PURPOSE OF REVIEW To give an overview of the evolvement of transoral laser microsurgery (TLM) in the treatment of early glottic carcinoma and highlight the contribution of recent literature. RECENT FINDINGS The indications and limits of TLM have been well specified. Effects on swallowing have been well documented. Introduction of narrow-band imaging (NBI) and diffusion-weighted magnetic reson...

This paper presents a new approach for the modelling of a screw shaft including the axial and torsional dynamics in the same model. The model includes the distributed parameter dynamics of the ball screw system and the effect of mass distribution. This is based on the flexibility of the Transmission Line Matrix Method (TLM) to develop lumped and distributed parameter systems. The procedure for ...

It has always been a serious challenge to efficiently detect infrared targets from remote sea-sky background without any prior knowledge. This is especially true when target features of different areas are irrelevant in the same image. The main contribution this paper design an algorithm judge condition and target, which two-direction local maximum (TLM) method peak singularity (PLS) proposed, ...

Although solar cells operate under illumination, most electrical characterization methods are carried out in darkness, which implies some bias. In this work, we study the influence of light on contact resistivity electron and hole contacts a silicon heterojunction (SHJ) cell using transfer length method (TLM) order to determine them conditions representative an operating at maximum power point....

BACKGROUND Endoscopic axillary lymphadenectomy (EALND) was introduced to clinical work to reduce side effects of conventional axillary lymphadenectomy, while the lipolysis and liposuction of EALND made the process consume more time. The aim of the study was to determine whether immediate liposuction after tumescent solution injection to the axilla could shorten the total time of EALND. METHOD...

The cathelicidin derived bovine antimicrobial peptide BMAP27 exhibits an effective microbicidal activity and moderate cytotoxicity towards erythrocytes. Irrespective of its therapeutic and multidimensional potentiality, the structural studies are still elusive. Moreover, the mechanism of BMAP27 mediated pore formation in heterogeneous lipid membrane systems is poorly explored. Here, we studied ...

Using single-displacement controlled spontaneous electrolysis solution-prepared CuTCNQ microribbons as the source/drain electrodes, we have fabricated 9,10-bis(2-phenylethynyl)anthracene (BEPA) based organic single crystal top-contact field-effect transistors. The interfacial energetic match between organic semiconductors and CuTCNQ electrodes with the low contact resistance accounts for the co...

Intelligent vehicle design is a complex task which requires multidomains modeling and abstraction. Transaction-level modeling (TLM) and component-based software development approaches accelerate the process of an embedded system design and simulation and hence improve the overall productivity. On the other hand, system-level design languages facilitate the fast hardware synthesis at behavioral ...