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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"ear infections"”.
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A multispectral imaging method and device to detect and quantify the presence of fluid in the middle ear to facilitate the diagnosis and triage of ear infections
Middle ear infections or otitis media that cause inflammation of tympanic membrane and fluid buildup in the middle ear cavity accounts for 2-3 million hospital visits every year [34]. As per an epidemiological study conducted from 2006 - 2016 on 685 children, between the ages of 1-3 years, roughly …
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A Comparative Analysis of Diseases Associated with Mining and Non-Mining Communities: A Case Study of Obusai and Asankrangwa, Ghana
… varies with geographic location. This research pursues a medical geographic perspective and examines the spatial variations in disease patterns between Obuasi, a gold mining town and Asankrangwa, a non gold mining town in Ghana, West Africa. Political ecology/economy and the human ecology …
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Non-invasive assessment of biofilm growth in the middle ear using a portable low-coherence interferometry system
… and recurrent OM, will often have conductive hearing loss and communication difficulties, and will need surgical treatment. Recent clinical studies state that almost all chronic OM cases are accompanied by a bacterial biofilm behind the tympanic membrane (eardrum). Biofilms are typically very …
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Eye Gaze Does Not Attenuate Cognitive Load on 14-Month-Olds' Word-Object Associative Learning for Minimal Pairs
… difficulty with minimal pair associative learning would be replicated in the no face condition. It was also predicted that the addition of a female face and the cues it could provide would abate the challenge that this task typically presents. As a group, infants' performances in the two …
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A Descriptive Analysis of Tobacco Use Policies Among Select Family Day Homes in Virginia
… coughing and wheezing, bronchitis, pneumonia, ear infections, asthma, and sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). Childhood exposure to ETS may also increase the risk of developing leukemia and lymphoma in childhood (Mitchell, 1997) as well as developing lung cancer as an adult (Glantz, 1992). …
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Middle ear development: Genetics and disease
The mammalian middle ear is composed of three bony ossicles, the malleus, incus, and stapes that function to conduct sound from the external to the inner ear. Normal development of middle ear structures is integral for transduction of sound, defects resulting in conductive deafness. Mice are …
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Raman spectroscopy for the microbiological characterization and identification of medically relevant bacteria
… threats and the high mortality rate of bacterial infections worldwide. Raman spectroscopy has recently gained popularity as an attractive robust approach for the molecular characterization, rapid identification, and accurate classification of a wide range of bacteria.</p> <p>In this dissertation, …
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Frequency and predictors of tonsil surgery
… In relation to the systematic review, a search strategy and inclusion and exclusion criteria lead to 11 relevant papers that were appraised by two reviewers. Findings suggest that age, geographical region, and race are predictors of tonsil surgery. However, there is conflicting, …
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Antioxidant, Antimicrobial, and Antibiofilm properties of Opuntia stricta and Vachellia erioloba, and chemical characterization of volatile compounds
… Africa. The plant is used traditionally to treat ear infections, headaches, and toothaches. Opuntia stricta belongs to the family Cactaceae and is found in Namibia. The plant is used in the management of diseases such as diabetes, obesity, and cancer. This study was designed to investigate the …
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Exploring and profiling of childhood illnesses in informal settlements in relation to flooding: a case study of Barcelona, Cape Town South Africa
… as a result of inhalation, ingestion and wound infections. This study focuses on the impacts of flooding on child health in the informal settlement of Barcelona, Cape Town. The health outcomes of flooding are conceptualized within the vulnerability framework of Turner and colleagues (2003), …
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The genetics of non-syndromic hearing impairment in South Africa
Hearing impairment (HI) is a sensory disorder resulting in the partial or complete disability to perceive sound in the better-hearing ear. It is defined as the inability to hear better than 25dB in the better-hearing ear. Subsequently, it is considered disabling when a child cannot perceive sound …
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Clinical translation of optical coherence tomography for the diagnosis of otitis media: validation and tracking of biofilms on the tympanic membrane and development of a novel automated classification and diagnostic platform
Otitis media (OM), an infection of the middle ear, is one of the most common reasons for children to seek medical care and receive antibiotics. While typically identified and diagnosed through the visual examination of the ear with an otoscope, this method provides limited quantitative information …