Although chronic pain affects all age ranges, it is particularly common in the elderly. One potential explanation for the high prevalence of chronic pain in the older population is impaired functioning of the descending pain inhibitory system which can be studied in humans using conditioned pain modulation (CPM) paradigms. In this study we investigated (i) the influence of age on CPM and (ii) t...

The long flexuous virions of the Closteroviridae have a unique bipolar architecture incorporating two coat proteins, with most of the helical nucleocapsid encapsidated by the major coat protein (CP) and a small portion of one end encapsidated by the minor coat protein (CPm). It is not known whether CPm encapsidates the genomic RNA and, if so, which end and what effects transition between the tw...

An iterative algorithm is adopted to construct approximate representations of matrices describing the scattering properties arbitrary objects. The method based on implicit evaluation responses from iteratively generated excitations. does not require explicit knowledge any system (e.g., stiffness or impedance matrices) and well-suited for use with matrix-free full-wave solvers, such as FDTD, FEM...

This paper presents the use of a software tool, called Performatica, to enhance Corporate Performance Management (CPM) in organizations. CPM has been recognized as having an important role to play in the effective management of organizations. However, a number of researchers have identified that developing IT support for CPM systems can be difficult. Organization s needs clear idea of the chara...

Central pontine myelinolysis (CPM) is a neurological demyelinating disease of the pons. Although usually associated with rapid correction of hyponatremia, CPM may occur despite normonatremia, is often associated with chronic alcoholism and may be asymptomatic. Histological confirmation of asymptomatic CPM is rare. We describe an unusual post-mortem case of extensive but asymptomatic CPM in a ch...

A novel one-to-all broadcasting scheme, based on an information theoretic decomposition criterion [1], is proposed for arbitrary interconnection networks. The scheme is applicable to both single-port and half-duplex modes of message passing communication. Evidence based on empirical studies indicates the suitability of the scheme for achieving one-to all broadcasting bounds for various types of...

In both developed and developing countries, port-city relationships have always attracted much attention. However, in the port–city interface, views differ as to whether port drives city or vice versa. The combination of remote sensing data geospatial big (point interest) has provided a favorable solution. Taking typical estuarine coastal cities China’s zone an example, this study examines foll...

This paper addresses the space–time code design for Rayleigh-fading channels using continuous phase modulation (CPM). General code construction is desirable due to the nonlinearity and inherent memory in CPM signals which make hand design or computer search computationally impractical. Several sufficient conditions for full rank are identified for CPM signaling schemes and for linear representa...

This paper presents a simple and robust mechanism, called Change-Point Monitoring (CPM), to detect denial of service (DoS) attacks. The core of CPM is based on the inherent network protocol behaviors, and is an instance of the Sequential Change Point Detection. To make the detection mechanism insensitive to sites and traffic patterns, a non-parametric Cumulative Sum (CUSUM) method is applied, t...