BACKGROUND Stereotactic radiotherapy (SRT) may represent a new treatment option for individuals with auditory canal or middle ear cancer. METHODS Study participants with pathologically proven ear cancer were treated with SRT (35 Gy for 3 fractions or 40 Gy for 5 fractions) as first-line therapy. When local tumor recurrence developed following SRT, subtotal temporal bone resection and postoper...

OBJECTIVE To compare two surgical techniques (denervation levels) for sympathectomy using video-assisted thoracoscopy to treat palmar hyperhidrosis in the long-term. METHODS From May 2003 to June 2006, 60 patients with palmar hyperhidrosis were prospectively randomized for video-assisted thoracoscopic sympathectomy at the T2 or T3 ganglion level. They were followed for a mean of 20 months and...

In Mandarin Chinese, the third tone (T3) is changed to the second tone (T2) or T2-like when followed by another T3 syllable in speech production. It has long been debated whether the production of a linguistic pattern like Mandarin T3 sandhi is operated via a computation mechanism or a lexical mechanism. The computation mechanism is that the sandhi/non-sandhi form of a tone is computed accordin...

Description: The objective of the tutorial is to survey recent algorithms and methodologies that have had (or are likely to have) a significant impact on the physical design industry. A second objective is to provide industrial feedback to the academic community in an effort to increase the relevance of academic research to industrial needs. Outline: Data Structures for VLSI, Partitioning, Floo...

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects different levels palm kernel meal (PKM) on diets layer KUB (Kampung Unggul Balibangtan) chicken. Local feed included in various PKM at 0% (T1), 10% (T2) and 20% (T3). This research conducted 2019 beginning period. One hundred forty-four 22-week-old birds were selected from a flock randomly allocated three treatments with 3 replicates diet...

The 2XXX Al alloys are characterized by their superior mechanical properties resulting from alloying elements and precipitation hardening treatments. AA2524-T3 alloy was developed to replace the AA2024-T3 in aerospace industry. However, both present many intermetallic particles (IMCs) microstructure, this is main reason for high susceptibility localized corrosion (such as pitting stress crackin...

Recently, we reported results of a cross-sectional study investigating executive functions in dependence of aging and type of work. That study showed deficits in performance and electrophysiological activity in middle-aged workers with long-term repetitive and unchallenging work. Based on these findings, we conducted a longitudinal study that aimed at ameliorating these cognitive deficits by me...

Numerous bioactive compounds have cytotoxic properties towards cancer cells. However, most studies have used single compounds when bioactives may target different pathways and exert greater cytotoxic effects when used in combination. Therefore, the objective of this study was to determine the anti-proliferative effect of γ-tocotrienol (γ-T3) and 6-gingerol (6G) in combination by evaluating apop...