BACKGROUND Pittsburgh Compound B (PiB) positron emission tomography (PET) neuroimaging is a powerful research tool to characterize amyloid evolution in the brain. Quantification of amyloid load critically depends on (i) the choice of a reference region (RR) and (ii) on the selection of regions of interest (ROIs) to derive the standard uptake value ratios (SUVRs). OBJECTIVE To evaluate the sta...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to determine the efficacy of anodyne monochromatic infrared photo energy (MIRE) in-home treatments over a 90-day period to improve peripheral sensation and self-reported quality of life in individuals with diabetes. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS This was a double-blind, randomized, sham-controlled clinical trail. We randomly assigned 69 individuals with d...

A comparison of signiicant wave heights H s was performed using satellite altimeter data available between 1978 to 1994 from SEASAT, GEOSAT, ERS-1 and TOPEX. The purpose was to estimate the degree of accuracy between the diierent instruments. Statistical properties of H s as obtained from the altimeters are found to be compatible with those from in situ measurements in the North Atlantic. All H...

BACKGROUND Impaired spatial working memory (SWM) is a robust feature of schizophrenia and has been linked to the risk of developing psychosis in people with an at-risk mental state (ARMS). We used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to examine the neural substrate of SWM in the ARMS and in patients who had just developed schizophrenia. METHOD fMRI was used to study 17 patients with a...

The PMGIRS is an important instrument of the National Solid Waste Policy (PNRS) that articulates management municipal waste with state plan and latter, in turn, dialogues national plan. It through evaluation manager detects whether meets requirements PNRS which local actions (municipal scope) have been successful towards goals objective was to evaluate coastal cities Piauí, according what presc...

The indirect catecholamine agonist methylphenidate (Ritalin) is the drug treatment of choice in attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (AD/HD), one of the most common behavioral disorders of childhood (DSM-IV), although symptoms may persist into adulthood. Methylphenidate can enhance cognitive performance in adults and children diagnosed with AD/HD (Kempton et al., 1999; Riordan et al., 1999)...

BACKGROUND DPN is an important complication and contributes to the morbidity of diabetes mellitus. Evidence indicates early detection of DPN results in fewer foot ulcers and amputations. OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to compare different screening tests in the detection of DPN in primary care setting. METHODOLOGY It is a cross-sectional study in a random sample (N = 242) of type 2...

Graphics processing units (GPU) have potential to speed up deep packet inspection (DPI) by processing many packets in parallel. However, popular methods of DPI such as deterministic finite automata are limited because they are single stride. Alternatively, the complexity of multiple stride methods is not appropriate for the SIMD operation of a GPU. In this work we present SWM, a simplified, mul...

In many low and middle-income countries, solid waste management (SWM) systems remain weak lack standardization. Moreover, these fail to account for citizen’s insight on the proposed initiatives. This study aims identify main determinants of SWM practices in a low-middle income country while accounting citizens’ perceived knowledge, attitudes, structural barriers, willingness pay different servi...