quantification of abnormal synergies and weakness using electromechanical devices

... components, and a wavelength of 290 ( 10 nm was used for the quantification of vitamin E components The levels of three tocopherols were calculated on the basis of the standard curves of their corresponding ... analyzed free vitamin E and γ-oryzanol components in RG and FFRB The profiles of free vitamin E and γ-oryzanol in RG and FFRB differ significantly The levels of free vitamin E and γ-oryzanol are the ... negative- and positive-ion mode included a capillary voltage of 3200 V, a nebulizing pressure of 33.4 psi, a drying gas flow of mL/min, and a temperature of 250 °C Parameters that control the API and...

Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 15:33

... enables the monitoring of network and patient statuses and determines the appropriate coding of medical video and images using the aforementioned coding techniques The architecture of the discussed ... concomitance of the advanced scalable video and image coding and the context-awareness framework, medical video and image delivery can be optimized in terms of better resources utilization and best ... the usage of the method in real time and even on mobile devices as well Context awareness is achieved through the monitoring of the patient status, the context of the data transmission, and the...

Ngày tải lên: 22/06/2014, 19:20

... field of view and with the distance of the lens from the object [15] Distortion refers to the variations of the faithful representation in scale and perspective of the various elements of the ... curves This form of distortion is a result of asymmetry of lens configuration and is a feature of bronchoscopes and indeed most endoscopes in general[2,5,16] The ultimate image quality of any bronchoscope ... CAD Figure view metric centre of the tip "off set" lens and lights and the geochoscope The end2 displaying the of the Olympus BF Type 3160 bronThe end view of the tip of the Olympus BF Type 3160...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 18:21

... study of both S- and R-methadone enantiomers and a TK/TD study to understand the relationships between the respiratory effects and the concentrations of the active R-enantiomer Materials and methods ... injection of 0.3 mg of naloxone followed by a continuous 0.3-mg/hour infusion The patient rapidly awoke and declared that he had intentionally ingested 240 mg (3.14 mg/kg) of methadone and mg of flunitrazepam ... mg of oral Smethadone did not significantly differ from the placebo response in respiratory and pupillary effects, whereas 7.5 mg of R-methadone and 15 mg of R,S-methadone induced dramatic and...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 03:20

... the Fish Development Biology Laboratory at Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology  (IMCB), under the supervision of Associate Professor Thorsten Wohland (NUS) and Associate Professor Vladimir Korzh (IMCB), between July 2004 and November 2008.   ... FCCS in studying biomolecule dynamics and interactions.  Chapter  2  describes  the  theories  and experimental  setups  of FCS  and SW‐ FCCS. The preparation of biological samples and the preparation of zebrafish  ... presented in cell cultures (Liu et al, 2007; Sudhaharan et al, 2009) using fluorescent  protein pairs of EGFP and mRFP (see Fig. 2.3 for excitation and emission spectra of EGFP  and mRFP),  and triple‐color  detection  was ...

Ngày tải lên: 14/09/2015, 08:41

... between normal and abnormal cardiac time intervals In the second half of the thesis, the heart rate variability (HRV) of normal foetuses was evaluated in temporal and spectral domains using a newly-developed ... development of the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems This study shows the use of spectral analysis of foetal HRV as an indirect indication Limitations of the study and future directions ... directions 205 of the development of foetal cardiac autonomic activity from 18 weeks of gestation to term Notably this is a longitudinal study of a cohort of healthy foetuses The comparison of HRV results...

Ngày tải lên: 15/09/2015, 17:10

... standard deviation of the differences (indicated by the spreading out of Comparison of novel versus commercial HRV softwares 188 Table 11-2: Bland-Altman analysis (mean difference) of time- and ... Comparison of time-domain parameters between Nevrokard and F-EXTRACT using Bland-Altman method Differences between foetal HRV measured by the Nevrokard and FEXTRACT systems were analyzed using the Bland-Altman ... difference and the mean, and whether the assumption of constant standard deviation of the differences is satisfied When the data points on the Bland-Altman plot spread out as the magnitude of measurements...

Ngày tải lên: 15/09/2015, 17:11

... normal and ectopic beats and thus gave an accurate measure of the true fHR The case history highlights the usefulness of non-invasive fECG in the determination of foetal heart rate and ECG and its ... DEVELOPMENT OF A NOVEL HRV SOFTWARE Development of a novel HRV software 141 Introduction In collaboration with the Computer Science Department of National University of Singapore, a software (F-EXTRACT) ... foetal heart rate mNN msec Mean of all NN intervals SDNN msec Standard deviation of all NN intervals rMSSD msec The square root of the mean of the sum of the squares of differences between adjacent...

Ngày tải lên: 15/09/2015, 17:11

... deviation of NN interval and is defined as: where NNi is the duration of the i-th NN interval, n is the number of all NN intervals and m is their mean duration Since variance (square of standard ... traces, and (c) averaged foetal ECG complex recorded by FEMO M= maternal QRS complex; F= foetal QRS complex; Subscripts o and t = onset and termination points of P, QRS and T waves 93 Materials and ... signals; F’ and F’’- Foetal ECG signals after subtraction of M from MF’ and MF’’ Materials and methods 89 Figure 6-5a: Comparison of foetal heart rate recorded by direct (scalp) and abdominal...

Ngày tải lên: 15/09/2015, 17:11

... index Mean of the standard deviation of RR intervals for each 5-minute segment of the entire recording SDANN Standard deviation of the mean of RR intervals for each 5-minute segment of the entire ... Nevrokard and F-EXTRACT using Bland-Altman method… 191 Discussion…………………………………………………………… 195 Summary…………………………………………………………… 201 Table of Contents Chapter 12 ix Limitations of the study and future ... system and those of a commercial system, and demonstrated Summary xii the importance of the processing of artifact beats in foetal RR-intervals for accurate foetal HRV determination List of Tables...

Ngày tải lên: 15/09/2015, 17:11

... to conceptualize and analyze the entire regulation and signaling networks of different normal and cancer cells The understanding of network system of gene expression profiles and interaction between ... complexities of human cancer Hence, it is often difficult to recognize the reasons behind the success and failure of different candidate agents and the varying degrees of sensitivity of cancer cell ... and cellular distribution of Alexa Fluor 647-TRAIL and Dox-loaded P(MDS-co-CES) nanoparticle appears as green and red fluorescence respectively 0.8 mg/l of Alexa Fluor 647-TRAIL and 10 mg/l of...

Ngày tải lên: 30/09/2015, 05:59

... compared the absolute values of CIpc and of CIpw with that of CItd by a Bland and Altman analysis and calculated the percentage error as SD/mean [33] The precision of each method was calculated ... compared the relative changes of CIpc and of CIpw with those of CItd during the therapeutic interventions by a Bland and Altman analysis (for absolute changes) and by linear regression analysis ... introduction/increase of norepinephrine, the bias between the absolute values of CIpw and CItd was 0.01 ± 0.94 L/min/m2, and the percentage error was 60% Effects of changes in SVR on the agreement of CIpc and...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 20:22

... and extension of the hip, extension of the knee and extension and inversion of the ankle) and the flexion synergy (external rotation, abduction, and flexion of the hip, flexion of the knee, and ... knee, and flexion and eversion of the ankle) [16,17] with varying levels of completeness [18] and dominance [19] Much of the literature attempting to quantify these abnormal muscle synergies is focused ... flexion/extension, and hip abduction/adduction The arrangement of rows and columns in Table leads to the grouping of the primary joint directions into synergies These synergies are based on the direction of...

Ngày tải lên: 19/06/2014, 10:20

... in winter and early spring, and viral infections in the mother during the second and third trimesters of gestation A strong association between hypofrontality and negative symptoms of schizophrenia, ... MRI and CT, creating a single image that combines anatomy and physiology Three dimensional surface and volume- rendered images add perspective and facilitate the localization and sizing of lesions ... suspiciousness/persecution, and hostility (P1 to P7); blunted effect, emotional withdrawal, poor rapport, social passivity and apathy, difficulty in abstract thinking, lack of spontaneity and flow of conversation, and...

Ngày tải lên: 02/11/2012, 11:12

... of this study was to examine both the effects of age and loss of visual information on control of COP during quiet stance and to evaluate the use of Higuchi’s algorithm for this purpose Specifically, ... use of a fractal dimension analysis for investigating the effect of age and a loss of visual information on quiet stance COP Blaszczyk and Klonowski [10] have previously investigated the loss of ... between A/P and M/L COP data as these variables act independently of each other [20, 21] Total excursion area is a cumulative sum of the product of the distance travelled in each of the A/P and M/L...

Ngày tải lên: 03/11/2012, 10:09

... cover made of toughed glass of mm is fixed to the top of vertical walls of the stills using a rubber gasket on both sides of glass and clamp fixed iron frames made of angles A plastic pipe is ... vertical side of still was kept as 0.30 m, whereas the height of higher vertical side was kept 0.85 m The effective basin area of meter x meter made of GRP of m thickness Condensing cover made of toughed ... Simulation result and experimental data In solar still, after evaporation, condensation process starts, and condensation produced by inner glass cover, and difference of temperature of water and glass...

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Ngày tải lên: 12/01/2014, 22:19

... for most of the cellulosomes No synergies were measured with the F3 ⁄ F5 pair (Fig 5) However, the F5 ⁄ F6 and F3 ⁄ F6 pairs showed synergies of 1.2 and 1.3, respectively, and a synergy of 1.2 ... 3083 Diversity of cellulosomes and their synergies I Fendri et al oxidation, cysteine carbamidomethylation and no fixed modification, and 1.5 and 1.0 Da as the maximum precursor and fragment tolerance ... present in fractions Diversity of cellulosomes and their synergies F1 and F6 therefore have the most efficient enzymes for degrading xylan and CMC, respectively On straw, and to a lesser extent on...

Ngày tải lên: 18/02/2014, 08:20

... contours of the restorations planned with the diagnostic wax-up, as well as the occlusal plane, the length and angulation of the teeth, their relation with the upper and lower lips at rest and when ... resin mock-up (33.3 per cent), and before and after pictures of other patients (12.5 per cent) No patient indicated diagnostic wax-up as his or her preferred method of visualisation While computer-imaging ... shape on dry and unetched teeth without application of adhesive and is therefore fully reversible Direct mock-up with composite resin was also preferred by patients for visualisation of expected...

Ngày tải lên: 19/02/2014, 17:20

... Instead of dividing datasets during 10-fold cross-validation into training and test subsets with the ratio of 9:1 we randomly split the data into training, validation and test sets with the ratio of ... The Handbook of Computational Linguistics, chapter Segmentation and morphology Blackwell M G Snover and M R Brent 2001 A Bayesian model for morpheme and paradigm identification Proceedings of the ... net increase of 0.0819 of correct boundaries which led to the increased recall Since the deduction of precision is less than the increase of recall, a better over-all performance of P ROMODES...

Ngày tải lên: 20/02/2014, 04:20