Forty-six patients, 9 male, 37 female, presenting to an ear, nose and throat department with a principal complaint of globus sensation were investigated by radiology, manometry, endoscopy and prolonged ambulatory pH monitoring to exclude a physical basis for their symptoms. Patients also underwent assessment by the Eysenck Personality Inventory (EPI) and General Health Questionnaire (GHQ). The ...

Globus pharyngeus is a common disorder encountered in patients Otorhinolaryngology out-patient department. Patients often express this as feeling of foreign body stuck throat or choking sensation throat. Detailed history and investigations are needed to rule out malignancy. Patient should be thoroughly counselled relieve anxiety.

With the continuous evolution of distributed computing grids and with the perpetuous development of the available computing resources and protocols, there is a sine qua non requirement to pass beyond the physical design of the grids. A viable solution is offered by virtual grids, having the advantage of flexible mapping and adaptation to live in-place resources. A software image is proposed, bu...