Different electrodes and stimulus protocols commonly used for electroretinography in rodent eyes were compared for convenience of use, degree of damage to corneal epithelium, and for magnitude of amplitude, reproducibility, left versus right eye accuracy, and reliability of recorded parameters of the flash electroretinogram (ERG). Adult C57BL/6 pigmented mice and albino Wistar rats were used to...

General breather solution to the Sasa–Satsuma equation (SSE) is systematically investigated in this paper. We firstly transform SSE into a set of three Hirota bilinear equations under proper plane wave boundary condition. Starting from specially arranged tau-function Kadomtsev–Petviashvili hierarchy and 11 satisfied, we implement series steps reduction procedure, i.e. C-type reduction, dimensio...

SSE (streaming SIMD extensions) and AVX (advanced vector extensions) are SIMD (single instruction multiple data streams) instruction sets supported by recent CPUs manufactured in Intel and AMD. This SIMD programming allows parallel processing by multiple cores in a single CPU. Basic arithmetic and data transfer operations such as sum, multiplication and square root can be processed simultaneous...

We present an implementation of double precision interval arithmetic using the single-instruction-multiple-data SSE-2 instruction and register set extensions. The implementation is part of a package for exact real arithmetic, which defines the interval arithmetic variation that must be used: incorrect operations such as division by zero cause exceptions, loose evaluation of the operations is in...

It is an architecture that differs radically from Netburst, while retaining some of the latter's Nehalem processors incorporate SSE 4.2 SIMD instructions, adding seven new instructions to the SSE 4.1 set in the Core i7, 960, 3.2 GHz, 1× QPI 4.8 GT/s, 2009-10-20, $562 4 (4), Core i5, 760, 2.8 GHz, 95 W, 2010-07-17, $209. The instruction set has changed enormously in the 35+ year history of the x...

The current state of the art Matrix-Matrix-Multiplication (MMM) kernel is known as ATLAS, which generates the best performing MMM code by search. However, today’s computer architecture changes rapidly and it is hard to generate a high performance code without knowing how to use the new instruction sets. Since ATLAS does not make use of blocking for L2 cache, or SSE/SSE2 instruction, we are enco...

skin practices are as important as regular exercise and smoking cessation and should be included in routine health education counseling. With evidence suggesting the importance of SSE, it is concerning that most of the Hispanic participants did not report performing them. Physicians should educate their patients, demonstrate for them how to perform a proper SSE, explain what to look for, and pr...

AIMS The well-known limitations of vitamin K antagonists (VKA) led to development of new oral anticoagulants (NOAC) in non-valvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF). The aim of this meta-analysis was to determine the consistency of treatment effects of NOAC irrespective of age, comorbidities, or prior VKA exposure. METHODS AND RESULTS All randomized, controlled phase III trials comparing NOAC to VK...

BACKGROUND A major goal of predictive genetic testing for melanoma is to promote early detection to reduce mortality. This study evaluated the long-term impact of melanoma genetic test reporting and counseling on screening adherence. METHODS This study assessed adherence to recommendations for annual total body skin examinations (TBSE) and monthly skin self-examinations (SSE) among 37 members...