The primary purpose of this study was to establish a methodology for determining and perhaps predicting (via regression analysis of anthropometric measures) Macaca fascicularis isometric pinch strength for a specific task. The larger purpose of this work was to properly scale a pinching task for the monkeys in order to study dose-response relationships in a non-human primate model for carpal tu...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the relationship between grip and pinch strength and independence in activities of daily living (ADL) in stroke patients. METHODS Medical records of 577 stroke patients from January 2010 to February 2013 were retrospectively reviewed. Patients' grip and pinch strength of both hemiplegic and non-hemiplegic hands and the Korean version of Modified Barthel Index (K-MBI) ...

This paper introduces a methodology for the heat integration of industrial batch processes. Based on Pinch Analysis principles, this methodology resorts to intermediate heat storage to prevent adverse effects on the operating flexibility. A systematic procedure, backed with a graphical representation, allows the determination of the minimum number of heat storage units and their range of feasib...

Elevated carpal tunnel pressure (CTP) has been associated with carpal tunnel syndrome. This study systematically evaluated the effect of wrist motion resistance and grip type on CTP during wrist motion typical of occupational tasks. CTP during four wrist motion patterns, with and without resistance, and with and without gripping, was measured in vivo in 14 healthy individuals. CTP measured duri...

Effects of 1,1-diphenyl-3-piperidinobutanol hydrochloride (Aspaminol), a nonspecific smooth muscle relaxant, on the uptake of calcium in the synaptosomes of rat brain were studied, using two stimuli i.e. high KCl and ATP. We also studied the effect of Aspaminol on the analgesic response of rat hindpaw using the Randall-Sellito test. The addition of Aspaminol inhibited the stimuli-induced calciu...

We consider the role played by viscous heating in extensional flows of viscous threads with temperature-dependent viscosity. The results show that there exists an interesting interplay between the effects of viscous heating, which accelerates thinning, and inertia, which prevents pinch-off. We consider steady drawing of a thread that is fed through a fixed aperture at given speed and pulled wit...

Comfort eating during periods of stress is a common phenomenon observed in both animals and humans. However, the underlying mechanisms of stress-induced food intake remain elusive. The amygdala plays a central role in higher-order emotional processing and the posterodorsal subnucleus of the medial amygdala (MePD), in particular, is involved in food intake. Extra-hypothalamic corticotrophin-rele...

The aim of this study was to determine in monkeys if inactivation of dentate and lateral interposed deep cerebellar nuclei preferentially impairs certain movements relative to others. Constrained movements of the digits were trained with digits, hand, and elbow constrained in a cast. Simple movements were flexion of Thumb or Index. A compound movement was simultaneous flexion of Thumb+Index. An...

The S-matrix pinch technique is used to derive an effective gluon selfenergy to one-loop order, when the theory is quantized in the Coulomb gauge (CG) and in the temporal axial gauge (TAG). When the pinch contributions are added, the gluon self-energies calculated in CG and TAG turn out to be identical and coincide with the result previously obtained with covariant gauges. The issue of gauge in...