Most classical preclinical tests to predict antidepressant activity were initially developed to detect compounds that influenced noradrenergic and/or serotonergic activity, in accordance with the monoaminergic hypothesis of depression. However, central opioid systems are also known to influence the pathophysiology of depression. While the tail suspension test (TST) is very sensitive to several ...

When sailing downwind with a spinnaker, the “verge of curling” is one common recommendations that sailors follow for efficient sailing. Wind tunnel experiments on spinnaker models conducted by Aubin et al. (2017) in Twisted Flow Tunnel Yacht Research Unit University Auckland have shown curling can be related to better performance at Apparent Angle ≥ 100°. In present article, we will focus aerod...

Spin structures of nanoscale magnetic dots are the subject of increasing scientific effort, as the confinement of spins imposed by the geometrical restrictions makes these structures comparable to some internal characteristic length scales of the magnet. For a vortex (a ferromagnetic dot with a curling magnetic structure), a spot of perpendicular magnetization has been theoretically predicted t...

We present an algorithm for tracking the position of a curling stone from broadcast footage of curling events. Due to the constant panning of the camera in addition to perspective changes in the image, this introduces a need for image rectification and tracking of the camera view on the ice. We break the algorithm in four distinct components: rectification, frame tracking, stone tracking, and l...

In thzs paper, we focus on the problem of controllang a manzpulator so as to track a desired object trajectory, whzle guaranteeang that contact forces comply wath contact constraants (frzctzon bounds, etc ). When dealing wath kznematzcally defectawe systems, zt as not possable an general to asszgn arbatmry trajectoraes of ob.fect motaons and contact forces. To understand what restrzctaons poszt...

Soft actuators driven by pneumatic pressure are promising actuators for mechanical systems in medical, biological, agriculture, welfare fields and so on, because they can ensure high safety for fragile objects from their low mechanical impedance. In this study, a new rubber pneumatic actuator made from silicone rubber was developed. Composed of one chamber and one air-supply tube, it can genera...

INTRODUCTION Our study examines a recreational curling population to describe patterns of injury occurrence, estimate risk of injury and to gauge attitudes towards equipment-based prevention strategies. METHODS In a retrospective case series, we queried the Canadian Hospitals Injury Reporting and Prevention Program (CHIRPP), a national injury surveillance database, for curling injuries entere...

2014 The coercive force of an infinite ferromagnetic cylinder is calculated as a function of the radius and of the inclination of the axis to the applied field. For this calculation it is assumed that only curling and rotation in unison take place ; and that whenever the curling is associated with a discontinuous jump, the magnetization is brought to the lower energy state given by Stoner and W...