The initial decrease in BOLD signal at stimulus onset (i.e., the initial dip) has generated a great deal of interest because of its potential for providing more spatially specific mapping. Despite a number of experimental fMRI studies demonstrating its existence in the visual cortex, the initial dip has not been reported in other areas. The present work examined the initial dip in the motor are...

Transparent BaTiO(3):Eu(3+) films were prepared via a sol-gel method and dip-coating technique, using barium acetate, titanium butoxide, and polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) as modifier viscosity. BaTiO(3):Eu(3+) films ~500 nm thick, crystallized after thermal treatment at 700 masculineC. The powders revealed spherical and rod shape morphology. The optical quality of films showed a predominant band a...

In this work it is proposed a novel antibacterial surface composed of an organicinorganic hybrid matrix of tetraethoxysilane (TEOS) and a weak polyelectrolyte like Poly(acrylic acid sodium salt) (PAA) which are deposited on glass slides by sol-gel method using the dip-coating technique [1]. This work is focused in the in situ synthesis of Ag nanoparticles (NPs) which are responsible of the anti...

Normal mode solutions for • spherical earth model are superposed to obtain realistic synthetic surface waves for various force systems. The calculation of excitation functions is greatly facilitated by the variational technique. The effects of attenuation anal instrument response are included in the synthesis. The synthesized seismograms are compared with the actual seismograms for wave form, a...

Most Thermococcales accumulate di-myo-inositol-phosphate (DIP) as an organic solute as a response to heat stress. We have studied the accumulation of this osmolyte in the high-hydrostatic pressure adapted hyperthermophile Thermococcus barophilus. We found no accumulation of DIP under any of the stress conditions tested, although this archaeon harbors the 3 DIP synthesis genes. Lack of synthesis...

Addictive drug use or prescribed medicine abuse can cause psychosis. Some representative symptoms frequently elicited by patients with psychosis are hallucination, anhedonia, and disrupted executive functions. These psychoses are categorized into three classifications of symptoms: positive, negative, and cognitive. The symptoms of DIP are not different from the symptoms of schizophrenia, and it...

Equivalent clinical results can be achieved from any delivery device, providing the patient can use it correctly. Selection of the appropriate device for each patient requires consideration of multiple factors. Inhaler technique should be demonstrated by the patient at each visit, assessed by the health-care provider, and where necessary, training to optimise aerosol delivery should be repeated...

We used PCR to test various protocols and define a technique for DNA extraction directly from chicken-shed stool samples for the identification of Eimeria species that parasitize birds. It was possible to extract and amplify DNA of seven Eimeria species from field stool samples, using both protocols tested; extractions made with phenol/chloroform protocols gave the best results. The primers wer...

Patients with chronic bronchial sepsis have impaired mucociliary clearance. A study was carried out on the effect of sputum sol (obtained by rapid centrifugation of purulent sputum) from 20 patients with chronic bronchial sepsis on the beating of human nasal cilia in vitro by a photometric technique. Thirteen sols caused significant (p less than 0.001) ciliary slowing. Two patterns of slowing w...