were reconstructed after 2-fold in-plane parallel imaging. Before and after using MB technique, the slice number was 6 and 18, respectively. Using MB excitation with an MB factor of 3 and blipped-CAIPI, three simultaneous excited slices were folded together with a phase shift. After reconstruction with the 'SliceGRAPPA' algorithm, the three folded slices were successfully separated and unaliase...

Scleredema of Buschke (SB) is a rare disorder of connective tissue, characterized by hardening of the skin. Of unknown etiology, it may be associated with viral or bacterial infections, hematological alterations and diabetes mellitus (DM). In half of the reported cases of SB, there is association with DM. The most common characteristics among these patients are: being male adults, having long-t...

Three BCS superconductors Sa, Sb, and S and two short normal regions Na and Nb in a three-terminal SaNaSNb Sb setup provide a source of nonlocal quartets spatially separated as two correlated pairs in Sa and Sb, if the distance between the interfaces Na S and SNb is comparable to the coherence length in S. Low-temperature dc transport of nonlocal quartets from S to Sa and Sb can occur in equili...

The restorative capacities of a high carbohydrate-protein (CHO-PRO) beverage containing electrolytes and a traditional 6% carbohydrate-electrolyte sports beverage (SB) were assessed after glycogen-depleting exercise. Postexercise ingestion of the CHO-PRO beverage, in comparison with the SB, resulted in a 55% greater time to exhaustion during a subsequent exercise bout at 85% maximum oxygen cons...