Background: The responsiveness of the endurance shuttle walk to functional changes following bronchodilation has recently been reported. The current literature suggests that the 6 min walking test (6MWT) is less responsive to bronchodilation than the endurance shuttle walk. Aim: To compare bronchodilator-induced changes in exercise performance with the 6MWT and the endurance shuttle walk. Metho...

The purpose of the present study was to examine the validity of using a 20 m progressive shuttle run test to estimate maximal oxygen uptake. Running ability was described as the final level attained on the shuttle run test and as time on a 5 km run. Maximal oxygen uptake (VO2 max) was determined directly for seventy-four volunteers (36 men, 38 women) who also completed the shuttle run test. Max...

Ceramic industrial kiln refers to the combustion equipment for ceramic production, which generally roller kiln, shuttle tunnel and kiln. Roller with continuous firing rotating as vehicle of billet body; Tunnel adopts takes rail car transport body. Shuttle is fired intermittently consists car, chamber door. Factors influencing energy saving include construction materials, structure, technology, ...

‎we present an application of the dual gabor frames to image‎ ‎processing‎. ‎our algorithm is based on finding some dual gabor‎ ‎frame generators which reconstructs accurately the elements of the‎ ‎underlying hilbert space‎. ‎the advantages of these duals‎ ‎constructed by a polynomial of gabor frame generators are compared‎ ‎with their canonical dual‎.

The concept of counterpulsation was introduced over four decades ago by Clauss et al. (1) and adapted to intra-aortic balloon pumping (IABP) by Moulopaulus et al. (2) in 1962, and it remains the most common mode of cardiac assist. Intra-aortic balloon counterpulsation (IABCP) was first introduced into clinical practice by Kantrowitz et al. (3) in 1968 for the treatment of cardiogenic shock. Ini...

We consider the discrete time problem of optimally dispatching a single, nite capacity shuttle in a two terminal system under incomplete state observations. Passengers arrive to each terminal and must be moved to the other terminal. The durations of successive shuttle trips follow a general distribution, but have a lower bound D 1 . There is an information delay of I time units between the two ...

BACKGROUND The aim was to develop a standardised and externally paced field walking test, incorporating an incremental and progressive structure, to assess functional capacity in patients with chronic airways obstruction. METHODS The usefulness of two different shuttle walking test protocols was examined in two separate groups of patients. The initial 10 level protocol (group A, n = 10) and a...