BACKGROUND Executive dysfunction has been reported in patients with subcortical-frontal pathology, even in the absence of dementia. OBJECTIVE This study was undertaken to determine if impairments in executive functioning could be found in non-demented patients with subcortical lacunes. METHODS Cross sectional comparison between older control subjects (n=27) and non-demented patients with on...

generally, the evaluation and assessment critical condition of rill formation are useful for a better understanding of soil erosion processes. the inherence characteristics of soils, which have much dynamic variations on the hill-slopes and are affected by rill formation, are the soil critical shear stress and soil erodibility factors. this study aims to assess experimental rill incision thresh...

We report a 25-year-old man presenting with high fever, dyspnoea and somnolence. The presence of severe diffuse interstitial pneumonia with extrapulmonary symptoms, such as myositis and subclinical haemolysis, strongly suggested an infection by Mycoplasma pneumoniae. This diagnosis was supported by high titres of cold agglutinins and a positive Coombs test, and directly confirmed by specific Ig...

Abstract The feasibility of in-line insensitive high explosive train based on multipoint overpressure initiation is studied in this paper. output capacity the multi-point EFI verified by margin test. can reliably detonate booster TATB. Be directed against EFI, slow cook-off test and Liquid fuel fire were carried out response level was not greater than combustion. A liquid aimed at a small-scale...

Objective(s):The relationship between tramadol, as an antinociceptive drug, and locus coeruleus (LC), the main noradrenergic nucleus of the brain that affects regulation and modulation of pain through descending noradrenergic pathways was investigated. Materials and Methods: Male Sprague-Dawley rats were divided into four groups of 10 rats. The rats were fixed in stereotaxic instrument and then...

Since the sub-axis of machine tool spindles subjected to fatigue loading, the effects of different surface heat treatments on fatigue behavior of 16MnCr5 steel have been investigated in the current work. After the test specimens were prepared from the steel, the surface heat treatments; carburizing, carbonitriding and a practical type of treatment involving the first nitriding then carburizing ...