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In their recent review, Stefanek et al (1) reviewed the available English language literature between 1995 and 2000 relating to risk-reduction mastectomy (RRM). They clearly state that all articles fulfilling their review criteria of effectiveness , perception, decision-making/follow-up, and satisfaction/psychological sequel-ae were included. Our group was a little unsettled that none of our pu...

A novel approach to the live captioning through re-speaking is introduced in this paper. We describe our concept of respeaking using only one re-speaker with enhanced re-speaker tasks fully integrated to the recognition system and captioning software. New techniques for instant correction of recognition output, punctuation mark introduction or new word addition are presented. Our real-time reco...

BACKGROUND Disc diffusion technique is the routine susceptibility testing procedure for isolates of enteric fever, the most common clinical diagnosis among febrile patients in Nepal. OBJECTIVE To evaluated the current fluoroquinolones (FQs) susceptibility criteria and nalidixic acid screening test in Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi and Paratyphi A. METHODS S. Typhi and Paratyphi A strains...