the ranger telerobotic shuttle experiment

... to the experimental protocol, which was conformed to the standards for human experiments set by the Declaration of Helsinki (last modified in 2004) and approved by the local ethical committee Experimental ... defined as the angle between Y-axis and the projection of the vector (Pi - Mi) on the YZ plane; IPJi (i = 2-5) is the angle between the projections of vectors (Di-Pi) and (Pi-Mi) on the YZ plane ... the YZ plane TAB is the angle between the vector (P1 - M1) and the XY plane MCPJ1 is the angle between X-axis and the projection of vector (P1 - M1) on the XY plane IPJ1 is the angle between vectors...

Ngày tải lên: 19/06/2014, 08:20

... movement time and the delay between them was calculated For the spatial parameters, the curvature of the trajectory of the IRED on the index finger was estimated as the ratio between the actual trajectory ... displayed the position of the subject's hand The VR target was the upper right back corner of the cube Subjects had to grasp the virtual ball, transport it to the VR target and release it The VR ... (IREDs) placed on the distal phalanx of the index and thumb, the distal head of the first metacarpal, the radial styloid process, the lateral epicondyle of the humerus and the acromion (120 Hz,...

Ngày tải lên: 19/06/2014, 10:20

... muscle (vastus of the obliq(P) and its view of the the thigh -lateral border of the patella Figure Lateral view of the right thigh showing the origin of the obliquus portion of the vastus lateralis ... of the electromyographic (EMG) activity of the quadriceps [5,6], diminished EMG activity of the VMO in relation to that of the VL [7-9], and the delayed onset of VMO activation in relation to the ... common tendon with the VLL on the superolateral border of the patella (Figure 1) and that tightness of lateral retinaculum could potentially alter the tracking of the patella in the trochlear groove...

Ngày tải lên: 19/06/2014, 10:20

... between the BHIV and the slopes of the O2Hb and of the CO2Hb concentration signals: figure reports the scatter diagrams of the BHIV and of the slopes (O2Hb on the left panel and BHIO2 CO2Hb on the ... and logopedic therapy for one year, the subject improved his motor and phasic performances The results of the BH test reveal the effects of the therapy: the BHIV increases and the PI shows a ... summarizes the VMR indexes derived from the NIRS data The first and second rows of Table report the BHIO2 and the BHICO2 mean values for our testing population The second column of the table reports the...

Ngày tải lên: 19/06/2014, 10:20

... for the P300 components of ERP and received neuropsychological tests Then they took etizolam (1 or mg, orally) Then, h later, the same ERP and neuropsychological tests were performed, since the ... contributions GF conceived the paper, designed the study, performed the psychological measures, collected data, carried out the statistical analysis and drafted the paper; THash performed the psychological ... carried out the statistical analysis and helped draft the study; THase, HW and MF supervised the study; KH and MI designed the study and helped draft the papers All authors read and approved the final...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 01:21

... responses in the absence of T-cell help, although the magnitude of the response is reduced under those circumstances [9-11] The response to pneumococcal vaccine measured in the present study is therefore ... on the natural logarithm of the antibody levels, with the treatment group and the study day as factors and the log of the baseline (prevaccination) antibody level as the covariate For each antibody, ... after the end of the first abatacept infusion, which re-occurred at 90 minutes postinfusion The investigator reported the event as moderate in intensity and probably related to the study drug The...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 10:20

... effect on the bone There is conflicting evidence on the role of vitamin C and vitamin E with regard to the risk of knee OA The Framingham OA Cohort Study showed that vitamin C intake reduced the risk ... achieved By the end of 2004, 297 eligible subjects were recruited into the current study The study was approved by The Cancer Council Victoria's Human Research Ethics Committee and by the Standing ... blinded to the characteristics of subjects, together assessed the presence of lesions for each subject The reproducibility for determination of bone marrow lesions was assessed by the same method...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 10:20

... possibly enhances the sensitivity to HGF Also HIF-1 might regulate its transcription due to the presence of HREs in the promoter, amplifying therefore the response to hypoxia [32] The hypoxic cardiorespiratory ... able to switch on the endothelial colony-forming unit capacity [22] Conclusion In conclusion, the cellular and molecular data indicate an evident excess in the response of the endothelial compartment ... analysis of Endothelial Precursors A 10 ml PB-sample was obtained from all subjects at each time studied: before (T0) and at the end of the experimental hypoxia (T1), and after days (T2) The frequency...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 15:21

... inclusion in the study population The study was approved by the local ethics committee Table summarizes the demographic data for the patients with RA and the controls Table Characteristics of the study ... analysis of the eight genotyped SNPs revealed that both the proximal promoter and the distal part of the gene contained blocks of high or moderate LD (Figure 4) explaining the effect of all the included ... differences in genotype frequencies for the g.-131(C > G) or the g.-329(C > T) polymorphisms between the two groups This study did not evaluate the functional properties of these polymorphisms Several questions...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 17:22

... Looking at the distances between item correlations with their hypothesized scales and correlations of the same item with the non-hypothesized scales, the smallest distance was 0.11, between the MH5-MH ... of the summated ratings algorithm The only scaling assumption not fully satisfied was the lack of equality in the item-scale correlations of RE3 and the other RE items and of MH3 and the other ... selfadministered surveys of the SF-36 in other countries [21] Of the 43 respondents who missed pages, most had omitted questions on the reverse side of the page and the remainder answered only the first few...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20

... Rehabilitation 2007, 4:13 tion used The findings allow us to decide whether the results from patients are due to the impairment or if they are poorer/better then the matched controls In a recent ... previous study [12] The subjects had to move the haptic stylus to different targets (#32) in the virtual world generated by the computer The targets appeared one after the other and disappeared ... means that the haptic stylus is surrounded by the thumb, index and middle finger A cylinder grip means that the haptic stylus is held in the palm, with the thumb against the four fingers The procedure...

Ngày tải lên: 19/06/2014, 10:20

... in the MIP images represent larger vascular volumes around the vessels of the cortex and insula, the choroid plexus, and the sinuses These are partly, but not completely, removed by masking the ... conceived the study JG, LH, and IL participated in the design of the study JG and IL coordinated the study, and JG carried out the scannings RP performed the statistical analysis All authors drafted the ... Bland-Altman plot of the difference between rCBF CT and rCBF PET against their mean values The middle line indicates the mean difference The outer lines indicate 95% limits of agreement The rCBF CT values...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 23:20

... Rehabilitation 2007, 4:13 tion used The findings allow us to decide whether the results from patients are due to the impairment or if they are poorer/better then the matched controls In a recent ... previous study [12] The subjects had to move the haptic stylus to different targets (#32) in the virtual world generated by the computer The targets appeared one after the other and disappeared ... means that the haptic stylus is surrounded by the thumb, index and middle finger A cylinder grip means that the haptic stylus is held in the palm, with the thumb against the four fingers The procedure...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 14:20

... [25,35,43] These structures are involved in the pathogenesis of affective disorders and particularly schizophrenia [44,45] The mechanism of G72 might therefore be explained by the following hypothesis: ... risk group performed better than both other groups) and attention (p = 0.002, the intermediate risk group performed worse than both other groups) Furthermore, there was a trend (p < 0.1) effect of ... glutamate hypofunction hypothesis of schizophrenia [41] Another study however failed to confirm the interaction between G72 and DAAO [42] Rather, LG72, a splicing isoform of the G72 gene, encodes...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 17:20

... [25,26] These results suggest that the discrepancy of the findings with the previous report might be due to differences in the species In the current study, we showed that H2O2 potentiated the cytokine ... reduced the IkBα protein levels Furthermore, 50 μM H2O2 significantly reduced the IkBα protein level in the R848-treated cells, suggesting that H2O2 could modulate the NF-kB activity through the ... potentiated the IkBα degradation in the R848 treated cells Furthermore, MG-132, a proteosome inhibitor, reversed the H2O2-potentiated IL8 release in the R848 treated neutrophils These results...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 14:20

... study, performed the statistical analysis and wrote the manuscript FCJ participated in the design of the study, discussed the results and revised the manuscript AVP designed the experimental setup ... present study the magnitude of non-aerated areas was always lower than 4% Possibly the short duration of the protocol and the descendent PEEP strategy might explain these results The use of the present ... lungs, caudal to the heart and cranial to the diaphragm in the supine position, corresponding to the largest transverse lung In the present study, both the behaviour of Ers and the lung aeration...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 03:20

... sensitivity test, or the capsiate oral chemesthesis test The order of the four tests was randomly decided using a computer program The day before the start of the test and during the four days, subjects ... in the present healthy subjects The lack of gender difference in oral chemesthesis also supports the no modulation hypothesis In the present study, we found that the capsiate does not induce the ... added to the filter paper disc (8 mm diameter), and then the disc was placed on the left side of the tongue cm from the tip (i.e locus for left cholda tympani nerve), for one second The filter...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 08:20

... (rated 10) The urge-to-cough scale was placed in front of the subjects and the subject pointed at the scale number, which was recorded by the experimenter To assess the intensity of the urge-tocough, ... after the completion of each nebulizer application, the subject made an estimate of the urgeto-cough The modified Borg scale was used to allow subjects to estimate the urge-to-cough [5] The scale ... cognition of the urgeto-cough in smokers Therefore, in the present study, we investigated the cough reflex sensitivity, the cognition of the urge-tocough and the perception of dyspnea simultaneously...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 10:20

... associated to the same level of stress intensity These results corroborate the hypothesis that a specific coping style is not inherently good or bad On the opposite, when assessing the efficacy of the ... example, focusing the action on coping with the problem is adaptive When awaiting the result, on the other hand, it is interesting to direct coping actions at the control of the emotional impact ... stress in the indilable Furthermore, elderly subjects may pervidual, mainly deriving from defensive proceive their ego is threatened by the others’ socially publicized cesses that make the person...

Ngày tải lên: 14/03/2014, 20:20