Long-term speech outcome in patients with Robin sequence after cleft palate repair and tongue-lip adhesion: A 21-year retrospective analysis.

The purpose of this study was to assess the effect of tongue-lip adhesion (TLA) on the long-term speech and articulation outcomes of patients with Robin sequence (RS) after cleft palate repair. Outcomes were compared to those in patients with RS who required positioning alone and to patients with isolated cleft palate (ICP). All consecutive patients with RS (with or without TLA) versus isolated cleft palate (ICP) who underwent cleft palate repair were retrospectively reviewed.

Adsorption of radon on silver exchanged zeolites at ambient temperatures.

Since more than 100 years, the adsorption of the radioactive noble gas radon (Rn) is performed on activated charcoal at cryogenic temperatures. There is little-if any-progress in the field of radon adsorption at ambient conditions to facilitate the development of simple and compact radon adsorption systems. We report here on the truly remarkable property of the synthetic silver-exchanged zeolites Ag-ETS-10 and Ag-ZSM-5 to strongly adsorb radon gas at room temperature.

The Reproducibility of the Jaw Index in the Measurement of Healthy Newborns.

Objective: Establish the reliability of the jaw index to objectify the relationship between the maxilla and mandible in healthy newborns.

Design: Cohort study.

Setting: Tertiary setting.