Purpose Characteristic ophthalmic signs of Thyroid Orbitopathy (TO) include exophthalmos, eyelid retraction, eyelid edema, restrictive extraocular myopathy, and optic neuropathy. In addition lacrimal gland (LG) enlargement can be observed in these patients. However TO has not usually been considered in the differential diagnosis of cases of isolated LG enlargement. Observations A female patie...

OBJECTIVE To examine the effect of KT on gastrocnemius surface electromyography (SEMG) activity and ankle range of motion during walking in healthy subjects. DESIGN Randomized controlled trial, with concealed allocation and assessor blinding. SETTING University Biomechanics Laboratory. PARTICIPANTS Thirty six healthy physiotherapy students were randomized to KT or control group. OUTCOME...

1Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Mahidol University, Rajadhevi, Bangkok 10400, Thailand 2Division of Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics, Department of Therapeutic Sciences, School of Pharmacy, Showa University, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, 142-8555, Japan A b s t r a c t The aim of this study was to determine the effects of β-lactoglobulin (β-LG) on the intestinal absorption of cycl...

We present parallel algorithms for exact and approximate pattern matching with suffix arrays, using a CREW-PRAM with p processors. Given a static text of length n, we first show how to compute the suffix array interval of a given pattern of length m in O ( m p + lg p+ lg lg p · lg lgn ) time for p ≤ m. For approximate pattern matching with k differences or mismatches, we show how to compute all...

A phasic stimulus directed to the rear of a crayfish (Procambarus clarkii) creates mechanosensory input to the lateral giant (LG) interneuron, a command neuron for escape. A single LG spike is necessary and sufficient to produce a highly stereotyped tail flip that thrusts the animal away from the source of stimulation. Here we describe a lateral excitatory network among primary afferent axons i...

Variations in maternal behavior are associated with differences in estrogen receptor (ER)expression in the medial preoptic area (MPOA) and are transmitted across generations such that, as adults, the female offspring of mothers that exhibit increased pup licking/grooming (LG) over the first week postpartum (i.e. high LG mothers) show increased ER expression in the MPOA and are themselves high L...

The lacrimal gland is an important organ responsible for regulating tear synthesis and secretion. The major work of lacrimal gland (LG) is to lubricate the ocular surface and maintain the health of eyes. Functional deterioration of the lacrimal gland happens because of aging, diseases, or therapeutic complications, but without effective treatments till now. The LG originates from the epithelium...

We develop succinct data structures to represent (i) a sequence of values to support partial sum and select queries and update (changing values) and (ii) a dynamic array consisting of a sequence of elements which supports insertion, deletion and access of an element at any given index. For the partial sums problem on n non-negative integers of k bits each, we support update operations in O(b) t...

The high level of seismicity and dense network of short-period stations in Japan allows a detailed characterization of regional phase propagation. There are substantial differences depending on the location of the source and stations. Despite the structural complexity, Lg is clearly seen in many parts of Japan. Lg is particularly well developed in the western part of the main island, Honshu, an...

Let G be a digraph, LG its line digraph and A(G) and A(LG) their adjacency matrices. We present relations between the Jordan Normal Form of these two matrices. Besides, we study the spectra of those matrices and obtain a relationship between their characteristic polynomials that allows to relate properties of G and LG regarding the number of cycles of a given length.