Aim: To examine the degree to which air displacement plethysmography (ADP) can track body composition changes in response to weight loss in obese Japanese men. Method: Fifty men, aged 30–65 yr, with a mean body mass index of 30 kg/m, received a 3-month weight-loss program. Percentage of fat mass (%FM) was determined by dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) and ADP at baseline and month 3. Resu...

INTRODUCTION The aim of this prospective clinical study was to evaluate the skeletal, dentoalveolar, and soft-tissue effects of maxillary protraction with miniplates compared with conventional facemask therapy and an untreated Class III control group. METHODS Forty-five subjects who were in prepubertal or pubertal skeletal growth periods were included in the study and divided into 3 groups of...

This volume includes papers originally discussed at the symposium, “A Changing Cuba in a Changing World” (The Graduate Center, City University of New York, March, 2008). The conference featured a wide range of scholars and panelists working on contemporary Cuba (Appendix). The essays in this collection explore various aspects of change in today’s Cuba, including politics and economics, history,...

Lawrence Der, Ph.D. Silicon Laboratories Inc. Introduction Edwin H. Armstrong, known as one of the founding fathers of radio technology, invented the superheterodyne radio receiver in 1918 and frequency modulation (FM) in 1933 [1]. These two concepts, along with his regenerative circuit technique developed in 1912, formed the basis of radio frequency electronics as we know it today. In the Unit...

DNA marker technologies have revolutionized the way aquaculture genetics research is being conducted (Liu and Cordes 2004). Early on, most applications of molecular genetics in aquaculture relied on the estimation of demographic parameters of diversity and differentiation that were derived from averaging the genetic composition over populations or stocks. It has been recognized for nearly 25 ye...

Fibromyalgia (FM), is associated with fatigue, chronic diffuse pain, and cognitive/mood disturbances [1,2]. FM patients have greater healthcare costs and reduced workplace productivity. Stress and the neurotransmitter dopamine may interact, and this interaction may induce FM. Interestingly, FM has been called a ‘stress-related disorder’ presenting an exacerbation of symptoms on the context of s...

Synthetic aperture radar (SAR) based on frequency modulated continuous wave (FM-CW) transmission is a viable option for producing high resolution microwave imagery at low heights. In this paper, we show detailed analytical simulation for stripmap mode of FM-CW SAR imaging alongwith SAR images generated from actual airborne FM-CW radar video data collection. Key words—FM-CW, SAR, Range-Doppler, UAV

We describe our experience designing, implementing, and evaluating two generations of high performance communication libraries, Fast Messages (FM) for Myrinet. In FM 1, we designed a simple interface and provided guarantees of reliable and in-order delivery, and ow control. While this was a signiicant improvement over previous systems, it was not enough. Layering MPI atop FM 1 showed that only ...

Chronic widespread pain, the cardinal symptom of fibromyalgia (FM), is common in the general population, with comparable prevalence rates of 7.3% to 12.9% across different countries. The prevalence of FM in the general population was reported to range from 0.5% to 5% and up to 15.7% in the clinic. The common association of FM with other rheumatic disorders, chronic viral infections, and systemi...