Electromyogpraphic endotracheal tube (EMG tube) is a new device used to monitor recurrent laryngeal nerve integrity during thyroid surgery. The EMG tube has 2 pairs of electrodes on the surface of silicon-based tube reached to inner space of tube cuff. We experienced an unusual endotracheal tube-related problem from the distinct structural feature of the EMG tube. In this case, we intubated a p...

We present a stochastic formulation of the inverse problem of determination of the inner radius and electromagnetic properties of metal tubes from the measured coil impedance. The inversion procedure is based on the Monte Carlo Markov chain method and the analytical impedance model developed and validated in our previous work. The impedance measurement uncertainty is included as the prior proba...

appropriate bronchus of each child during fiberscopic vision (Olympus LF-P, 2.2-mm OD, or LF-DP, 3.1-mm OD, passed through the inner tube; Olympus Optical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan). Sufficient ventilation Tohoku University Postgraduate Medical School through the inner tube was obtained during the blocker positioning using a rubber-sealed Y connector (Bodai Swivel Y; Sotek Medical Inc., Hingham)....

Recently, it was shown in cochlear explants from the guinea pig cochlea that electrokinetic motile responses of outer hair cells can induce radial and transverse motion of the reticular lamina. Here we demonstrate, that the radial component of these motions can be measured up to high frequencies (15 kHz). Cochlear explants were taken from guinea pig inner ears and exposed to a sinusoidal electr...

The nonlinear dynamics of and heat and mass transfer processes in annular liquid jets are analyzed by means of a nonlinear system of integrodi€erential equations which account for the liquid motion and the gases enclosed by the jet. Both linear and sinusoidal heat and mass addition sources are considered to take place homogeneously within the volume enclosed by the jet's inner interface in an a...

When ternary mixed solutions of water-hydrophilic/hydrophobic organic solvents are fed into a microspace under laminar flow conditions, the solvent molecules are radially distributed in the microspace. The specific fluidic behavior of the solvents is termed "tube radial distribution phenomenon" (TRDP). In this study, water-acetonitrile-ethyl acetate mixed solutions (3:8:4 volume ratio) containi...

An ultra-sensitive and quantitative diagnostic system by combining nested PCR and TaqMan PCR in a single tube was developed for detection of "Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus". The procedure involves two PCR steps using the species-specific outer and inner primer pairs. Different annealing temperatures allow both the first and the second rounds of PCR to be performed sequentially in the same c...