... Beamforming in noninvasive Brain- ComputerInterfaces IEEE Transactions in Biomedical Engineering 2009, 56(4):1209-1219 Ramoser H, Mueller-Gerking J, Pfurtscheller G: Optimal Spatial Filtering of ... Modulation of sensorimotor brain rhythms during mental control of a brain- computer interface Clinical Neurophysiology 2009, 120(2):239-247 Curran EA, Stokes MJ: Learning to control brain activity: ... Learning to control brain activity: A review of the production and control of EEG components for driving brain- computer interface (BCI) systems Brainand Cognition 2003, 51(3):326-336 Grosse-Wentrup...
... ) for Subject in the online experiment 94 Chapter Introduction 1.1 Introduction to BrainComputerInterfaces Severe neuromuscular disorders due to trauma, brain or spinal cord injury, ... responsible for transferring messages from various parts of the brain to the spinal cord 2.1.1 Measuring brain activity The firing of various neuronal groups in the brain causes measurable electric and ... non-invasive technique for studying the brain activity Main clinical uses of EEG are in epilepsy detection, sleep analysis, fatigue detection andin diagnosis of encephalopathies, coma, brain...
... ERP-based braincomputer interface Behavioral andBrain Functions, 6(1):28 J.R Wolpaw, N Birbaumer, D.J McFarland, G Pfurtscheller, and T.M Vaughan 2002 Braincomputer interfacesforcommunicationand ... language modeling for binary switch typing In Proceedings of the NAACL HLT 2010 Workshop on Speech and Language Processing for Assistive Technologies, pages 28–36 H Serby, E Yom-Tov, and G.F Inbar 2005 ... visual scanning or complex gestural feedback from the user renders a typing interface difficult or impossible to use for the most impaired users Simpler interactions via brain- computer interfaces...
... evaluated in all patients from the initiation of risperidone treatment, regardless of study phase This represented the beginning of the double-blind phase inpatients who participated in either of the ... measures, significantly so for the physician's examination for parkinsonism, akathisia, and dyskinesia, andfor the Clinical Global Impressions (CGI) for parkinsonism and dyskinesia (all P < 0.05) ... rate of TD and other movement disorders This safety information, coupled with efficacy results in other psychiatric and neurologic disorders, is essential for clinical decision making in young patients, ...
... gather and document information (Integrated Clinical Encounter Subcomponent), build rapport, question and share information while maintaining a professional manner (Communication and Interpersonal ... character scripts, standardized patients return to the “OSCE Center” for inter-rater reliability training During inter-rater reliability training, each standardized patient performing in the same scenario ... currently one of the most widely accepted conceptual frameworks for creating and maintaining physician-patient relationships in clinical practice (Inui, 1996; Laine & Davidoff, 1996; Tresolini, 1994;...
... value of a number ∞ In nite norm of matrix ∃ there exists ∀ for all ∈ in the set of f( ) off-diagonal elements of a matrix Chapter Introduction 1.1 BrainComputerInterfaces A BrainComputer Interface ... Cuntai for letting me work in the Neural Signal Processing laboratory of Institute for Infocomm Research, ASTAR His erudite knowledge and deep insights in the fields of machine learning and signal ... pursuit of a PhD I am also grateful to all my colleagues and staff at the Control and Simulation Laboratory, National University of Singapore andBrainComputer Interface Laboratory, Institute for Infocomm...
... clinicians and therapists in their assessment of upper limb impairment during functional task performance Accelerometers are user-friendly and inexpensive and therefore of advantage in routine ... filter and a cut-off frequency of Hz Figure shows examples of acceleration trajectories and corresponding movement onset and termination indices for both tasks performed by a control subject and ... speed and involved a forward reach followed by hand opening and object grasp, object manipulation, and finally object release and arm retraction Manipulation of the glass was composed of lifting...
... the risk of displaying signs of non-conformity and resistance andof bucking the patriarchal trend of passively subordinating themselves to men What are the implicationsfor prevention and care? ... of love” This dominant form of femininity thus requires women to be strong, and able to accept and cope with the stresses life brings, including those caused by women’s subordinate position in ... [20,21], and related discussion of femininities We will describe the theoretical framework, discuss its relevance in terms of findings of South African research on hegemonic masculinity and femininities...
... (3) and II I1, 111 and 1V II,111 and 1V AJCC stage (4) 1,11 and III IV Resection Margin R0 R1 Perineural invasion + Lymphatic invasion - Vascular invasion - + + Tumor margin Pushing Infiltrating ... mucinous adenocarcinomas and (7%) were of the signet ring variety The majority of tumours were moderately differentiated In older patients, forty three (92%) had adenocarcinoma without mucin, ... majority in the young andin older patientsIn these young patients with fifty three index cancers and four synchronous cancers, forty eight (84%) tumours were adenocarcinoma without mucin, (9%)...
... Secondary endpoints were: symptomatic vein thrombosis of upper limbs (early or late), infections, malfunctioning and lifespan of the CVC Page ofIn cases of clinical suspicion of venous thrombosis ... guidance for CVC insertion in the internal jugular vein in cancer patients before the recommendations from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality were available [17,18] Aims of this prospective ... study, and all the patients gave informed written consent before enrolment Three types of CVC were employed according to different indications: single-lumen 16 gauge and, double-lumen Becton Dickinson...
... decreases the infiltrate in joints Furthermore, RA patients relapse shortly after withdrawal of anti-TNF-α [19] and thus, despite the dampening of joint inflammation and the reinstatement of fully ... regulatory T cells actively regulate inflammation in the joints ofpatients with the remitting form of juvenile idiopathic arthritis J Immunol 2004, 172:6435-6443 van Amelsfort JM, Jacobs KM, Bijlsma ... synovial fluid of the patientsIn these reports it was also shown that the identified CD4+CD25+ Treg had a suppressive function and accumulated in the inflamed joint [14–17] One of these studies...
... et al findings (2002) [12] Considering the reports of the replication of the virus in liver cells and the failure of manifesting clinical signs in infections such as cytomegalovirus, Epstein-Barr, ... significant in thalassemic patients (Table 3) The comparison of paraclinical characteristics in thalassemic patientsand healthy blood donors with and without SENV infection are shown in tables and The ... blood-borne infections are the main cause of death in thalassemic patients [8] The aim of this study was to determine the frequency of SENV-D and SENV-H genotypes viremia in thalassemic patients...
... and low knowledge of each domain using mean value Information collected during the FGDs was translated into Amharic and entered into separate tables for women and men, according to the study area ... study was explained to each of the participant and verbal consent was obtained Each participant was interviewed independently and the collected information was kept confidential In case of refusal, ... findings [19,21,22,26] However, based on the information obtained from the individual study participants knowledge of early diagnosis and treatment, which is crucial in reducing the spread of...
... N-terminal fragment of ColQ [17] However, the catalytic domains are also involved in quaternary interactions that certainly participate in the formation and stability of these oligomers In particular, ... Role of cysteines in oligomerization – effects of introducing an additional cysteine In a previous study, we found that mutating residue 19 in the t peptide of Torpedo AChE considerably increased ... protein–protein interactions [45], because their catalytic domain is homologous to adhesion proteins such as neuroligin [46,47] For example, AChE may be involved in neurite extension during brain...
... binding kinetics of the PAS domain of Ec DOS, as it does in myoglobin and hemoglobin Examination of the effects of these hydrophobic amino acids on the kinetics of O2 and CO binding to the Ec DosH ... phase of the L99F mutant was independent of the O2 concentration b Measurement of the rate of O2 binding was not feasible because of low heme binding affinity and instability of the protein with ... known that CO-binding and O2-binding access channels of myoglobin and hemoglobin are composed of hydrophobic amino acid residues [11] The hydrophobic characteristics of these axial ligands facilitate...
... determined, the binding network of fumarate in the enzyme has become clear In the fumarate-binding pocket, two arginyl residues, Arg67 and Arg91, have been identied as determining the major binding ... both being in dimer form in low protein concentrations and being reconstituted into tetramers in high protein concentrations In contrast to the E59Q enzyme, the E59D enzyme has a predominantly ... sequence alignments of three clusters of ME isoforms around the fumarate-binding region are shown Amino acid sequences of MEs were obtained by a similarity search of BLAST [44], and alignments were...
... reorganization of the actin filament system, playing a role in the migration of endothelial cells andin recovery of cells from wounding [40] In a variety of cells, in addition to the induction of hsp25 and ... before the addition of recombinant hsp25, as described in Materials and methods Following isolation and washing of the resin, protein was eluted and visualized by SDS/PAGE and Coomassie staining ... [48,49,52]); containing the eIF4E binding site and central domain of eIF4G (lane vs lane 1), less with the N-terminal domain of eIF4G (N-FAG; lane 3), and not to the C-terminal domain of eIF4G (C-FAG;...
... as: increased of risk of carcinogenesis, metabolic disorders (in particular obesity and diabetes), cardiovascular disease, acceleration of the aging process and alterations in regulation of the ... of lighting These shift workers operate in identical conditions of dress and posture, for prolonged periods of time, up to 12 hours per day, in environments lacking windows and therefore access ... shift workers in environments lacking windows and therefore access to natural light We utilised a questionnaire inspired by Scandinavian research into Sick-Building Syndrome We modified Andersson's...
... for correct folding and intracellular transport of viral glyco- proteins, as shown for instances for influenza hemagglutinin [19] In order to investigate the importance of the individual N-glycosylation ... incubated twice for 15 at 4°C with mg/ml sulfo-Nhydroxysuccinimidobiotin (Pierce) by adding ml of the biotinylating reagent After biotinylation, cells were washed twice with cold PBS containing ... of glycosylation sites and the N-glycan trimming differs between recombinant expressed glycoproteins and GP in LASV-infected cells It was shown recently that recombinant expressed M protein of...
... the beginning of the vegetation period [37], a warm winter may influence the breaking of dormancy and the resumption of physiological activity in the tree and thus increase the duration of the ... Most of the pointer years defined for the total ring corresponded to those of the latewood component Figure Inter-annual variations (solid line) of annual (a), growing season (b) and July (c) minimal ... analyses, Can J For Res 17 (1987) 683-696 [25] Landmann G., Role of climate Stand Dynamics and Past Managment in Forest Declines: A Review of Ten Years of Field Ecology in France, in: Huettl, Mueller,...