This paper is concerned with a cyber-infrastructure arising in eddy current based nondestructive evaluation system for nuclear power plants. The system consists of an inspection module, a computational module and a communication interface module which can visualize useful information through interaction between the inspection module and the computational module. The design and performance of co...

This paper presents an imperative and concurrent extension of the functional objectoriented calculus described in [FHM94]. It belongs to the family of so-called prototypebased object-oriented languages, in which objects are created from existing ones via the inheritance primitives of object extension and method override. Concurrency is introduced through the identi cation of objects and process...

Cardiovascular complications associated with electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) for depression include dysrythmias, myocardial infarction, cardiac arrest, exaggerated hypertensive responses, and transient myocardial dysfunction.1-3 A variety of ECG changes have been demonstrated to occur in association with ECT and other central nervous system events. Although some studies have suggested that thes...

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is one of the most effective treatments for major depressive disorder (MDD). Biomarkers predicting individuals’ response to ECT would provide more successful and personalized treatment strategies. This study aimed investigate whether dynamic functional connectivity (dFC) estimated from resting-state fMRI (rs-fMRI) predicts outcome.

BACKGROUND Immune system dysfunction is implicated in the pathophysiology of major depression, and is hypothesized to normalize with successful treatment. We aimed to investigate immune dysfunction in melancholic depression and its response to ECT. METHODS 55 melancholic depressed patients and 26 controls participated. 33 patients (60%) were referred for ECT. Blood samples were taken at basel...

A five-year-old female African hedgehog (Atelerix albiventris) was referred for a one month growing oral mass. The hedgehog was quiet, alert and responsive, with a 1.00 × 1.50 cm ulcerated lesion on the mandible. The patient was staged with total body radiographs, hematological and biochemical analyses and the mass was biopsied under anesthesia. The excised tissue was reported to be a ...