The measurement of maximum pulling force is important not only for specifying force limit of industrial workers but also for designing controls requiring high force. This paper presents a comparison between maximal static handbrake pulling force (FST) and force exerted during normal handbrake pulling task (FDY). These forces were measured for different handle locations and subject characteristi...

Although human face recognition performance shows high selectivity, even for unfamiliar faces, the neuronal circuitry underlying this high performance is poorly understood. Two extreme alternatives can be considered: either a "labeled-line" principle, in which subtle changes in face images lead to activation of differently tuned neuronal populations, or a coarse coding principle, where the high...

BACKGROUND To determine the cost-effectiveness of the percutaneous mitral valve repair (PMVR) using Carillon® Mitral Contour System® (Cardiac Dimensions Inc., Kirkland, WA, USA) in patients with congestive heart failure accompanied by moderate to severe functional mitral regurgitation (FMR) compared to the prolongation of optimal medical treatment (OMT). METHODS Cost-utility analysis using a ...

As the smallest and one of the most recently evolved marine mammals, sea otters face physiological challenges rarely encountered by larger, more derived aquatic species. To examine the effect of these challenges on foraging costs and resultant daily energy budgets, we measured the energetics of resting, grooming, diving and foraging for adult, male sea otters. The energy expended for these diff...

AIMS In patients with aortic stenosis (AS) functional mitral regurgitation (FMR) is frequent and is attributed to left ventricular (LV) remodelling and to aortic gradient. However, the association of these variables with mitral effective regurgitant orifice (ERO) is still unknown. METHODS AND RESULTS We prospectively enrolled patients with aortic valve thickness and aortic velocities >2.5 m/s...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE One major limitation of current functional MR (fMR) imaging is its inability to clarify the relationship between sites of cortical neuronal activation, small parenchymal venules that are in close proximity to these sites, and large draining veins distant from the active parenchyma. We propose to use gradient-echo blood oxygenation level-dependent (BOLD) fMR time courses t...

A frequency-tunable low phase noise magneto-acoustic resonator is developed on the base of a parallel-plate straight-edge bilayer consisting yttrium-iron garnet (YIG) layer grown substrate gallium-gadolinium garnet(GGG). When YIG/GGG sample forms an ideal parallel plate, it supports series high-quality-factor acoustic modes standing along plate thickness. Due to magnetostriction YIG ferromagnet...

Time-resolved scanning Kerr microscopy has been used to perform optically detected, phase-resolved spin–orbit torque ferromagnetic resonance (SOT-FMR) measurements on a microscale CoFeB ellipse at the center of Pt Hall cross subject RF and DC current. polar images revealed localized dynamics with large amplitude weaker edges. Therefore, field swept SOT-FMR spectra were acquired from so-called m...

ABSTRACT The question how much star formation is occurring at low metallicity throughout the cosmic history appears crucial for discussion of origin various energetic transients, and possibly double black hole mergers. We revisit observation-based distribution birth metallicities stars (fSFR(Z,z)), focusing on several factors that strongly affect its part: (i) method used to describe galaxies (...