The exact mechanisms by which humans control the manual interception of moving targets are currently unknown. Here, the authors explored the behaviors associated with the spatial control for manual interception. The examined task required controlling a cursor to intercept moving targets on a touch screen. They explored the effects of target motion direction, curvature and occlusion on manual in...

One way to combine data from single-subject experimental design studies is by performing a multilevel meta-analysis, with unstandardized or standardized regression coefficients as the effect size metrics. This study evaluates the performance of this approach. The results indicate that a multilevel meta-analysis of unstandardized effect sizes results in good estimates of the effect. The multilev...

Derivation of standard curves for the EMIT therapeutic drug monitoring system involves several mathematical algorithms, all of which can be rewritten in the form of a linear equation y = mx + b. We examined the stability of the standard curve in terms of slope and y-intercept for three drug assays (procainamide, gentamicin, and carbamazepine) by generating calibration curves intermittently for ...

Loss of heterozygosity (LOH) on chromosomes 2q, 9p, 18q, and 22q frequently occurs in advanced non-small cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC). The association of p53 mutations with prognosis is still unclear in NSCLC. Therefore, we investigated the prognostic significance of allelic imbalances (AI) on these chromosomes and p53 mutations in 108 cases of stage I NSCLC by PCR amplification of polymorphic d...

Although binding of high-density lipoproteins (HDL) to a variety of cells in culture has been widely reported, the mechanism of this binding has yet to be fully elucidated. The aim of the current studies was to explore the roles of apoproteins (apo) AI and AII in HDL3 binding to membranes derived from bovine aortic endothelial cells. Binding studies showed that HDL3 (which contains both apo AI ...

the late eocene-early oligocene sarnowsar granitic rocks and many dacitic to rhyolitic dykesintruded in metamorphosed and metasomatized shale, sandstone, calcite and dolomite marbles andvolcaniclastic and pyroclastic rocks. as a result several million tons of iron ores formed within carbonaterocks in the sangan area. the sarnowsar granitic rocks are mainly granite to granodiorite, metaluminous,...