introduction: to reduce incidence of residual cholesteatoma following ear surgery; and to reduce the need for second look “open” mastoidectomy using endoscopic mastoidotomy. ten-year retrospective chart review of 249 primary cholesteatoma cases (1994-2004) with a minimum follow-up of two years.  the first objective was to evaluate the effectiveness of otoendoscopy in reducing the incidence of “...

The process of selecting good eggs that are suitable for consumption is usually carried out using the candling method manually or by observing a light flashlight, then with eyes. This has weaknesses, because manual observations take long time and possibility errors. it necessary to make tool can efficiently detect eggs, Light Dependent Resistor (LDR) sensor an Arduino. LDR Sensor used capture i...

objectives: microtia is the most commonly seen congenital ear defect, and involves an auricular deformity either unilaterally or bilaterally. the aim of this study was to fabricate silicone prostheses for a child with bilateral microtia using an innovative technique. methods: this method involved the construction of bilateral ear prostheses using clips, which were located within the layers of t...

The Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act of 1938 defines as adulterated any food that is composed in whole or in part of a filthy or decomposed substance. Objective laboratory and field tests for detection of decomposed products are always advisable to supplement organoleptic examinations. In any product where organoleptic tests fail because decomposition is masked by any means, objective tests...

The objective of this paper is to improve the efficiency in predicting the fertility of chicken eggs using digitalised techniques. The traditional technique finds incongruence in predicting the fertility by manual method. By using this system the digital images obtained as the result of candling process is used for fertility prediction. The obtained image is converted to RGB components as the c...

recent developments in medicine have given us a better insight into a group of disorders known as autoimmune diseases. in particular, advances have occurred in our understanding of the autoimmune inner ear disease (aied). in this article, the authors review the different postulated theories in the pathogenesis of this disease. the clinical presentation, the available para-clinical diagnostic to...

in order to investigate the contribution of ear photosynthesis and cytokinin in determining grain sink size, a pot study was conducted during january to june 2005 in cereal glasshouse of faculty of agriculture of karaj, iran. experiment was conducted in a complete randomized design with a factorial arrangement of two factors, three replications and four pots in each plot. factors included culti...

background and aim: aging is accompanied with changes in cognitive capacities. in spite of advances in neural imaging technologies, there is not a straightforward method to observe cognitive functions. for assessing brain functions, researchers mainly use psychometric tests. the aim of this study was using consonant-vowel (cv) dichotic test as a non-invasive behavioral test for auditory attenti...

Introduction: Chronic otitis media (COM), a persistent and durable inflammation and infection of the middle ear, is a common disorder. Alterations in the contralateral ear in sufferers have been observed in recent years. Because only a few studies have been reported in this area, we performed this study in order to assess alterations in the contralateral ear of patients with COM.   Materials an...