Abstract—Background: Diabetic sensorimotor polyneuropathy (DSP) is one of the most common microvascular complications of type 2 diabetes. Loss of sensation is thought to contribute to a lack of static and dynamic stability and increased risk of falling. Purpose: The purpose of this study was to compare the effects of low-level laser (LLL) and monochromatic near-infrared photo energy (MIRE) on p...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of monochromatic infrared energy (MIRE) on plantar sensation in subjects with diabetic peripheral neuropathy. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS In this randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study, 39 subjects with diabetic peripheral neuropathy completed the 8-week study. Subjects received 30 min of active or placebo MIRE three ...

A Side Lobe Canceller (SLC) structure is a conventional partially adaptive technique which is used in large adaptive array radars. If a desired signal has long time duration in comparison with the SLC adaptation time, signal components may be cancelled. So, this paper presents a modified SLC which eliminates desired signal cancellation problems and allows using an unconstrained adaptive algorit...

Pollen analysis and AMS radiocarbon dating of a short sediment core from a mire in Veisar (Mazandaran province, N Iran) reveals the late-Holocene vegetation history of the area. High pollen values suggest that Caucasian alder (Alnus subcordata) has been present in the vicinity of the mire throughout the record. Wingnut (Pterocarya fraxinifolia), which was previously abundantly present, shows a ...

Northern Finland. This study examined long-term (decade-scale) hydrological and ecological consequences of dam construction subsequent river regulation on the environmentally protected Viiankiaapa mire. Pre-regulation floods affected hydrology riverbanks mire, which contain habitats flood-dependent or groundwater-influenced ecosystems. Groundwater discharge flow patterns pre-regulation flood co...

This paper presents an original informationretrieval engine, called MIRE, for integrating structured data and text. Among other things, MIRE is designed to work in a natural and efficient way with the inherent hierarchies of structured data. While multi-dimensional access methods have originally been developed for spatial applications, they can be successfully used to index hierarchical structu...

Forty-nine consecutive subjects with established diabetic peripheral neuropathy were treated with monochromatic near-infrared photo energy (MIRE) to determine if there was an improvement of sensation. Loss of protective sensation characterized by Semmes-Weinstein monofilament values of 4.56 and above was present in 100% of subjects (range, 4.56 to 6.45), and 42 subjects (86%) had Semmes-Weinste...

PURPOSE To develop the instrumentation and software for wide-angle corneal topography using a Placido-based videokeratographer. The objective is to allow the measurement of a greater area of the cornea using a simple adaptation to the Placido mire. METHODS Using the traditional Placido disc of a commercial corneal topographer, 9 LEDs (Light Emitting Diodes) were installed on the conic mire so...

Purpose: To evaluate anterior surface topographic technologies and display algorithms in mapping keratoconus. Materials and methods: A total of 27 eyes of 17 subjects clinically diagnosed with keratoconus were imaged on six topographers: EyeSys, Alcon EyeMap, Keratron, TMS-1, Orbscan and PAR corneal topography system. Axial distance (AD) and instantaneous radius of curvature (IROC) algorithms w...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to compare the noise attenuation (NA) properties of earplugs by using the headphone-based real-ear-attenuation-at-threshold (hREAT) and field microphone-in-real-ear (F-MIRE) techniques. METHODS The subjects were 89 male workers (mean age: 44.8 ± 12.1 yr) exposed to noise above 85 dBA (mean noise exposure period: 14.3 ± 11.3 yr) in a Japanese nonferrous meta...