carried out with the objectives of evaluating the correlation between lip prints and palmprints and heritability of lip prints and palmprints among parents and their off springs...

BACKGROUND Reconstruction of extensive lower lip defects is challenging, and functional outcomes are difficult to achieve. METHODS A modified bilateral neurovascular cheek (MBNC) flap has been described. The data of patients with cancer of the lower lip treated with wide excision and reconstructed with the MBNC flap in the Plastic Surgery Unit, Srinagarind Hospital, Khon Kaen University, from...

This work presents a methodology for 3D modeling of lip motion in speech production and its application to lip tracking and visual speech animation. Firstly, a geometric modeling allows to create a 3D lip model from 30 control points for any lip shape. Secondly, a statistical analysis, performed on a set of 10 key shapes, generates a lip gesture coding with three articulatory-oriented parameter...

Ascher’s syndrome is a rare disease first described in 1920 by Ascher, an ophthalmologist from Prague. The disease is characterized by a double upper lip, blepharochalasis, and nontoxic thyroid enlargement, though the thyroid enlargement may be evident in only 10% to 50% of patients. These deformities, though not posing functional problems, may cause severe psychological distress to the affecte...

Hysterothylacium winteri sp. n. (Nematoda: Anisakidae) was collected from the intestine of a marine-estuarine fish, Eleginops maclovinus (Valenciennes) (Perciformes: Eleginopsidae), from Abtao in the Gulf of Ancud, Chile. Sixteen (51.6%) out of 31 fish were infected; the intensity was 1-10 (mean 4) worms/host. The new species belongs to the group of congeners possessing one double pair of posta...