Digital Speech Analysis Tests Sobriety
...e result is unvoiced sounds like "p" and "t." Ifit opens and closes periodically, voiced sounds, like "b," "z" andvowels are produced. The glottal excitation waveform is the puffs of air produced by theopening and closing of the glottis during voiced speech. Cummingsconcentrated on voiced sounds in order ...KUMC Researchers Announce Breakthrough Method For Predicting Epileptic Seizures
...to rise. "This is very exciting because it opens up new avenues for treatment," said Steven Wilkinson, MD, neurosurgeon. "It's theoretically possible that we might some day be able to implant a 'smart device' that could actually prevent seizuresfrom occurring." Osorio said the algorithm use..."Powerful New Tool" For AIDS Is Reported In Science
... measuring T cell production and destruction rates opens up a whole universe of clinical and research questions to direct measurement." Initial in vivo results are the first step in the development process of this diagnostic technology. SpectruMedix is a U.S. company with a strong focus on medical and scie......rld prices, according to Marseille. "This action opens the way for large-scale drug interventions because we nowknow that these therapies can make both medical and economic sense," he said.In previous studies in the U.S., the AIDS Clinical Trial Group of the NationalInstitutes of Health found treatment w...World's First Producer To Repair Brain Damage From Stroke
... from the use of fetal tissue. "This trial opens the door to fuller recovery from stroke. Whilephysical and occupational therapy helps many patients adapt to the damage theirbrain has suffered from stroke, neuron cell transplantation may allow patients to recover lostabilities," said Douglas Kondz...Magnetic Hearing Aid Could Open New "Window" For Hearing Impaired
... second independent input pathway to the inner ear opens the possibility forusing the normal acoustic pathway and round window electromagnet simultaneouslyto establish constructive and destructive sound patterns in the inner ear," saidSpindel. The device could enhance the sound of a person's voice, for e...Duke Doctors Can Now Cure Most Babies Born With Fatal Immune Disease
... Second, and more importantly, T-cell depletion opens the door for dozensmore infants to be saved each year, meaning that a full genetic match is nolonger required for successful transplant. A half-matched donor will do. "Until 1982, SCID was invariably fatal unless the patient had a brotheror s......f severed peripheralnerves. "The technique opens up a completely novel approach to restoringphysiological continuity in the injured nervous system," says Michael Selzer,M.D., Ph.D., a neurologist at the University of Pennsylvania. Bittner's study, funded in part by the National Institutes o...ENBREL (Etanercept) Receives FDA Approval For Treatment Of Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis
...o severe arthritis. Theapproval of ENBREL for JRA opens a new era of hope for these children,teen-agers and their families." Prior to this approval, ENBREL was already approved by the FDA for thetreatment of moderately to severely active rheumatoid arthritis in adults. ENBREL has been granted orp...Wanted: Holistic approach to cancer treatment
...e (OCAM) of the NationalInstitute of Health (NIH), opens the book, and veteran journalist Peter BarryChowka, who has been a consultant for ABC's 20/20 and served on several advisorypanels of the NIH's OCAM, contributed the last chapter. Hess documents a movement of social scientists, engineers, actors, leg......second (500 milliseconds)because a circuit breaker opens or the person is thrown far from the liveconductor. Lightning strikes have an even shorter duration, only lasting up to afew milliseconds. Most of the current from a lightning strike passes over thesurface of the body in a process called "external fl...Heart failure deaths reduced by 30 percent
...important role of aldosterone in heart failure and opens the door to theresearch and development of more effective treatment options based on itsblockade." Aldosterone Blockade in Treating Heart Failure This study confirms that aldosterone plays an important role in thepathophysiology of heart failure. U...Duke/Novalon researchers identify potential mechanism behind tamoxifen resistance in breast cancers
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...ardiomyopathy," Campbell said. "However, our study opens up a unique andimportant new avenue of research directed toward the involvement of the vascularsmooth muscle sarcoglycan-sarcospan complex in the cause and progression ofcardiomyopathy." Now that Campbell's lab has identified the problem that leads t...Heart failure deaths reduced by 30 percent with new drug regimen
... important role ofaldosterone in heart failure and opens the door to the research and developmentof more effective treatment options based on its blockade. Aldosterone Blockade in Treating Heart Failure This study confirms that aldosterone plays in important role in thepathophysiology of heart failure. ...HIV's deep pocket may reveal vulnerability
...tion of the twomembranes leads to their fusion and opens the host cell to the virus. In searching for compounds that could prevent gp41 from jackknifing andbringing the two membranes together, the researchers first created a "library"of more than 61,000 molecules that seemed likely to interfere with gp41a...UCSF researchers discover new piece of puzzle in cancer development
...ntal to cancer processes in general. Itpotentially opens a whole new field for cancer diagnosis, prognosis andtreatment." The finding is reported in the Oct. 1 issue of Cancer Research. Scientists have long known that epithelial cells and fibroblasts exchangemolecular signals that are critical for tissue f...Immune system protein may be critical in kidney disorders and other diseases
...ephrotic syndrome and other kidney diseases. "This opens upa whole area of inquiry, where we wonder how the slit diaphragm is altered inhuman kidney diseases and whether a predisposition to kidney failure may berelated to genetic defects in the slit diaphragm or kidney epithelial cells,"Shaw says....Abstemious mice offer hint at molecular target for treating alcoholism
...mbrane of a target cell and there, likea latchkey, opens the receptor's channel, allowing chloride ions containingsignals of inhibition to flow through to a receptive neuron. The result is a flood of gratification, relaxation or sedation (depending on the signals) in thecentral nervous system. Alcohol and ...'Biochemical storm' following brain trauma, an important factor in treatment
.... "This is one of a very few research efforts that opens up a potential window for treatment in which we might be able to suppress the harmful activity of calpains while allowing repair to occur," said Kevin Wang, a senior research associate at Parke-Davis Pharmaceutical Research who is conducting laborato...