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AUTHOR
C. Fuchs
Evaluation of the efficacy of the ‘nasal airflow-inducing manoeuvre’ for smell rehabilitation in laryngectomees by means of the Sniffin′ Sticks test
Clin. Otolaryngol. 2011, 36, 17–23 Objective: To determine the efficacy of the nasal airflow-inducing manoeuvre (NAIM) as a method for olfactory rehabilitation in laryngectomees by the means of the Sniffin′ Sticks test. Study design: Prospective open interventional trial. Setting: Tertiary academic hospital. Participants: Thirty-seven patients after laryngectomy have been screened and 25 patients have been included into the study. The participant’s sense of smell was tested with the Sniffin′ Sticks test before and after learning the nasal airflow inducing manoeuvre. The individual level of threshold, discrimination and identification (TDI) was determined and the individual threshold, di…
Etna International Training School of Geochemistry. Science meets Practice
Also this year, the “Etna International Training School of Geochemistry. Science meets practice” took place at Mt. Etna, now in its fourth edition. The school was hosted in the historical Volcanological Observatory “Pizzi Deneri”, one of the most important sites of the INGV - Osservatorio Etneo for geochemical and geophysical monitoring. Mount Etna, located in eastern Sicily, is the largest active volcano in Europe and one of the most intensely degassing volcanoes of the world [Allard et al., 1991; Gerlach, 1991]. Mt Etna emits about 1.6 % of global H2O fluxes from arc volcanism [Aiuppa et al., 2008] and 10 % of global average volcanic emission of CO2 and SO2 [D’Alessandro et al., 1997; Cal…