Background: The tegmen tympani and mastoideum are insidious locations of bony dehiscence.Large defects may result in encephalocele, cerebrospinal fluid leak, recurrent meningitis, and intracranial abscess.A rare complication is spontaneous otogenic pneumocephalus (SOP).Herein, we describe the clinical course and operative Toner Originals repair str
Abstract Background In the present study, we wanted to explore which metaphors patients suffering from major depressive disorder (MDD) use to explain their experience of being in therapy and their improvement from depression.Methods Patients with MDD (N = 22) received either psychodynamic therapy (PDT) or cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT).They wer
The modulation transfer function Carving (MTF) quantitatively describes the ability of an optical or imaging system to reproduce contrast at various spatial frequencies.The ISO 12233 edge-based method adopted diagonal MTF measurement for sampled imaging systems by analyzing the gradient of a slanted edge captured by the system and estimating MTF as
Accurate modeling of the nonlinear relationship between the open circuit voltage (OCV) and the state of charge (SOC) is required for adaptive SOC estimation during the lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery operation.Online SOC estimation should meet several constraints, such as the computational cost, the number of parameters, as well as the accuracy of the
Abstract Background As type of surgery and opioids are suggested risk factors for the development of cognitive decline after surgery, we evaluated the effect of an opioid-sparing anesthesia regimen involving preoperative erector spinae block and continuous infusion of flurbiprofen on the incidence of cognitive decline after video-assisted thoracosc