We present the characteristics of the thermoluminescence (TL) response of Ge-doped optical fibers with various energies and exposures of photon *** investigate the Ge-doped SiO2 as an efficient TL material,the TL resp...
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We present the characteristics of the thermoluminescence (TL) response of Ge-doped optical fibers with various energies and exposures of photon *** investigate the Ge-doped SiO2 as an efficient TL material,the TL responses are compared with commercially available standard TLD100 *** Ge-doped optical fiber and TLD100 are placed in gelatin capsules and irradiated with x-ray using a Toshiba model KXO-15R x-ray *** Ge-doped fiber and TLD-100 show linear response as a function of current and time using x-ray photon of energy 60,80 and *** irradiated with 60,80 and l00kV x-ray energy at various currents (mA ),tube distance (cm) and exposure time (second) ranges,TLD100 media provide a TL yield up to two times that of Ge-doped *** energy response of the Ge-doped fibers is linear and similar over the 60-l00 kVenergy range,and its sensitivity is 0.39±0.05 of the TLD100 *** glow curves of TLD 100 and doped optical fiber are also compared.
Clinical criteria for prediction of difficult airway in adults may not be applicable in children and available literature on the topic is limited. The objective of this prospective observational study was to assess th...
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Clinical criteria for prediction of difficult airway in adults may not be applicable in children and available literature on the topic is limited. The objective of this prospective observational study was to assess the usefulness of Mallampati classification, thyromental distance (Tm) and distance from tragus to nares (Tn) in two groups of pediatric patients, those who are less than five and above five years of age, and to correlate these assessments with different grades of Cormack and Lehane (C&L) classification. One hundred and ninety six pediatric patients from one month to eight years of age, ASA grade I and II and planned for elective surgery under general anesthesia with tracheal intubation were recruited. Age, gender, weight (kg), BMI, distance between tragus and nares (cm), Mallampati grades and thyromental distance (cm) were noted preoperatively. Relationship of these variables with C&L grading at the time of laryngoscopy was recorded. C&L grades 2 & 3 was observed in 28 patients in younger age group (n = 120) as compared to two children above 5 years (n = 76) (p n with decreasing tragus to nares distance (p p = 0.025) in younger age group. In conclusion, this study showed that distance between tragus to nares, Mallampati classification (if applicable) and thyromental distance can be useful for assessment of difficult airway in children less than five years of age.
Smartphone ownership among adolescents is getting common in this decade especially in Malaysia;Adolescent are strongly devoted to their smartphone and this may lead to smartphone *** have reported that smartphone addi...
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Smartphone ownership among adolescents is getting common in this decade especially in Malaysia;Adolescent are strongly devoted to their smartphone and this may lead to smartphone *** have reported that smartphone addiction has become an emerging social and health problem especially among the youth in many countries however there is lack of study among adolescents in *** study aimed to examine the prevalence and factors associated with smartphone addiction among adolescents in *** was a cross-sectional study involving adolescents from 15 primary care clinics throughout the *** were assessed on their smartphone activities using the Malaysian short version of the Smartphone addiction scale(SAS-M-SV).Multiple logistic regression was used to determine the predictors of smartphone addiction among *** study was conducted among 921 adolescents with 49.6%male(n=457).The mean age of adolescents was 16.4±2.4 *** ethnicity distribution were 74.6%Malay,7.3%Chinese,4.7%Indian and 13.4%other *** prevalence of smartphone addiction was 37.1%(342/921);37.4%in male and 36.9%in *** on multiple logistic regression analysis,longer duration of smartphone use per week was associated with higher odds of smartphone addiction among adolescent(odd ratio=1.005%,95%confidence interval=1.000–1.009,p-value=0.039).Smartphone addiction is present in nearly four in ten adolescents in *** who spend longer duration in smartphone usage per week were associated with higher odds of having smartphone *** should be more alert and vigilant about this ***,parents should limit their children from spending too much of time with smartphone in order to prevent their children from getting smartphone addiction.
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