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A letter to the editor is presented in response to the article about the immune-mediated motor polyneuropathies including Guillain-Barré syndrome and chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation that was published previously.
- Mutual interactions of oscillating quartz tuning forks in superfluid 4He. Sheshin, G.; Gritsenko, I.; Schmoranzer, D.; Skrbek, L. // Low Temperature Physics;Oct2013, Vol. 39 Issue 10, p823
The quartz tuning fork has recently become a popular experimental tool for investigations of both classical and quantum turbulence in cryogenic helium. Its increased use in low-temperature experiments and a number of puzzling results obtained in the past have led to many questions concerning the...
- TECH SPEC: SECRETS OF FORK-OIL HEIGHT. // Motocross Action Magazine;Nov2012, Vol. 40 Issue 11, p86
The article discusses the valuable tuning method of adjusting fork oil that is considered as a cheap and effective way to make bike better. It mentions the gradual compression of the air space and the simplest way of adding oil to a fork using graduated syringe. It also suggests the need to...
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- MUSICAL DIAGNOSIS. // Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, February 25, 1914;1/1/1914, p7
The article focuses on the use of tuning-fork in musical diagnosis. It states that doctor James Cantlie used the tuning-fork by placing it against the patient's body to determine the limits of the patient's liver. It says that the doctor believes in the reliability of musical diagnosis in...
- Tuning forks. // GP: General Practitioner;4/21/2003, p87
Tuning forks are made of hardened and tempered steel, and are chrome plated. Each fork is tuned electronically.Tuning fork set is a set of six tuning forks in a lined wooden case with all the frequencies.
- Tuning-fork tests in diagnosis of serious otitis media. Yung, M.W.; Morris, T.M.O. // British Medical Journal (Clinical Research Edition);12/12/1981, Vol. 283 Issue 6306, p1576
Examines the use of tuning-fork tests in the diagnosis of serous otitis media. Reliability of the tests; Causes of conductive deafness; Grounds for the tests performed routinely by general practitioners on children.