Detecting deception is an ancient problem that continues to find relevance today in many areas, such as border control, financial auditing, testimony assessment, and Internet fraud. Over the last century, research in this area has focused mainly on discovering physiological signals and psychological behaviors that are associated with lying. Using verbal cues (i.e., words and language structure)...

Tracheal ultrasonography was performed to measure the width of the tracheal ring shadow and to assess the clinical relevance of these measurements for identifying tracheal collapse. The first tracheal ring width (FTRW) and thoracic inlet tracheal ring width (TITRW) were measured on both expiration and inspiration. The mean of the FTRW width (129 dogs) was greater in expiration (10.97 plusmn; 1....

When the presence of a non-opaque foreign body in a main or lower lobe bronchus is suspected, the following radiographs will be required, in addition to screening in order to note the positive movements of the mediastinum, heart and diaphragm: (1) A postero-anterior view at the end of inspiration; (2) a postero-anterior view at the end of expiration; (3) a lateral view; and (4) occasionally a b...

Repeated boluses of i.v. morphine are often used for analgesia after cardiac surgery, but this procedure frequently provides inadequate pain relief. Target controlled infusion (TCI) of opioid drugs has been proposed as an alternative. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of prolonged sufentanil TCI adjusted to an effort pain score on the postoperative course after cardiac sur...

The inspiratory timing of lung crackles in patients with bronchiectasis was compared with the inspiratory timing of the lung crackles in chronic bronchitis and alveolitis. In severe obstructive chronic bronchitis the lung crackles are typically confined to early inspiration while in alveolitis the lung crackles continue to the end of inspiration but may begin in the early or the mid phase of in...