Prevention and management of intra‐operative complications in maxillary sinus augmentation: A review [PDF]
Abstract Maxillary sinus floor elevation is usually performed in two different ways: the lateral approach involves the creation of a bony window on the maxillary sinus lateral wall, providing direct access to the sinus cavity for membrane elevation and subsequent graft placement, and the transcrestal approach is considered less invasive.
Pascal Valentini, Claudio Stacchi
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Coblator Assisted‐Barbed Relocation Pharyngoplasty (Co‐BRP) in Obstructive Sleep Apnea Surgical Treatment [PDF]
Abstract Barbed reposition pharyngoplasty (BRP) is a new technique to manage velo‐pharyngeal obstruction and collapse in OSA patients. Tonsillectomy is a preliminary step of BRP surgery. Dissection of the PPM with monopolar or hot instruments is an essential step of the BRP technique. Tonsillectomy and muscle manipulation should be managed with careful
Ahmed Bahgat+17 more
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Increased Cerebrospinal Fluid Biomarkers of Neurodegeneration in Acquired Progressive Ataxia and Palatal Tremor Following a Static Lesion: A Case Report [PDF]
Movement Disorders Clinical Practice, Volume 12, Issue 1, Page 89-93, January 2025.
Carlo Fazio+9 more
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Minimizing Palato/velar Fistulas: A New Anatomic Perspective on Unilateral Cleft Lip and Palate [PDF]
Background:. Unilateral cleft lip and palates present unique anatomy at the palato-velar-vomerine junction. This region can be the widest and most challenging part of the cleft, where functional fistulas may occur.
Gül Schmidt, MD, DMD+7 more
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Transposition, not translation: Recuperating attentionality on Pantelleria, Sicily
Abstract This article examines how elderly rural Sicilians recall the meanings of words rendered obsolete by infrastructural, technological, and economic changes that occurred in their lifetime. I examine conversations from my 2016 and 2019 fieldwork on Pantelleria, Sicily, characterized by what I term recuperated attentionality, speaking from ...
Nicco A. La Mattina
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Deafness induces complete crossmodal plasticity in a belt region of dorsal auditory cortex
Activity of neurons in the higher‐order auditory area DZ of hearing and early‐deaf cats were collected in response to different unisensory and multisensory stimuli. In hearing cats, almost all neurons responded to auditory stimuli and a considerable number of neurons (more than 76%) responded to visual stimuli.
Yaser Merrikhi+4 more
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More on the voicing of English obstruents: voicing retention vs. voicing loss [PDF]
In Gonet (2010), one of the present authors found out that English word-final phonologically voiced obstruents in the voicing-favouring environment exhibit asymmetrical, if not erratic, behaviour in that voicing in plosives is most often retained while ...
Gonet, Wiktor, Święciński, Radosław
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A Partial Decipherment of the Unknown Kushan Script*
Abstract Several dozen inscriptions in an unknown writing system have been discovered in an area stretching geographically from Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan to southern Afghanistan. Most inscriptions can be dated to the period from the 2nd century BCE to the 3rd century CE, yet all attempts at decipherment have so far been unsuccessful.
Svenja Bonmann+3 more
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A detective story: emphatics in Mehri [PDF]
Until 1970, Ethio-Semitic was believed to be the only Semitic language sub-family in which the main correlate of “emphasis” is glottalization, a feature said at the time to be due to Cushitic influence. Since the work of T.M.
Bellem, A, Watson, JCE
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Abstract Atchan is a Kwa language spoken by approximately 150,000 people in and around Abidjan in southern Côte d’Ivoire. In this paper, I describe aspects of the phonology of Atchan, including its consonant and vowel inventory, syllable structure, patterns of nasalisation, and lexical and grammatical tone.
Katherine R. Russell
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