Aerodigestoscopy (ADS): The Feasibility, Safety, and Comfort of a Comprehensive Procedure for the Evaluation of Physiological Disorders of the Aerodigestive Tract.

Limited access to the comprehensive assessment of disorders of the upper aerodigestive tract is a barrier to care in rural health facilities. Assessment of the full aerodigestive tract requires a variety of specialists. The inability to access the necessary specialists can result in misdiagnosis, underdiagnosis, and increased associated mortality.

Letter to the Editor Regarding "Instrumental Assessment of Aero-Resistive Expiratory Muscle Strength Rehabilitation Devices".

This Letter to the Editor was created in response to the article titled, "Instrumental Assessment of Aero-Resistive Expiratory Muscle Strength Rehabilitation Devices" by Dietsch et al. (2024). The article aims to compare six expiratory muscle strength training (EMST) devices and investigates their minimum trigger pressure, variability across the settings, and stability.

Effect of Combined Respiratory Muscle Training (cRMT) on Dysphonia following Single CVA: A Retrospective Pilot Study.

Background: Although dysphonia is less prevalent than dysphagia following cerebrovascular accidents, dysphonia does contribute to the burden of disease resulting from stroke. Strengthening muscles of the larynx and respiratory tract through respiratory muscle training (RMT) has proven effective in improving voice after neurological insult. However, approaches to strengthen only the expiratory muscle groups (EMST) dominate the clinical study literature, with variable outcomes.

Effect of respiratory muscle training on dysphagia in stroke patients-A retrospective pilot study.

Background: Dysphagia is prevalent with cerebrovascular accidents and contributes to the burden of disease and mortality. Strengthening dysfunctional swallow muscles through respiratory muscle training (RMT) has proven effective in improving swallow effectiveness and safety. However, approaches to strengthen only the expiratory muscle groups (EMST) dominate the clinical study literature, with variable outcomes.

Assessing the impact of corn variety and Texas terroir on flavor and alcohol yield in new-make bourbon whiskey.

The whiskey industry is dominated by whiskey styles with recipes that contain corn as the primary grain. However, little research has been conducted to investigate whiskey specific distinctions arising from different corn varieties and growing environments (i.e.

Hippocampal Stratum Radiatum, Lacunosum, and Moleculare Sparing in Mild Cognitive Impairment.

Background: Alzheimer's disease (AD) is associated with atrophy in entorhinal cortex (ERC), the hippocampus, and its subfields Cornu Ammonis 1 (CA1) and subiculum, which predict conversion from mild cognitive impairment (MCI) to clinical AD. The stratum radiatum, lacunosum, and moleculare (SRLM) are also important gateways involving ERC and CA1, which are affected by early AD pathology.

Objective: To assess whether the SRLM is affected in MCI and AD.

In vivo quantitative susceptibility mapping (QSM) in Alzheimer's disease.

Background: This study explores the magnetostatic properties of the Alzheimer's disease brain using a recently proposed, magnetic resonance imaging, postprocessed contrast mechanism. Quantitative susceptibility mapping (QSM) has the potential to monitor in vivo iron levels by reconstructing magnetic susceptibility sources from field perturbations. However, with phase data acquired at a single head orientation, the technique relies on several theoretical approximations and requires fast-evolving regularisation strategies.

Plasticity of Total and Intracellular Phosphorus Quotas in Microcystis aeruginosa Cultures and Lake Erie Algal Assemblages.

Blooms of the potentially toxic cyanobacterium Microcystis are common events globally, and as a result significant resources continue to be dedicated to monitoring and controlling these events. Recent studies have shown that a significant proportion of total cell-associated phosphorus (P) in marine phytoplankton can be surface adsorbed; as a result studies completed to date do not accurately report the P demands of these organisms. In this study we measure the total cell-associated and intracellular P as well as growth rates of two toxic strains of Microcystis aeruginosa Kütz grown under a range of P concentrations.

Lost and found: bespoke memory testing for Alzheimer's disease and semantic dementia.

The neural network activated during Topographical Memory (TM) tasks in controls overlaps with the earliest affected regions in Alzheimer's disease (AD) but not with those of Semantic Dementia (SD). This suggests that clinical TM tests could be more bespoke to neural dysfunction in early AD and therefore more sensitive and specific. We hypothesized that TM impairment would be characteristic of AD but not of SD making it useful both for early diagnosis and differential diagnosis.