Due to recent advances, Wireless Sensor Networks are moving out of the laboratory and into the field. For a number of reasons, there is likely to be a significant need to be able to remotely update the software in sensor nodes after deployment. The need for remote software updates is driven both by the scale of deployment, and the potential inaccessibility of sensor nodes. This need has been re...

OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to evaluate the role of cardiac K(+) channel gene variants in families with atrial fibrillation (AF). BACKGROUND The K(+) channels play a major role in atrial repolarization but single mutations in cardiac K(+) channel genes are infrequently present in AF families. The collective effect of background K(+) channel variants of varying prevalence and effect s...

Major wireless operators are nowadays facing network capacity issues in striving to meet the growing demands of mobile users. At the same time, 3G-enabled devices increasingly benefit from ad hoc radio connectivity (e.g., WiFi). In this context of hybrid connectivity, we propose Push-and-track, a content dissemination framework that harnesses ad hoc communication opportunities to minimize the l...

Here we report a novel approach for preparation of a 6-day transdermal drug delivery system (TDDS) as treatment for mild to moderate Alzheimer’s disease. The spray drying method was used to prepare microparticles containing the anti-Alzheimer drug. The content of the drug was determined by High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) method. The morphology and size range of the microparticles ...

the support vector machine (svm) is a relatively new machine learning method which is increasingly being applied to engineering problems and have yielded encouraging results. because of complex behavior of elastoplastic of web panels of plate girders under patch loading, almost none of the proposed methods provides consistent and accurate predictions of patch load capacity. consequently, altern...

BACKGROUND There is substantial scope for improvement in the current arsenal of smoking cessation methods and techniques: even when front-line cessation treatments are utilized, smokers are still more likely to fail than to succeed. Studies testing the incremental benefit of using nicotine patch for 1-4 weeks prior to quitting have shown pre-quit nicotine patch use produces a robust incremental...

Abstract Aim Primary ventral hernias and incisional are frequent, but long–term results of their repair with a preformed patch scarce. The aim was to evaluate the surgical treatment these open intraperitoneal onlay mesh (open IPOM) technique, determine needed follow–up for recurrence. Material methods Observational retrospective single institution study all consecutive patients intervened or he...

BACKGROUND/AIMS In dementia patients, a deficit in activities of daily living (ADL) is one of the main problems. Our objective was to assess ADL using the Korean Modified Barthel Index (K-MBI) in patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) plus cerebrovascular disease (CVD) treated with a rivastigmine patch for 24 weeks in an open-label, observational study. METHODS 29 patients were enrolled who m...

Whole cell patch-clamp techniques were used to investigate amiloride-sensitive sodium conductance (G(Na)) in the everted initial collecting tubule of Ambystoma. Accessibility to both the apical and basolateral membranes made this preparation ideal for studying the regulation of sodium transport by insulin. G(Na) accounted for 20% of total cell conductance (G(T)) under control conditions. A rest...

This paper basically follows the title, i.e. it investigates the impact of frost flowers (FF) as an Brsource, recycling of bromine on snow, and the impacts of open leads in the initiation and development of ozone depletion events in the Arctic marine boundary layer. They do this using a sophisticated 1D model with chemistry, microphysics and cloud formation used in a Lagrangian mode and by vary...