... to the cervical and vaginal mucosa When these are removed, slight oozing occurs There may be both erythema and edema ofthe vulva and vagina The discharge with Candida infection has a pH of 4–5 ... acne, and symptoms are soreness and local swelling, edema, CHAPTER 20 DISORDERSOFTHE VULVA AND VAGINA 581 cellulitis, and suppuration ofthe groin Involvement of apocrine glands establishes the ... in origin Nonetheless, cancer ofthe vulva may arise also from the urethra, glandular elements ofthe vulva, or mucosa ofthe lower third ofthe vagina Vulvar cancers are intraepithelial or invasive...
... oxidase (gulo) from thekidneyof P annectens and to determine the mRNA and protein expression of gulo/Gulo in thekidneyand other organs during three phases of aestivation The novel discovery ... studied the differential gene expression in the liver of P annectens at the end ofthe induction phase andthe beginning ofthe maintenance phase Their results confirmed the importance of reconstruction ... from the primitive pharynx The study ofthe respiratory system ofthe lungfish is not only of special interest in our understanding the functional and structural design ofthe lungs in the early...
... hear, and to distinguish the ugly andthe beautiful, the bad andthe good, pleasant and unpleasant It is the brain too which is the seat of madness and delirium, ofthe fears and frights which assail ... volumes ofthe head and medial surface ofthe hippocampus andthe dorsal and ventral surfaces ofthe amygdala Volumes of these subregions declined with age in the GTS group but not in controls, so the ... disordersand diseases ofthe brain, the advances in brain research provide hope in the form of their own understanding of what is going wrong and in the form of advances in novel therapies which...
... understanding ofthe anatomy and function ofthe ear andthe auditory nervous system, and it discusses the cause and treatment of hearing disorders Most books on hearing focus either on the anatomy ... coverage ofdisordersofthe auditory system emphasizing the interaction between pathologies ofthe middle ear andthe cochlea andthe function ofthe nervous system and vice versa Hyperactive disorders ... accumulated about the function ofthe cochlea than of any other sensory organ C H A P T E R Anatomy ofthe Ear ABSTRACT 10 The ear consists ofthe outer ear, the middle ear andthe inner ear The outer...
... at the entrance ofthe ear canal compared with the sound pressure that is measured in the place ofthe head The effect ofthe head on the sound at the entrance ofthe ear canal is related to the ... ratio between the effective area ofthe tympanic membrane andthe area ofthe stapes footplate, but the lever ratio ofthe middle ear bones also contributes The ratio of areas ofthe BOX 2.2 SOUND ... remarkable in the light ofthe FIGURE 2.12 (A) Average displacements ofthe umbo, the head ofthe stapes andthe lenticular process ofthe incus (B) The lever ratio at 124 dB SPL at the tympanic...
... in the ventral parts ofthe MGB ofthe thalamus, the nonclassical sensory pathways use the dorsal and medial division ofthe MGB as relay (Fig 5.10) [122] These divisions ofthe MGB receive their ... near the frequency of a formant will show a periodic pattern with the frequency ofthe formant The spectra of these histograms show harmonics ofthe fundamental frequency ofthe vowel andthe ... between the classical andthe non-classical routes andthe lateral nucleus ofthe amygdala (AL), showing the “high route” andthe “low route” Connections between the basolateral (ABL) andthe central...
... The caudal portion ofthe floor ofthe lateral recess is the (dorsal) surface ofthe dorsal cochlear nucleus andthe rostral portion ofthe floor ofthe lateral recess is the dorsal surface of ... difference between the latency ofthe N1 ofthe AP and that ofthe response from the intracranial portion ofthe auditory nerve is the travel time in the auditory nerve from the ear to the recording ... the latency ofthe first peak in the dipole andthe length is the relative strength ofthe dipoles Note the short distance between the two first dipoles (peak I and II ofthe ABR) andthe third...
... components of broad band sounds will elicit contractions ofthe stapedius muscle when the intensities of these components are above the threshold ofthe reflex and that will cause attenuation of low ... muscle contraction decreases the input to the cochlea and thereby decreases the contraction ofthe stapedius muscle, and that in turn causes the input to the cochlea to again increase, and that ... basis ofthe elevation ofthe hearing threshold in disordersofthe middle ear andthe cochlea but the effect on the function ofthe nervous system may affect speech discrimination Impairment of speech...
... increase the sensitivity and frequency selectivity ofthe ear (cf Chapter 3) The widening ofthe tuning ofthe basilar membrane broadens the “slices” ofthe spectrum of broad band sounds from which the ... spectrum The amount of acquired hearing loss depends not only on the intensity ofthe noise andthe duration of exposure but also on the character ofthe noise (frequency spectrum and time pattern) The ... perpendicular to the surface ofthe flat portion ofthe incudo-stapedial joint and that does not cause any movement ofthe incus and thus no displacement ofthe tympanic membrane If the pressure in the perilymphatic...
... tinnitus and abnormal perception of sounds such as hyperacusis and phonophobia) are some ofthe most diverse and complex disordersofthe auditory system and their causes are often obscure Often ... corresponding to the F1 frequency andthe other corresponding to the frequency of F2 The rate ofthe impulses is that of F0 for voiced sounds, and a quasi-random rate (average of 100 pps) for ... determined on the basis ofthe output of 16 band-pass filters The output ofthe six band-pass filters with the largest amplitudes is coded in the impulses that are applied to the electrodes in the cochlea...
... Krejci and colleagues confirm that the unrestricted use of even ‘low-dose’ AVP may result in ‘overconstriction’, in particular in the hepato-splanchnic region andthekidney Furthermore, the authors’ ... infusion The study by Krejci and colleagues therefore raises the question of whether AVP compares favorably with catecholamines In a complementary investigation the same group compared the regional ... activation ofthe inducible isoform of nitric oxide synthase) probably did not assume major importance Finally, as the authors themselves acknowledge, although labelled ‘low dose’, the infusion...
... advice, and encouragement to my thesis completion Many thanks are also given to all other teachers ofthe College of Aquaculture and Fisheries, and especially to those ofthe Department of Applied ... Because the mouth size of fry was larger and suitable with Cladocera and Copepod size Furthermore, Copepod swims slowly and irregularly and moves zigzac (William and Dennis, 2012) andthe movement of ... through the setae on the endites ofthe limbs Some species ofthe Sididae (e.g Sida crystallina) and Daphniidae (e.g Simocephalus spp.) attach themselves to vegetation or other substrates while they...
... Following the suggestions of scientific literature on the advantages ofthe compactness, reliability, ease of use and affordability ofthe 980 nm Diode Lasers, we evaluated the efficacy and safety of ... are reduced [17,18] The lasers normally adopted offer the enormous advantage of being conveyed in a fibre, which serves as the working tip at the end ofthe handpiece The use of flexible, length-adjustable ... question the efficacy ofthe 980nm Laser for photosclerosis of lesions and areas with little melanin and hemoglobin pigmentation [7] Furthermore, to avoid exaggerated fluences and thermal damage to the...
... (CO2), ammonia (NH3) and methane (CH4) into the atmosphere ♦ Most ofthe H2O vapor condensed to form the oceans ♦ As a result of three key processes (outlined on the next slide), the air ended up ... grew much warmer, thereby preventing freezing and accelerating surface “weathering” Except for Oxygen, almost all ofthe Earth’s atmosphere today Evolution ofthe Earth Process and Equation” its ... Multi-celled organisms appeared, and some of these evolved into soft-bodied worm-like animals with a variety of organs, and still later into the first hard-shelled creatures capable of leaving fossils ♦...
... techniques The report then describes the recent status of each ofthe issues RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN INCREASING OZONE CONCENTRATION Ozone generation Method and scale of use Table summarizes the ... concentration and decomposition RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN OZONATION TECHNOLOGY Objectives of ozonation The main objectives of ozonation are to reduce trihalomethane and to remove taste and odor These ... treate the cryptosporidium parvum by chlorine disinfection, the turbidity at the exit ofthe sand filtration basin is set to a turbidity of 0.1 degrees or less However, this method is neither safe...
... proposed the necessity of city-wide recycling system and other measures The fluctuation of water consumption in this period reflects the people’s consideration on the WCP introduced The people ... relocation of large-scale factories in Tokyo such as Toyosu Gas, Ebisu Brewery, Kirin Beer and others to the outskirts of Tokyo Another major factor was the reduction of water use in the factory ... conservation They also continuously make efforts to promote the utilization of SWT devices including the distribution of free SWT-tap developed by them as shown in Fig.7 On the other hand, for triggering...
... through the flow ofthe call: I pick up the phone and send an off-hook indication to the end office switch The switch sends back a dial tone I dial the digits to call Grandma's house (they are ... with the SS7 network andthe IN and can tell the gateways or endpoints how and when to set up the call To understand Figure 1-14 in greater detail, all the various components must be described The ... park on her line and have the PSTN call me back after she got off the phone Now that you have a basic understanding of how the PSTN functions, the next section discusses services and applications...
... differences, both the Arctic andthe Antarctic could be considered as ‘regions’ in the context ofthe contemporary law ofthe sea andthe actual cooperation of states as to the demanding tasks of exploring, ... attitude of UNCLOS III was not wrong The participation of these countries is a proof of their will to contribute to the co-existence ofthe Treaty system for the Antarctic andthe regime for the seas ... regarding the law ofthe sea In comparison with the first UN codification ofthe law ofthe sea, it had to include and develop new topics, such as the exploration and exploitation ofthe seabed...