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Expectation as a factor of influence on the success of use of hearing aids in elderly individuals
Authors: Costa Maristela Julio , Menegotto Isabela Hoffmeister , Schuster Larissa Cristina 
Published: May 2012

Summary
Introduction: Auditory prosthesis is distinguished in function of the lesser technologies that become them each time, more powerful and efficient. The marketing can generate unreal expectations how much to the results with the amplification use, mainly in inexperienced individuals.
Objective: To verify the relation between expectations and success of the process of election and adaptation of auditory prosthesis in aged.
Method: Clinical and experimental study, 16 aged, inexperienced individuals with the amplification use, the election and adaptation of auditory prosthesis had been evaluated 15 days before and after. Questionnaire for evaluation of the expectations of aged the adult individual was used “/, new user of auditory prosthesis”, Hearing Handicap Inventory will be the Elderly/Screening Version, for evaluation of the perception of the restriction of participation and the International Questionnaire - Device of Amplification Sonora Individual (QI-AASI), to verify the subjective benefit with the use of the auditory prosthesis. The Percentile Index of Recognition of Sentences in Silence was determined (IPRSS), by means of the test Lists of Sentences in Portuguese to verify the objective benefit of the adaptation. The data had been analyzed by means of not-parametric test, with level of significance of 5%.
Results: The entire sample presented positive expectations. Subjectively benefit for the reduction of the perception of the participation restriction and for the positive evaluation of the adaptation, evidenced for the QI-AASI was verified. Objective the improvement of the IPRSS with the use of auditory prosthesis also evidenced benefits.
Conclusion: The expectation how much to the results with the amplification use, it was factor of negative influence in the success of the process of election and adaptation of auditory prosthesis, in the subjective scope.
Prevalence of tinnitus in elderly individuals with and without history of occupational noise exposure
Authors: Melo Juliana Jandre , Meneses Caroline Luiz , Marchiori Luciana Lozza de Moraes 
Published: May 2012

Summary
Introduction: The various metabolic and circulatory alterations that are related to noise exposure may cause the onset of several symptoms, including tinnitus.
Objective: The purpose of the study was to assess the prevalence of tinnitus complaints in elderly individuals with and without history of occupational noise exposure.
Method: This prospective study was conducted in a sample population consisting of 502 individuals aged over 60 years, by anamnesis and audiological evaluation. The variables that were studied were the frequency of tinnitus and the history of occupational noise. Logistic regression was used to control for potential confusion or modifications caused by the effects of the other variables on the associations of interest.
Results and Discussion: Tinnitus was reported in 50% of the cases, with tinnitus reported in 40% of the elderly individuals with history of occupational noise exposure, and in 43% of controls (elderly individuals without history of occupational noise exposure). A high frequency of tinnitus was detected in the population under investigation, but there were no statistically significant associations between the presence of tinnitus and history of occupational noise exposure.
Conclusion: The results of this study may have occurred due to other factors such as the age of the individuals without history of occupational noise exposure.
Lateral intercrural suture in the caucasian nose: Decreased domal divergence angle in endonasal rhinoplasty without delivery
Authors: Mocelin Marcos , Soares Caio Márcio Correia , Pasinato Rogério , Frota Andreia Ellery , Berger Cezar Augusto Sarraf 
Published: May 2012

Summary
Introduction: Several techniques can be performed to improve nasal tip definition such as cartilage resection, tip grafts, or sutures.
Objctive: To evaluate the outcome of lateral intercrural suture at the lower lateral cartilage by endonasal rhinoplasty with a basic technique without delivery in decreasing the angle of domal divergence and improving the nasal tip definition.
Method: This prospective study was performed in 64 patients in which a suture was made on the board head of the lower lateral cartilage in the joint between the dome and lateral crus, using polydioxanone (PDS) with sharp, curved needle.
Results: In all of the cases, better definition of the nasal tip was achieved by intercrural suturing for at least 6 months postoperatively.
Conclusion: Lateral intercrural suture of the lower lateral cartilage provides improved nasal tip definition and can be performed by endonasal rhinoplasty without delivery in the Caucasian nose.
Laryngeal complications by orotracheal intubation: Literature review
Authors: de Cavalho Glauber Barbosa , Brito Valeska Almeida , Mota Luiz Alberto Alves 
Published: May 2012

Sumamry
Introduction: The injuries caused for the orotracheal intubation are common in our way and widely told by literature. Generally the pipe rank of or consequence of its permanence in the aerial ways of the patient is caused by accidents in. It has diverse types of larynx injuries, caused for multiple mechanisms.
Objective: To verify, in literature, the main causes of laryngeal complications after- orotracheal intubation and its mechanisms of injury.
Revision of Literature: The searched databases had been LILACS, BIREME and SCIELO. Were updated, books and theses had been used, delimiting itself the period enters 1953 the 2009. The keywords used for the search of articles had been: complications, injuries, larynx, intubation, endotracheal, orotracheal, granulomas, stenosis. 59 references had been selected. The used criteria of inclusion for the choice of articles had been the ones that had shown to the diverse types of injuries caused for the orotracheal intubation and its pathophysiology.
Final Considerations: This revision of literature was motivated by the comment in the practical clinic of a great number of laryngeal sequels in patients submitted to the orotracheal intubation. Of that is ahead important the knowledge, for the professionals of the area of health, the types of complications and its causes, with intention to prevent them, adopting measured of prevention of these injuries.
Cough: neurophysiology, methods of research, pharmacological therapy and phonoaudiology
Authors: Balbani Aracy Pereira Silveira 
Published: May 2012

Summary
Introduction: The cough is the more common respiratory symptom in children and adults.
Objective: To present a revision on the neurophysiology and the methods for study of the consequence of the cough, as well as the pharmacotherapy and phonoaudiology therapy of the cough, based on the works published between 2005 and 2010 and indexed in the bases Medline, Lilacs and Library Cochrane under them to keywords “cough” or “anti-cough”.
Synthesis of the data: The consequence of the cough involves activation of receiving multiples becomes vacant in the aerial ways and of neural projections of the nucleus of the solitary treatment for other structures of the central nervous system. Experimental techniques allow studying the consequence of the cough to the cellular and molecular level to develop new anti-cough agents. It does not have evidences of that anti-cough exempt of medical lapsing they have superior effectiveness to the one of placebo for the relief of the cough. The phonoaudiology therapy can benefit patients with refractory chronic cough to the pharmacological treatment, over all when paradoxical movement of the vocal folds coexists.
Final Comments: The boarding to multidiscipline has basic paper in the etiological diagnosis and treatment of the cough. The otolaryngologist must inform the patients on the risks of the anti-cough of free sales in order to prevent adverse poisonings and effect, especially in children.
Applicability of the free field Sustained Auditory Attention Ability Test (SAAAT)
Authors: Rissatto Ariane Cristina Sampaio , Lauris José Roberto Pereira , Mondelli Maria Fernanda Capoani Garcia , Feniman Mariza Ribeiro 
Published: May 2012

Summary
Introduction: The attention is an underlying neuropsychology function to all the cognitive processes. The auditory deficiency compromises the normal development of the child, modifying diverse auditory abilities, including the attention.
Objective: to compare the performance of children in the Test of the Ability of Auditory Attention Support, as for the different forms of application (auricular phones and free field), sort and, application order.
Method: 40 children (7 years old) voluntary with typical development had participated, divided in two groups: G1 and G2, composites of 20 children each. The application of the THAAS in the G1 if gave first with auricular phones and after that in free field and the G2 the process was inverse. The evaluation consisted in: specific questionnaire, auditory tests and application of the THAAS.
Results: It did not have significant difference how much to the sort. For the THAAS with phones, the G1 presented greater amount of errors of carelessness and total punctuation. For the THAAS in field it had a significant difference of the G2 for the monitoring decrease. How much to the application form, the G1 demonstrated a bigger number of errors when it was used phones. The G2 did not demonstrate difference.
Conclusion: It had viability in the application of the THAAS in Free Field, being able to be adopted the same used normative values for the conventional way of evaluation.
Nasal septum perforation in patient with pyoderma gangrenosum
Authors: Felix Felippe , Paes Vania , de Azevedo Julia Alves , Grangeiro Eliza Raquel Negrão , Riccio Jonatah Lucas N. , Rito Helen Cruz , Maia Camilla Bezerra da Cruz 
Published: May 2012

Summary
Introduction: The cocaine is obtained from the leaves of the coca (Erythroxylon coca). It can be used in many ways, but the most common is the drug inhalation. The Cocaine also causes vasoconstriction at nasal mucous membrane and its chronic use can cause necrosis and nasal septum perforation. Pyoderma gangrenosum is an uncommon idiopathic disease characterized by ulcerations, usually observed on the legs. Its diagnosis is most common an exclusion of others diseases. So far, there is no specific treatment based on evidence by randomized controlled trials.
Objective: Describe the rare association between Pyoderma gangrenosum and cocaine.
Case Report: E. A., 27-year-old woman with destruction of nasal septum and palate who has been using a big amount of cocaine, been necessary note the difference from which disease cause de damage.
Final Comments: Also there are only three cases of Pyoderma gangrenosum complicated with nasal septum perforation in cocaine users.
Vestibular system paresis due to emergency endovascular catheterization
Authors: Simoceli Lucinda , Santos Henrique Mendes Paiva , Caputti Camilla , Sguillar Danilo Anunciatto 
Published: May 2012

Summary
Objective: The objective of this story of case is to describe an uncommon cause of associated peripheral Vestibulopathy to the unilateral auditory loss in aged patient after catheterization of urgency.
Story of case: Patient of the masculine sort, 82 years, submitted to the correction of abdominal ragged aneurism of aorta, in the intra-operative suffered heart attack acute from the myocardium needing primary angioplasty. High after hospital it relates to complaint of accented hearing loss to the right and crippling vertigo, without focal neurological signals. To the otorhinolaryngological clinical examination it presented: Test of Weber lateralized for the left, spontaneous nystagmus for the left, marches rocking, has taken normal disbasia and ataxia, index-nose and diadochokinesia, Test of Romberg with oscillation without fall and Fukuda with lateral shunting line for the right. The audiometric examination evidenced deafness to the right and sensorineural loss to the left in sharps, areflexia initial to the right in caloric test e, the computerized tomography of the secular bones and brainstem, presence of metallic connecting rod crossing the right secular bone, from the vein internal jugular vein and bulb jugular vein, crossing the posterior, superior and vestibule semicircular canals, projecting itself in temporal lobe. The radiological diagnoses was traumatic injury for guide to endovascular metallic during catheterization of urgency and the behavior, considering that the patient had not compensated the balance, it was vestibular rehabilitation.
Conclusion: Complaints of giddiness in the aged patient must be closely evaluated of its pathological clinical description because the antecedents of illnesses and previous treatments, in general, direct the diagnostic hypotheses however they can bring unexpected alterations.
La coopérative multisociétaire : renouveau coopératif et défis de gestion
Authors: Girard Jean-Pierre 
Published: May 2012

L’objet de cet article est de faire le point sur le concept de coopérative multisociétaire, donc des coopératives comptant plus d’une catégorie de membres, qui ont notamment la capacité d’oeuvrer dans de nouveaux secteurs d’activités et de joindre de nouveaux acteurs. La méthode retenue est de présenter, caractériser et analyser l’évolution du phénomène au Québec selon des données couvrant la période 1997-2008 telles la création de coopératives et leur distribution par secteur d’activités et identifier quelques défis que cette formule pose sur le plan de la gestion dont essentiellement concilier des intérêts d’acteurs qui, a priori, peuvent s’opposer, par exemple, entre des membres consommateurs et des membres travailleurs. Les cas italiens et français de coopératives multisociétaires sont cités occasionnellement pour mieux illustrer ou faire ressortir la spécificité du cas québécois. Devant l’importance croissante de ces organisations dans le panorama coopératif, il y a lieu de les étudier davantage que ce soit sous l’angle de l’impact de ces organisations sur les enjeux socio-économiques ou de leur cohabitation avec des coopératives unisociétaires dans certains secteurs d’activités.
Supervisory fault‐tolerant control with mutual performance optimization
Authors: Efimov Denis , Cieslak Jérome , Henry David 
Published: May 2012

SUMMARYThe problem of active fault‐tolerant control with reconfiguration mechanism for uncertain linear systems with external disturbances is addressed applying the supervisory control approach. A key feature of the proposed approach is establishment of a set of conditions providing mutual performance in the sense of taking into account the interaction of the fault detection, isolation, and accommodation subsystems in order to achieve global fault‐tolerance performance with guaranteed global stability. The efficiency of the approach is demonstrated in an example of computer simulation for a flight system benchmark. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Structure and Composition of Magnetocaloric Ni–Mn–In–Co Thin Films on the Nanoscale—A TEM Study
Authors: Erkartal Burak , Duppel Viola , Niemann Robert , Schultz Ludwig , Fähler Sebastian , Schürmann Ulrich , Kienle Lorenz 
Published: May 2012

AbstractA complementary set of electron microscopy techniques is applied for the determination of structural and chemical segregation phenomena within a 300 nm thick metamagnetic Ni–Mn–In–Co thin film. The structure is predominantly composed of distinct modulated martensites of the 5M‐, 6M‐, 7M‐, and 8M‐type. Additionally these modulated structures exhibit twinning and stacking disordering. The nature of the disordering and the structural misfit at the twin interface were analyzed via high resolution micrographs. Next to an adhesion layer of Cr interdiffusion on the nanoscale was observed producing a penternary chemically and structurally homogeneous precipitate. The structure can be assigned to a twinned non‐modulated pseudocubic model.
Comparison of work‐related symptoms and visual contrast sensitivity between employees at a severely water‐damaged school and a school without significant water damage
Authors: Thomas Gregory , Burton Nancy Clark , Mueller Charles , Page Elena , Vesper Stephen 
Published: May 2012

AbstractBackgroundThe National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) conducted a health hazard evaluation (HHE) of a water‐damaged school in New Orleans (NO), Louisiana. Our aim in this evaluation was to document employee health effects related to exposure to the water‐damaged school, and to determine if VCS testing could serve as a biomarker of effect for occupants who experienced adverse health effects in a water‐damaged building.MethodsNIOSH physicians and staff administered a work history and medical questionnaire, conducted visual contrast sensitivity (VCS) testing, and collected sticky‐tape, air, and dust samples at the school. Counting, culturing, and/or a DNA‐based technology, called mold‐specific quantitative PCR (MSQPCR), were also used to quantify the molds. A similar health and environmental evaluation was performed at a comparable school in Cincinnati, Ohio which was not water‐damaged.ResultsExtensive mold contamination was documented in the water‐damaged school and employees (n = 95) had higher prevalences of work‐related rashes and nasal, lower respiratory, and constitutional symptoms than those at the comparison school (n = 110). VCS values across all spatial frequencies were lower among employees at the water‐damaged school.ConclusionsEmployees exposed to an extensively water‐damaged environment reported adverse health effects, including rashes and nasal, lower respiratory, and constitutional symptoms. VCS values were lower in the employees at the water‐damaged school, but we do not recommend using it in evaluation of people exposed to mold. Am. J. Ind. Med. 55:844–854, 2012. This article is a U.S. Government work and is in the public domain in the USA.
A novel finding on computed tomography in the diagnosis and localization of cerebrospinal fluid leaks without a clear bony defect
Authors: Peter Manes R. , Ryan Matthew W. , Marple Bradley F. 
Published: May 2012

AbstractBackground:The purpose of this work was to describe a clinical and radiographic pattern of findings that helps localize the site of spontaneous cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leaks.Methods:This study was a retrospective review of CSF leaks treated at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center from 2000 to 2009. Data collected included demographics, nature of presentation, imaging findings, intraoperative location of skull‐base defect, and clinical follow‐up.Results:Forty‐six patients' charts were reviewed. Among these patients, 15 did not show a bony skull‐base defect on high‐resolution computed tomography (CT) scan. They did, however, each show a small area of opacification in the olfactory cleft. In each case, this area of opacification correlated with the site of the CSF leak. Intrathecal fluorescein was not used, except in 2 instances. Successful repair was noted in all patients on follow‐up, without evidence of recurrence at the repair site.Conclusion:In the absence of a clearly identifiable bony skull‐base defect, opacification of the olfactory cleft is a localizing sign in some cases of spontaneous CSF rhinorrhea. Such a finding should direct endoscopic repair, and may serve as the only marker for the specific leak site. ©2012 ARSAAOA, LLC.
Giant cell bone lesions in the craniofacial region: a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge
Authors: Borges Bruno Barros Pinto , Fornazieri Marco Aurélio , Bezerra Ana Paula Correia de Araújo , Martins Leandro Aurélio Liporoni , Pinna Fábio de Rezende , Voegels Richard Louis 
Published: May 2012

AbstractBackground:Giant cell tumors of bone (GCTs) are common in the long bones, but rare in the craniofacial region, with only 1% of cases occurring in the latter. Clinical, radiological, and anatomical diagnosis of this locally aggressive disease, which occurs in response to trauma or neoplastic transformation, poses a major challenge in clinical practice.Methods:The present study describes a series of 4 cases and highlights the main features of the differential diagnosis and treatment of these lesions: GCT, giant cell reparative granuloma (GCRG), and the brown tumor of hyperparathyroidism.Results:GCT presents as a benign neoplasm, most typically affecting the knees, and rarely in the temporal and sphenoid bones. It is radiologically indistinguishable from GCRG due to its lytic, poorly defined appearance. The distinction can only be made microscopically, as the presence of multinucleated giant cells scattered throughout the stroma and the absence of a history of trauma favor a diagnosis of GCT. The brown tumor of hyperparathyroidism occurs with rapid, localized osteoclast activity secondary to the effects of increased parathyroid hormone (PTH) levels; parathyroid examination is indispensable.Conclusion:The diagnosis and treatment of these lesions poses a major challenge due to their similar clinical presentation and radiological appearance. Accurate diagnosis is essential for definition of appropriate management, as complete resection is the goal in GCT and GCRG to avoid recurrence, whereas the brown tumor often yields to treatment of the underlying hyperparathyroidism.
An integrative simulation approach to weight reduction in poly(ethylene terephthalate) bottles
Authors: Daver Fugen , Demirel Bilal , Sutanto Jeffrey , Pang Chao Wei 
Published: May 2012

AbstractPoly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) is a widely used resin in the production of carbonated soft drink (CSD) bottles produced by injection‐stretch blow molding. A reduction in the bottle weight brings down the cost of packaging by reducing the materials and manufacturing costs. This article presents an integrative simulation study where 1.5‐L CSD bottles produced from preforms with different weights were assessed in terms of process viability and product quality. The simulation results were analyzed with respect to the experimental data obtained for the currently used CSD bottle made from 40 g of preform. We found that we could reduce the weight of the PET bottles by 7.5% without jeopardizing the functionality of the bottles in terms of the structural performance properties, such as the top‐load and burst strengths. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Appl. Polym. Sci., 2012
Rigid polyurethane foams made from high viscosity soy‐polyols
Authors: Fan Hongyu , Tekeei Ali , Suppes Galen J. , Hsieh Fu‐Hung 
Published: May 2012

AbstractThis study investigated the physical properties of water‐blown rigid polyurethane (PU) foams made from VORANOL®490 (petroleum‐based polyether polyol) mixed with 0–50% high viscosity (13,000–31,000 cP at 22°C) soy‐polyols. The density of these foams decreased as the soy‐polyol percentage increased. The compressive strength decreased, decreased and then increased, or remained unchanged and then increased with increasing soy‐polyol percentage depending on the viscosity of the soy‐polyol. Foams made from high viscosity (21,000–31,000 cP) soy‐polyols exhibited similar or superior density‐compressive strength properties to the control foam made from 100% VORNAOL® 490. The thermal conductivity of foams containing soy‐polyols was slightly higher than the control foam. The maximal foaming temperatures of foams slightly decreased with increasing soy‐polyol percentage. Micrographs of foams showed that they had many cells in the shape of sphere or polyhedra. With increasing soy‐polyol percentage, the cell size decreased, and the cell number increased. Based on the analysis of isocyanate content and compressive strength of foams, it was concluded that rigid PU foams could be made by replacing 50% petroleum‐based polyol with a high viscosity soy‐polyol resulting in a 30% reduction in the isocyanate content. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Appl. Polym. Sci., 2013