BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Both action observation (AO) and action imagery have been proposed as therapeutic options for stroke rehabilitation. Currently, it is not clear to what extent their underlying neuronal mechanisms differ from each other and whether one of these therapeutic options might be preferable for this purpose. METHODS Twenty-six neurologically healthy subjects were investigated u...

AIMS Angiotensin II (Ang II) stimulates cardiac remodelling and fibrosis in the mechanically overloaded myocardium. Although Rho GTPases regulate several cellular processes, including myocardial remodelling, involvement in mediating mechanical stretch-induced regulation of angiotensinogen (Ao), the precursor to Ang II, remains to be determined. We, therefore, examined the role and associated si...

Adaptive optics (AO) describes a set of tools to correct or control aberrations in any optical system. In the eye, AO allows for precise control of the ocular aberrations. If used to correct aberrations over a large pupil, for example, cellular level resolution in retinal images can be achieved. AO systems have been demonstrated for advanced ophthalmoscopy as well as for testing and/or improvin...

Threshold of software metrics can be used as indicators to identify possible anomalies in software. Aspect-Oriented (AO) Programming is a new programming paradigm that solved the crosscutting problem by decomposes the crosscutting concern in aspect module. Establishing the threshold of AO software metrics in order to identify anomalies in AO software is necessary. The Gang-of-Four (GoF) pattern...

The acridine orange (AO) and neutral red (NR) dyes, commonly used as probes to measure the internal pH in acidic vesicles, are compared in this article. The comparison between the two dyes (arising from calculations taking into account their analytical constants) illustrated that the use of AO is preferential to that of NR because the AO response is sensitive over the whole pH range between 4.0...

The pancreatic lipase inhibitory activity of the rhizome of Alpinia officinarum (AO) and its antihyperlipidemic activity were measured. When the water extract of AO was fractionated stepwise with organic solvents, the ethyl acetate fraction exhibited the most potent inhibition. 3-Methylethergalangin was isolated from that fraction as an inhibitor of pancreatic lipase with an IC(50) value of 1.3...

Implicit invocation (II) and aspect-oriented (AO) languages provide software designers with related but distinct mechanisms and strategies for decomposing programs into modules and composing modules into systems. II languages have explicitly announced events that run registered observer methods. AO languages have implicitly announced events that run method-like but more powerful advice. A limit...

Implicit invocation (II) and aspect-oriented (AO) languages provide related but distinct mechanisms for separation of concerns. II languages have explicitly announced events that run registered observer methods. AO languages have implicitly announced events that run method-like but more powerful advice. A limitation of II languages is their inability to refer to a large set of events succinctly...

AO-PFA is an aspect oriented feature modelling language. This report discusses several theoretical issues regarding the weaving process of AO-PFA. The weaving of aspects is to extract subterms from product family terms in the base specification, and then to replace the extracted subterm (selected join points) by another term (advice). The problem of extracting a subterm from another term is rel...

This paper describes challenges and results of WebMAPS, a multidisciplinary project under development at UNICAMP. Its goal is to develop a platform based on Web Services for agro-environmental planning. It requires state of the art research in speci cation and implementation of software that relies on several kinds of distributed information satellite images, data from sensors and from agricult...