In this research, heart rate variability (HRV), pulse rate variability (PRV) and human skin conductance (SC) of all acupoints on Heart Meridian were used to evaluate the effects of electrical acupuncture (EA) on acupoint BL15 (Bladder Meridian). Ten healthy volunteers (aged 23 +/- 6) were selected as the control group on the first day, and then used again as the experimental group on the second...

Epidermal” and “Dermal” electrical potential measurements were performed at 3 acupuncture points of the Heart Constrictor and the Triple Heater meridians and 2 acupuncture points of the Lung meridian. Data analysis of these measurements in terms of electrical potential gradient and direction of current flow revealed the results consistent with those obtained from earlier experimental studies as...

It is not probable that many of you would be interested in the academic presentation of a method for finding the area of a given polygon, as you each have a system of your own which is probably mathematically acceptable. However, I might take the liberty of citing to you pages 300 and 301 in Engineering Surveys, Elementary and Applied, by Rubey, Lommel, Todd, where you will find a good discussi...

The problem we consider in this paper was raised in [3]. Suppose T is a torus on the boundary of an orientable 3-manifold X, and S is a surface on ∂X − T which is incompressible in X. A slope γ is the isotopy class of a nontrivial simple closed curve on T . Denote by X(γ) the manifold obtained by attaching a solid torus to X so that γ is the slope of the boundary of a meridian disc. Given two s...

The French Academy units of time and length — the second and the meter — are traditionally considered independent from each other. However, it is a matter of fact that a meter simple pendulum beats virtually the second in each oscillation, a 'surprising' coincidence that has no physical reason. We shortly review the steps that led to the choice of the meter as the ten millionth part of the quad...

Human vision has striking radial asymmetries, with performance on many tasks varying sharply stimulus polar angle. Performance is generally better the horizontal than vertical meridian, and lower upper these asymmetries decrease gradually deviation from meridian. Here, we report cortical magnification at a fine angular resolution around visual field. This precision enables comparisons between b...