Our aim is to develop a safe multi-functional, closed-loop controlled implantable FES system for paraplegic individuals to enhance quality of life by allowing prolonged standing, mobility, exercise, bladder voiding and pressure relief. In 1991, a FES 22-channel stimulator (Nucleus FES-22, Cochlear Ltd., Lane Cove, N.S.W., Australia) was implanted in a T10-paraplegic male (CS; ASIA: A) who achie...

Experiments were carried out in urethane-anesthetized, artificially ventilated, adult male Wistar rats. Microinjections (50 nL) of N-methyl-d-aspartic acid (1, 5, and 10 mmol/L), but not artificial cerebrospinal fluid, into the hypothalamic arcuate nucleus (ARCN) elicited increases in mean arterial pressure (5.7+/-0.5, 13.2+/-1.4, and 17.3+/-1.1 mm Hg, respectively) and heart rate (24.3+/-4.3, ...

Experiments were carried out in urethane-anesthetized, artificially ventilated, adult male Wistar rats. Microinjections (50 nL) of N-methyl-D-aspartic acid (1, 5, and 10 mmol/L), but not artificial cerebrospinal fluid, into the hypothalamic arcuate nucleus (ARCN) elicited increases in mean arterial pressure (5.7 0.5, 13.2 1.4, and 17.3 1.1 mm Hg, respectively) and heart rate (24.3 4.3, 49.3 5.2...

Rice (Oryza sativa L.) requires adequate potassium (K) nutrition for optimal growth, grain yield, and disease resistance. Studies were conducted in 2001 and 2002 at the Pine Tree Branch Experiment Station (PTBS) to characterize K uptake by rice and investigate the effect of both K-fertilizer application rate and time on rice growth, K uptake, and grain yield. Potassium fertilizer was applied at...

The t10,c12 isomer of conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) inhibits rat mammary carcinogenesis, metastasis from a transplantable mouse mammary tumor and angiogenesis; however, it stimulates mammary tumorigenesis in transgenic mice overexpressing ErbB2 in the mammary epithelium (ErbB2 transgenic mice). In the current study, we report that a 4-week supplementation of the diet with 0.5% trans-10, cis-12...

Atmospheric number size distributions of soot particles and estimation of emission factors D. Rose, B. Wehner, M. Ketzel, C. Engler, J. Voigtländer, T. Tuch, and A. Wiedensohler Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research, Permoserstrasse 15, 04 318 Leipzig, Germany Department of Atmospheric Environment, National Environmental Research Institute, Frederiksborgvej 399, 4000 Roskilde, Denmark UFZ...

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It was hypothesized that differences in starch degradability account for observed differences in rumen vaccenic acid (t11-18:1) and milk rumenic acid (RA) concentrations. To test this hypothesis, starch degradability was varied through grain source and by processing. Eight Holstein cows in mid-lactation were assigned to two 4 × 4 Latin squares with four 21-day periods and four diets: dry rolled...

[Purpose] The objective of this study was to propose a work environment that could reduce musculoskeletal workload. Accordingly, spinal muscle fatigue caused by ultrasound therapy at various treatment table heights was examined and compared. [Subjects and Methods] Twenty-five healthy subjects participated in this experiment. The table height was set to 100%, 125%, and 150% of the stool height (...