Glottic and Neoglottic Insufficiency: Causes, Functional Problems and Evaluation

Double lip or macrocheilitis is a rare facial anomaly, mostly congenital in origin. It commonly involves the upper lip than the lower lip. It may occur in isolation or as part of the Ascher’s syndrome. It results due to deposition of excessive areolar tissue and non-inflammatory hyperplasia of labial mucosa gland of pars villosa. It may be acquired as a result of injury to the lips or lip-biting habit. The double lip becomes conspicuous when the lips are retracted during smiling resulting in the characteristic ‘cupid’s bow’ appearance. This disfigurement can pose aesthetic and functional problems and may result in psychological distress. A surgical intervention is must for restoration of functions and to address the aesthetic concerns. The present article reports a case of non-syndromic double upper lip with triple labial frena and its surgical management with laser on one side and with scalpel on the other side.

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Analysis of Changes in Signal Intensity of Choroid Plexus in MRI Using FLAIR-DW-EPI Pulse Sequence

ScholarGen Publishers ◽

10.31916/sjmi2020-01-02 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 3 (1) ◽

pp. 9-15

Author(s):

Jingyu Kim ◽

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Sang-Jin Im ◽

Keyword(s):

Choroid Plexus ◽

Signal Intensity ◽

Pulse Sequence ◽

Signal Strength ◽

Brain Parenchyma ◽

Weighted Image ◽

Diffusion Weighted ◽

Water Signal ◽

The Brain ◽

Functional Problems

In this study, the signal intensity of choroid plexus, which is producing cerebrospinal fluid, is analyzed according to the FLAIR diffusion-weighted imaging technique. In the T2*-DW-EPI diffusion-weighted image, the FLAIR-DW-EPI technique, which suppressed the water signal, was additionally examined for subjects with high choroid plexus signals and compared and analyzed the signal intensity. As a result of the experiment, it was confirmed that the FLAIR-DW-EPI technique showed a signal strength equal to or lower than that of the brain parenchyma, and there was a difference in signal strength between the two techniques. As a result of this study, if the choroidal plexus signal is high in the T2 * -DW-EPI diffusionweighted image, additional examination of the FLAIR-DW-EPI technique is thought to be useful in distinguishing functional problems of the choroid plexus. In conclusion, if the choroidal plexus signal is high on the T2*-DW-EPI diffuse weighted image, it is thought that further examination of the FLAIR-DW-EPI technique will be useful in distinguishing functional problems of the choroidal plexus.

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DEVELOPMENT OF CONCENTRIC INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY OF DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION OF HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS

Management of Development of Complex Systems ◽

10.32347/2412-9933.2020.44.105-115 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 105-115

Author(s):

Iurii Teslia ◽

Hryhoriy Zaspa

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Information Technology ◽

Information Management ◽

Information Needs ◽

Higher Education Institutions ◽

Digital Transformation ◽

Modern World ◽

Digital Space ◽

Analytical System ◽

Functional Problems

Modern world trends in education are aimed at the digital transformation of educational institutions. Traditional approaches to higher education institutions informatization through their automation no longer meet the requirements of the time. Therefore, new approaches are needed, based on the digitalization of educational processes aimed at creating digital universities. For this purpose, the current state of information systems in higher education institutions use and the issue of higher education institutions digital transformation were studied. The problem of automation tools separation was revealed, which does not allow to effectively implement digitalization projects, does not allow to create a single system of building digital universities. It is proposed to solve the digital transformation of higher education institutions problem based on the use of concentric information technology developed in this study, which integrates all information bases, methods and means of solving functional problems into a single digital space to maximize information needs of higher education institutions. This technology is based on the following developed in the study: 1) concentric model of information technology of digital transformation of higher education institutions, which allows to integrate methods and tools of information management to create a single higher education institutions digital space; 2 functionally independent method of information management of higher education institutions, which allows to create universal tools of informatization, which are independent of the composition and specifics of the construction of the created tools of solving functional problems; 3) interlayer information interaction methods, providing reflection in the processes of each of the layers of changes in the information environment of neighboring layers. The results of the study were used in the construction of information and analytical system of the university educational activities support, which was developed and implemented at Cherkasy State Technological University.

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