scholarly journals Characteristics of Tip of the Tongue Phenomenon on the Task of Naming Celebrities in Healthy Elderly Adults

2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 863-873
Author(s):  
Soojung Kim ◽  
Hyunjoo Choi

Objectives: In general, the incidence of Tip of the tongue (TOT) phenomenon increases with age, but studies on the difference in the incidence of TOT phenomenon according to the age of healthy elderly adults are limited. The purpose of this study was to investigate the incidence and resolution rate of the TOT, and to find out the change in performance according to the syllabic clues.Methods: Ninety-six healthy elderly people whose age range was between 65 and 84 years old participated in the study. Participants were divided into three groups: 55-64 years old, 65-74 years old, and 75-84 years old age range groups. The TOT task used 30 questions about celebrity naming organized by period and category.Results: First, there was a significant difference of the TOT rate by age group, and as the age increased, the TOT rate due to partial retrieval failure and total retrieval failure increased. Second, the rate of TOT response type that explained the celebrity’s occupation was the highest in all groups. Third, there were significant differences between groups in both the voluntary TOT resolution rate and the TOT resolution rate after providing the syllabic clue. The recovery rate after the syllabic clues decreased with increasing age.Conclusion: This study observed the difference in characteristics of TOT phenomenon in elderly adults according to age group and the importance of phonological clues in TOT phenomenon resolution.

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 347-355
Author(s):  
Hyunjoo Choi

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to investigate whether there is a difference in word-finding behaviors in the discourse production task according to the age group of the elderly, from the young-old to the old-old.Methods: A total of 103 healthy elderly adults (55 to 85 years old) participated in this study. To exanimation of word-finding behaviors in the discourse, a picture description task was used. And, as the word naming task, the confrontational naming and the verbal fluency tasks were used.Results: First, according to the age group, the difference in the ratio of word-finding behaviors were statistically significant. Especially, there were significant differences according to the age group of the elderly in word-finding behaviors of repetitions, empty words, insertions, and delays. Second, the difference in performances of word naming task (Korean version-Boston Naming Test and semantic verbal fluency) according to the age group of the elderly was found to be significant. Finally, the performance of the word naming task showed a significant correlation with the ratio of word-finding behaviors in the discourse production task.Conclusion: This study has clinical significance in that it analyzed various word-finding behaviors in a natural environment where the problem of naming appears in elderly adults.


2013 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-72
Author(s):  
Jennie Smith ◽  
Tim Pring ◽  
Debbie Sell

Objective: To investigate the impact of the phonetic content of two sentence sets on speech outcomes, specifically the effects of nasal phonemes. Method: Audio-video recordings of a consecutive series of 15 participants (age range 4–22 years), with cleft palate (syndromic or non-syndromic), with and without velopharyngeal dysfunction were taken. Participants repeated Sentence Set 1 (with nasals across sentences) and Sentence Set 2 (without nasals except the three nasal target sentences) during a routine speech recording. Two experienced Specialist Speech and Language Therapists, blinded to the study’s purpose, analyzed participants’ speech using the Cleft Audit Protocol for Speech-Augmented (CAPS-A). On day 1, recordings included Sentence Set 1. On day 2, 23 days later, recordings included Sentence Set 2. Main results: The difference between Sentence Set 1 and Sentence Set 2 ‘total scores’ (sum of scores on all CAPS-A parameters) was significant. The Pearson Product Moment showed high correlation. A Wilcoxon test revealed a significant difference between Sets 1 and 2 on the hypernasality parameter, and this alone accounted for the significant difference in total scores. Conclusion: The inclusion or exclusion of nasal consonants in the sentence set significantly affected perceptual ratings of hypernasality but none of the other CAPS-A parameters, highlighting the need for further investigation into perceptual nasality ratings.


Scientifica ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Anuj Jain ◽  
Pranali Nimonkar ◽  
Nitin Bhola ◽  
Rajiv Borle ◽  
Anendd Jadhav ◽  
...  

The primary goal of palatoplasty is to achieve a tension-free palatal closure ensuring no postoperative complications. Many surgeons fracture the pterygoid hamulus to minimize tension during palatoplasty. However, this maneuver gained criticism by some authors on the grounds that it may lead to Eustachian Tube dysfunction. Our study intended to figure out the relationship of hamulus fracture with the postoperative state of middle ear in cleft palate children. Fifty consecutive cleft palate patients with an age range of 10 months to 5 years were recruited. All the patients were assigned to either hamulotomy or nonhamulotomy group preoperatively. The patients were subjected to otoscopic examination and auditory function evaluation by brainstem evoked response audiometry (BERA) preoperatively and 1 month and 6 months postoperatively. Otoscopy revealed that the difference in the improvement of middle ear status in both groups was statistically insignificant. Moreover, there was no significant difference in the BERA outcomes of the fracture and nonfracture populations. Complication rate in both groups was also statistically not significant. It can be concluded that hamulotomy does not have any effect on the hearing ability in cleft palate population, so hamulotomy can be performed for tension-free closure during palatoplasty.


2013 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 170-184 ◽  
Author(s):  
EJ Mrema ◽  
FM Rubino ◽  
S Mandic-Rajcevic ◽  
E Sturchio ◽  
R Turci ◽  
...  

Concentrations of 36 polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) congeners were measured in serum of 372 Italian residents of general population living in Novafeltria, Pavia, and Milan. Total PCB level differed significantly between these sites ( p < 0.0001) with median concentrations of 836.50, 1354.57, and 2062.08 pmol/g lipid, respectively. However, there is no evidence for the difference in distribution of total PCB levels by genders. Total dioxin-like PCBs differed significantly ( p < 0.0001) between the sites (median 109.78, 50.88, and 166.99 pmol/g lipid, respectively) and genders of Novafeltria and Pavia ( p = 0.011 and 0.009, respectively). PCB 138, 153, 170, and 180 differed significantly between the places of residence ( p < 0.0001) with higher values in Milan population. In the overall population, total PCB and PCB 138, 153, 156, 170, and 180 correlated positively with age (correlations range between 0.320 and 0.569, p < 0.0001). In Novafeltria, the correlations ranged between 0.545 and 0.670, and in Pavia, the correlations ranged between 0.516 and 0.666. In Milan, correlations with age range between 0.327 and 0.417 for total PCB and congeners 138, 153, and 180. With an exception of PCB 170, there was no evidence of significant difference in the distribution of most abundant PCB congeners and total PCB across the body mass index categories.


2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tri Prasetyorini ◽  
Rizka Noviyanti ◽  
Putu Puja Permata Kasih ◽  
Diah Lestari

Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) is a manifestation of acute myocardial ischemia and is generally caused by the rupture of atherosclerosis and thrombus in the coronary blood vessels. Rupture causes an inflammatory process that leukocytes which acts as a marker of inflammation increases. Heart muscle damage that occurs also resulted in levels of troponin I as one of the markers of increased cardiac examination. Based on that research aims to determine the correlation between the levels of troponin I and the number of leukocytes in patients with suspected AMI.This research method is analytical observation with a data sample of 100 patients with suspected AMI diagnosis by doctors as well as examine the levels of troponin I and the number of leukocytes in dr. Abdulmadjid Chasbullah Bekasi. The correlation between the levels of troponin I and leukocyte counts were analyzed using Spearman's test. Data studied consisted of 52 people (52%) men and 48 (48%) of women. By age group, age range 46-65 years become the largest age group into patients with suspected AMI is 55 people (55%). Obtained 34 (34%) of patients with suspected AMI who had higher levels of troponin I and normal leukocyte count, and 39 (39%) of patients with suspected AMI who had troponin I levels and elevated leukocyte count. On Spearman’s test seen the correlation between levels of troponin I with the total of leukocytes in patients with suspected AMI (p = 0.000 and r = 0.50). This shows an increase in troponin I, which runs parallel with the increase in the total of leukocytes. Suggested for further research to see the difference increased levels of troponin I and the total of leukocytes between 3-5 hours and 14-18 hours after myocardial injury


2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 91-96
Author(s):  
Pavlos Pavlidis ◽  
Georgios Kekes ◽  
Haralampos Gouveris

Objective: Aim of the study was to study in parallel changes in electrogustometric thresholds (EGM), in morphology and density of the fungiform papillae (fPap) and in vessels’ shape and density at the tip of the human tongue of patients receiving Captopril. Material and Methods: In 18 female subjects receiving Captopril (50mg, once per day) as Monotherapy against Hypertension EGM thresholds at the chorda tympani, at the soft palate were recorded bilaterally. Morphology and density of the fungiform papillae (fPap) and blood vessels’ density and morphology at the tip of the tongue were examined using contact endoscopy (CE). As control-group 18 healthy non-smokers female subjects of the same age group were also examined. Results: The evaluation of subjects treated with Captopril showed a higher EGM-thresholds as the subjects of the control-group. The difference between the density of patients’ fPap and that of the control-group was statistically significant. It is obvious that Captopril affects the shape and the vascularization of fPap. Captopril can affect seriously taste acuity. Conclusion: The present study provides data concerning the simultaneous changes in both EGM-Thresholds and shape and vascularization of fPap. The use of captopril seems to have a negative effect on them. Keywords: Captopril, contact endoscopy, electrogustometry, fungiform papillae, vascularization


2021 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuanyuan Yu ◽  
Zicheng Zhang ◽  
Qianhao Meng ◽  
Yue Ma ◽  
Xiaona Fan ◽  
...  

ObjectiveTo compare the efficacy of adjuvant chemotherapy with six or eight cycles of S-1 plus oxaliplatin (SOX) or Capecitabine plus oxaliplatin (XELOX) after D2 resection of GC.Design and participantsWe collected 470 cases of patients with TNM stage II and III GC who underwent D2 gastrectomy in the Harbin Medical University Cancer Hospital from January 2007 to December 2017 and received six or eight cycles of SOX or XELOX regimen. This study was designed to evaluate the prognosis of patients receiving six or eight cycles of SOX or XELOX chemotherapy and identify the appropriate number of chemotherapy cycles.ResultsAmong the 470 study participants [340 (72.3%) males; median age, 50 years (range, 24-76 years)], 355 and 115 received XELOX or SOX regimen chemotherapy, respectively. The number of 152 patients included in this study who received 6 and 8 cycles of chemotherapy in stage II and stage III without considering chemotherapy regimens were 125 and 27. The median DFS was, respectively, 14.9 months and 26.8 months (P = 0.08), the median OS was, respectively, 30.2 months and 30.8 months (P = 0.5), the difference was not statistically significant. Comprehensive survival analysis of XELOX and SOX group showed no significant difference for DFS (P = 0.29) and OS (P = 0.61). The total number of stage III GC patients who received six and eight cycles of chemotherapy was 92 and 19, respectively. The median DFS of patients who received six and eight cycles of chemotherapy was 14.6 and 23.2 months (P = 0.3), respectively. The median OS of patients who received six and eight cycles of chemotherapy was 26 and 30.6 months (P = 0.9), respectively. Comprehensive analysis of DFS (P=0.73) and OS (P=0.6) shows no difference between the XELOX group SOX groups. Subgroup analysis revealed significant differences in the gender (P = 0.05) and histological classification (P &lt; 0.05) distribution.ConclusionRegardless of the XELOX regimen or the SOX regimen, similar survival benefits are observed in patients receiving six or eight chemotherapy cycles irrespective of the regimen used. The XELOX and SOX regimens are well tolerated in patients undergoing D2 resection of GC.


2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 104-108
Author(s):  
Dr. Ashutosh Chate ◽  
Dr. Amrut Swami ◽  
Ms. Sakshi Rane ◽  
Dr. Ramesh Gosavi

Introduction: Diabetes is a leading chronic disease in world and number of cases are significantly increasing each year in India also. Out of many associated conditions, skin involvement in diabetes also needs to be evaluated. We conducted this study to study relation between the sugar control and skin manifestations in diabetic patients. Methodology: We studied total 100 diabetic patients visiting our dermatology OPD over a period of 1 year from January to December 2020. All skin diseases in diabetic patients were studied. We studied association of these diseases with sugar control in our study participants. Results: Mean age of our study participants was 63.48 ± 18.12 years, Majority of the males were from the age group of 61 and above, 34 (62.96%) while majority of the females were from the age group of 41-60 years 25 (54.35%). Majority of the patients had diabetes for 5-10 years (52%) followed by more than 10 years (36%) and less than 5 years in 24% cases. Out of 100 participants, 44% had controlled diabetes while rest 56% had uncontrolled diabetes with HbA1c > 6. We observed a significant difference in skin manifestations of controlled and uncontrolled sugars in diabetic patients. (p = 0.007). Conclusion: From this study, we conclude that the skin is involved in diabetes quite often. Early diagnosis and treatment of skin manifestations in diabetic patients is important to reduce unwanted morbidity and further complications in the diabetic patients.


Blood ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 114 (22) ◽  
pp. 2152-2152 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric R Rosenbaum ◽  
Mayumi Nakagawa ◽  
Gina Pesek ◽  
John Theus ◽  
Bart Barlogie ◽  
...  

Abstract Abstract 2152 Poster Board II-129 Introduction: Plerixafor (formerly AMD3100) is a reversible CXCR4 inhibitor used to mobilize CD34+ cells for collection and use in hematopoietic transplant. Since beginning phase I trials, the drug has been given at 10 pm and collection initiated 10h later at 8 am. After recent FDA approval, we examined use of a dosing-collection interval of 15h (5 pm administration/8 am collection) for patient (pt) convenience. Here we compare results retrospectively from phase I and II trials at our institution using the 10h interval with post-approval collections using the 15h interval. We also evaluated prechemotherapy platelet (plt) count as a predictor of response to plerixafor+G-CSF. Materials and Methods: We reviewed data for all pts (n=107) at our institution who received plerixafor using the 10h (n=79) and 15h (n=34) intervals. This group was reduced to only those who received 4 consecutive days of plerixafor (n=76), of which 67 had the 10h interval and 21 had the 15h interval. The age range of the 10h group was 30-79y (median 62) and the range of the 15h group was 45-78y (median 57). The primary disease in both groups was multiple myeloma, but included 2 NHL in the 10h group, and 5 NHL in the 15h group. Chemotherapy given prior to mobilization for both the 10h and 15h interval groups were similar and plerixafor was administered with G-CSF in all pts. CD34+ cells collected on days 1-4 were quantified by flow cytometry. Finally, some patients (n=9) underwent mobilization with plerixafor two or more times, of which 4 did so on both the 10h and 15h intervals. These instances were recorded as separate events. Prechemotherapy plt counts were also reviewed for each patient and subcategorized into 3 groups: <100, 100-150, and >150,000/uL. Mean CD34+ cells collected were compared between the plt subcategories for both the 10h and 15h groups. Results: The mean number of CD34+ cells collected for the 10h group on days 1-4 of plerixafor administration was 1.26, 1.04, 0.71, and 0.55 ×10e6 CD34+ cells/kg, respectively, with total average collection of 3.56 × 10e6 CD34+ cells/kg. For the 15h group, the average number of CD34+ cells collected on days 1-4 were 2.20, 1.61, 1.44, and 1.01 × 10e6 CD34+ cells/kg, respectively, with total average collection of 6.26 × 10e6 CD34+ cells/kg. The two groups were compared using two-tailed student's t-tests. There was no statistically significant difference between the quantity of CD34+ cells collected on days 1 or 2 for the 10h and 15h groups, however there was a statistically significant difference on days 3 and 4. On these latter two days, the 15h group collected a significantly higher number of CD34+ cells compared to the 10h group. The difference in average total collection for the two groups over all 4 days was statistically significant at an alpha level of 0.05 (p-value: 0.03). The different prechemotherapy plt groups were compared using one-way ANOVA statistical analysis. Within the 10h group the <100 group had the least amount collected (mean 2.46×10e6 CD34+/kg), the 100-150 had an intermediate amount (mean 3.30×10e6CD34+/kg), and the >150 group the most (4.30×10e6CD34+/kg; p-value 0.02). The same comparison within the 15h group showed similar findings but the number of patients in each subcategory was too small to be statistically significant. Conclusion: Administration of plerixafor with the 15h interval (5 pm dosing/8 am collection) appears to be equivalent to the standard 10h interval with regard to quantity of CD34+ cells collected over the first 2 days, and is superior to the 10 h schedule if the collection continues for 4 days. Further, prechemotherapy plt count is predictive of ability to mobilize CD34+ cells with perixafor+G-CSF for the 10h interval, as has been previously shown by our group for G-CSF alone in a similar population. Additional pts are needed to demonstrate conclusively the same finding for the 15h dosing/collection interval. Disclosures: No relevant conflicts of interest to declare.


2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
Snigdha Pattanaik ◽  
Sudhakar Pathuri

Objective: To establish soft tissue facial profile norms for Coastal Andhra population by means of angular measurements and toevaluate the difference between male & female groups.Materials & Method: 90 individuals (45 males, 45 females) of age group 18-25 years of native coastal Andhra Pradesh, withacceptable pleasing profile, normal Class I occlusion having ideal anterior bite were selected for the study. Standard profilephotographs were taken and angular photogrammetric analysis was carried out through AutoCAD software.Result: There were significant difference in Naso-frontal angle (G–N–Nd; males: 130.64 ± 6.27o; females: 140.33o ± 6.85o; P = 0.000)and Mento-labial angle (Li–Sm–Pg: females: 127.38o ± 5.35o; males: 124.82o ± 6.57o; P = 0.043).Conclusion: The males of Coastal Andhra Pradesh have mild convex profile and prominent nose whereas females have mildconvex profile due to recessive chin. A higher upper lip prominence was seen in males.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/ojn.v4i1.11308 Orthodontic Journal of Nepal Vol.4(1) 2014; 29-35 


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