Several studies have identified potential detrimental sequelae of cholesterol and fat-lowering interventions in randomized trial. Little research has been published to document changes in mental health in women as a result of fat and cholesterol lowering interventions to prevent chronic disease. This paper examines the relationships among changes in dietary fat consumption and mental health in ...

OBJECTIVES Accidental cisplatin overdose occurs with increasing frequency despite the safeguards taken in prescription and administration, since cisplatin has been used increasingly for the treatment of numerous malignancies. Accidentally, a 59-year-old male received massive cisplatin overdose of 300mg/m2. METHODS Laboratory documentation included measurement of cisplatin concentrations by fl...

Post-focus compression (PFC), the lowering of fundamental frequency and intensity after focus, is previously found in English but not in Cantonese. This study examines the possible transfer of PFC between these two languages through bilingualism. It is found that out of ten bilingual EnglishCantonese speakers, eight have PFC in their English, but none has PFC in their Cantonese. This finding su...

This paper derives a family of digital non-linear waveform generators fundamental to the developement of an adaptive mixed-signal IC controller for power-factor-correction (PFC) of high-frequency switching AC-to-DC converters with the objective of significanlty lowering the cost of rectifier design. The controller application is described along with combined controller and power stage simulatio...

A method to achieve maximally fast (rate-optimal) recursive filters implemented using distributed arithmetic is presented. The filters will have the same upper bound on the sample frequency as if they were implemented using bit-serial multipliers and adders. Maximally fast implementation is important for high-speed recursive filters, but also as any excess speed can be traded for low power cons...

This paper describes a novel method for current detection in sensorless control using high-frequency voltage injection. The proposed adopts low-pass filter to prevent ringing. Generally, reactive cannot be detected DC filter; however the permits via High responsiveness and simple construction have been achieved method. Simulation results indicate that active currents can reconstructed single sh...

We present a new optical arrangement which allows to avoid the broadening by finite aperture in Brillouin spectroscopy. In this system, all the rays scattered at the same angle by the whole scattering volume are collected on a single pixel of the area detector. This allows to use large collection angles, increasing the luminosity without lowering the accuracy of the frequency-shift and linewidt...

This paper describes the investigation of manipulating positions in a speech pitch when lengthening or shortening the pitch period, that is, lowering or raising fundamental frequency of speech. The experimental results revealed that the preferable positions were at the first half of the pitch period for pitch shortening, and at the second half of it for pitch lengthening. The findings are expec...

Abstract Negotiations on ‘deeper’ trade agreements and estimates of tariff equivalents have increased the awareness that regulatory costs are (too) high. This paper discusses ways to effectively lower such costs, reviewing potential role international cooperation, approaches been taken in different world regions. Attention is also paid cost reduction via global technical standardization. Key is...