The present twin study investigates heritability of motor cortex excitability, measured by the paired pulse transcranial magnetic stimulation technique. Specifically, intracortical facilitation (ICF) and inhibition (ICI) and corticospinal excitability were tested in monozygotic (MZ), dizygotic (DZ), and unrelated pairs (UP). Robust ICF and ICI effects were found, with a higher similarity of MZ ...

LLE Review, Volume 105 35 Introduction The need of using cryogenic hydrogenic fuels in inertial confinement fusion (ICF) ignition targets has been well established. Efficient implosion of such targets has mandated keeping the adiabat of the main fuel layer at low levels to ensure drive energies are kept at a reasonable minimum. In fact, it has been shown by many authors that the minimum drive e...

Two sources of Medicaid support for persons with mental retardation and related conditions (MR/RC) are examined, the intermediate care facility for the mentally retarded (ICF/MR) program and the home and community-based services (HCBS) waiver. Results indicate that Medicaid support through the ICF/MR program has shown little recent growth in terms of number of persons served, although expenditu...

background :carpal tunnel syndrome is the most prevalent compression neuropathy of upper extremity which, two of the most important risk factors of that are the female sex and manual works. in the model of international classification of function, disability and health, disease is an impairment, results in functional limitation. the goal of this study is to compare hand function of participants...

Since its publication in 2001 the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) has attracted debate about content model presented. After almost 20 years use, regular updating since 2008 with prospect a new edition 2020 there is increasing interest ICF as tool to meet contemporary information requirements. Information on functioning important across not only health sy...

Health indicators have traditionally focused on deaths and diseases. While mortality data or diagnostic data on morbidity are important in their own right, they do not adequately capture health outcomes of individuals or populations. Diagnosis alone does not explain what patients can do, what they need, what their prognosis will be and what the cost of treatment will be. To deal with such quest...

LLE Review, Volume 79 121 The National Ignition Facility (NIF) is currently under construction at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL). One of the primary missions of the NIF is to achieve fusion ignition by means of inertial confinement fusion (ICF). Two main approaches have been considered for achieving thermonuclear yield in ICF. The first approach, known as indirectdrive ICF,1 encl...

LLE Review, Volume 92 167 In 1996 LLE began a research effort to make spherical capsules from polyimide material for use in direct-drive inertial confinement fusion (ICF) experiments. Previously, ICF capsules were made exclusively from glass, polystyrene, or an amorphous carbon–hydrogen solid solution referred to as “plasma polymer” or “glow-discharge polymer.”1 Polyimide was first proposed as ...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the potential feasibility of application of the extended International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) Core Set for stroke. METHODS We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of 40 stroke outpatients (>6 months after onset) admitted to the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine for comprehensive rehabilitation. Clinical information of the p...

The larval muscle fibers of Drosophila show four outward K+ currents in addition to the inward Ca2+ current in voltage-clamp recordings. The Shaker (Sh) and the slowpoke (slo) mutations, respectively, eliminate the voltage-activated fast K+ current (IA) and the Ca2(+)-activated fast K+ current (ICF). Quinidine specifically blocks the voltage-activated delayed K+ current (IK) at micromolar conce...