BACKGROUND In patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (Paf), the identification of the coexistence of sinus node dysfunction (SND) has therapeutic implications. This study sought to prospectively determine whether SND in patients with Paf would be identified by use of atrial early potential (EP), low-amplitude potentials early in signal-averaged P wave. METHODS The study population consi...

Objective: To explore the anaerobic power and surface EMG (sEMG) of quardrocep muscle in lower extremities after single vibration training intervention. Methods: 8 excellent male long jumpers voluntarily participated in this study. Four intervention modes were devised, including high frequency high amplitude (HFHA,30Hz,6mm), low frequency low amplitude(LFLA,15Hz,3mm), high frequency low amplitu...

The stationarity of the internal tides generated in a global eddy-resolving ocean circulation model forced by realistic atmospheric fluxes and the luni-solar gravitational potential is explored. The root mean square (RMS) variability in the M2 internal tidal amplitude is approximately 2 mm or less over most of the ocean and exceeds 2 mm in regions with larger internal tidal amplitude. The M2 RM...

In this study, plant height and plant dry weight of five wheat varieties (namely Da da 94, K nac 97, Konya 2002, Karahan 99 and Ahmeta a), collected for 20 weeks, were modeled via fitting generalized logistic (GLC), logistic (LC) and Gompertz (GC) growth curves. Growth curve selection was based on residual sum of square (RSS) and mean square error (MSE). Following growth curve selection, growth...

Accurate measurement of ground reaction forces under discrete areas of the foot is important in the development of more advanced foot models, which can improve our understanding of foot and ankle function. To overcome current equipment limitations, a few investigators have proposed combining a pressure mat with a single force platform and using a proportionality assumption to estimate subarea s...

BACKGROUND Assessments of stair climbing in real-life situations using an optical tracking system are lacking, as it is difficult to adapt the system for use in and around full flights of stairs. Alternatively, a portable system that consists of inertial measurement units (IMUs) can be used to collect anatomical joint angles during stair ascent. The purpose of this study was to compare the anat...

the acidity constants (pka) of thirty four (34) ;-substituted carboxylic acids in aqueous solution havebeen calculated using conductor-like polarizable continuum (c-pcm) solvation model. the gasphaseenergies at the density functional theory (dft-mpw1pw91) and solvation energies athartree fock (hf) are combined to estimate the pka values which are very close to the experimentalvalues where, and ...

Problem statement: The fundamental frequency (F0) of the human speech corresponds to the vibration frequency of the human vocal chords. To extract the F0 from a speech utterance, one approach is based on the Cepstral analysis. In Thai, there are four main dialects spoken by Thai people residing in four core region including central, north, northeast and south regions. Environmental noises are a...

In this paper, we present the simulation of the propagation characteristics of the picocellular propagation channel environment. The first aim has been to find a correct description of the environment for received wave. The result of the first investigations is that the environment of the indoor wave significantly changes as we change the electric parameters of material constructions. A modifie...