background: cuffed pharyngeal tube is a device designed for ventilation of anesthetized patients. cpt has advantages over face mask including: maintaining of face mask can be difficult and boring after several minutes and mobility of the practitioner is reduced due to involvement of hands. mask pressure can cause soft tissue and nerve damage around the nose. anesthetic gas leakage from the mask...

Hilz, M. J., B. Stemper, P. Sauer, U. Haertl, W. Singer, and F. B. Axelrod. Cold face test demonstrates parasympathetic cardiac dysfunction in familial dysautonomia. Am. J. Physiol. 276 (Regulatory Integrative Comp. Physiol. 45): R1833–R1839, 1999.—In familial dysautonomia (FD), i.e., Riley-Day syndrome, parasympathetic dysfunction has not been sufficiently evaluated. The cold face test is a no...

This study examined the effect of time pressure on face-matching accuracy. Across two experiments, observers decided whether pairs of faces depict one person or different people. Time pressure was exerted via two additional displays, which were constantly updated to inform observers on whether they were on track to meet or miss a time target. In this paradigm, faces were matched under increasin...

It is widely believed that speakers adapt their speech to meet the comprehension needs of their listener. Yet recent work in face-to-face communication has shown that word articulation and the design of referring expressions are insensitive to certain aspects of listener knowledge (Bard et al., 2000; Bard & Aylett, 2001). Word articulation and referential form were investigated in two studies. ...

PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of the lifestyle modification coaching program on self efficacy, lifestyle and physiologic indexes related to the recurrence of stroke in patients with stroke. METHODS Sixty-one patients with stroke registered with a stroke center participated in this study. Of the participants, 32 were assigned to the experimental group and 29 ...

BACKGROUND This pilot study evaluated the feasibility and preliminary effectiveness of a 10-week WhatsApp-based intervention aimed at enhancing health-related physical fitness components and cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors compared with a face-to-face condition. METHODS Participants (N.=32) were assigned to one of three groups: training group (N.=16), mobile group (N.=7) and control...