This a rare case of adenoid hypertrophy in a 23 years old Saudi non-smoker female, who presented with severe bilateral nasal obstruction, mouth breathing, anterior nasal discharge, snoring for the last 7 months. The nasopharynx was examined by flexible nasopharyngoscope, which showed a big mass occupying the nasopharynx. Under general anesthesia, adenoidectomy was performed. Immediately after t...

Most postprandial studies have investigated the response of a single meal, yet the ingestion of sequential meals is more typical in a Western society. The aim of this review is to explain how natural and stable isotope tracers of fatty acids have been used to investigate the metabolism of dietary fat after single and multiple meals, with a focus on in vivo measurements of adipose tissue metabol...

The hierarchical construction of solid models with current computer-aided design systems provide little support in creating and editing free-form surfaces commonly encountered in industrial design. In this work, we propose a new design exploration method that enables sketch-based editing of free-form surface geometries where specific modifications can be applied at different levels of detail. T...

The effect of high-pressure treatment with supercritical CO2 on the inactivation Listeria innocua in a fish soup was investigated. inoculated L. innocua, packaged modified atmosphere 50:50 or 95:5 CO2:N2, processed (300, 350, 400 and 600 MPa, 2 min) under subcritical (T < 304 K) conditions > stored at 4 °C for up to 53 days. Treatment MPa had significant (p 0.05) both conditions. In contr...

This study investigates the integration of a biomass mechanical pretreatment technology and hydrothermal liquefaction for valorization biopulp; organic fraction municipal solid waste. A preliminary screening conditions was carried out to investigate impact temperature (350 400 °C) presence alkali catalyst (K2CO3) during conversion biopulp. Sub-critical were noticed have significant positive on ...

Using a combination of high resolution X-ray powder diffraction and X-ray Raman scattering spectroscopy at the B K- and Ca L2,3-edges, we analyzed the reaction products of Ca(BH4)2 after annealing at 350 °C and 400 °C under vacuum conditions. We observed the formation of nanocrystalline/amorphous CaB6 mainly and found only small contributions from amorphous B for annealing times larger than 2 h...

A 60-year-old man with nonischemic cardiomyopathy and atrial fibrillation is started on sotalol, receives a dual chamber implantable cardioverter defibrillator, and undergoes electrical cardioversion. The bradycardia parameters are set as follows: • Mode: DDDR 80 to 140 beats per minute • Atrioventricular delay 220 to 400 ms • Postventricular atrial refractory period 200 to 350 ms • Ventricular...

Activated carbon was prepared from waste melamine-impregnated paper (MIP) by pyrolysis with activation NaOH. The adsorption parameters such as carbonization temperature (300, 350, 400, 450 °C), NaOH to C ratio (2:1, 3:1, 4:1, 5:1), and initial methylene blue (MB) dye concentration (20 600 mg/L) were studied. results fit the Langmuir isotherm model pseudo-second order kinetics. It found that act...