Submit Manuscript | http://medcraveonline.com Abbreviations: HRV: Heart Rate Variability; ANS: Autonomic Nervous System; HR: Heart Rate; DFA: Detrended Fluctuation Analysis; BSJT: Blasco Specific Judo Test; VO2max: Maximum oxygen consumption; SDNN: Standard Deviation of normal R-R intervals; rMSSD: Root Mean Square Difference of successive normal R-R intervals; LF: Low Frequency power; HF: High...

OBJECTIVE We wanted to compare the variability in the longitudinal emphysema index (EI) measurements that were computed with standard and high resolution (HR) reconstruction algorithms (RAs). MATERIALS AND METHODS We performed a retrospective review of 475 patients who underwent CT for surveillance of lung nodules. From this cohort, 50 patients (28 male) were included in the study. For these ...

This experimental study examined the effectiveness of a text-based reading and vocabulary intervention with self-regulatory supports for 4th graders with low reading comprehension. Students with standard scores on the Gates MacGinitie Reading Test between 1.0 standard deviation (SD) and 0.5 SD below the normative sample were included (N=44) and randomly assigned to treatment condition (n=25) or...

The bacterial Obg proteins (Spo0B-associated GTP-binding protein) belong to the subfamily of P-loop GTPase proteins that contain two equally and highly conserved domains, a C-terminal GTP binding domain and an N-terminal glycine-rich domain which is referred as the "Obg fold" and now it is considered as one of the new targets for antibacterial drug. When the Obg protein is associated with GTP, ...

MutSα is a key component in the mismatch repair (MMR) pathway. This protein is responsible for initiating the signaling pathways for DNA repair or cell death. Herein we investigate this heterodimer’s post-recognition, post-binding response to three types of DNA damage involving cytotoxic, anti-cancer agents—carboplatin, cisplatin, and FdU. Through a combination of supervised and unsupervised ma...

There are still many question open to completely understand the structure-activity relationships of G-protein coupled receptors. Issues like the actual mapping of the binding site of different subtypes, as well as the mechanism of activation are poorly understood [1]. Accordingly, further studies on the structure-activity relationships are necessary. In this regard, only a few 3D structures are...

In this paper a new Query Performance Prediction method is introduced. This method is based on the hypothesis that different score distributions appear for ‘hard’ and ‘easy’ queries. Following we propose a set of measures which try to capture the differences between both types of distributions, focusing on the dispersion degree among the scores. We have applied some variants of the classic stan...

anthropometric data are used for proper design of workstation, equipment, furniture. mismatch between anthropometric dimensions and consumer products may cause health problems in human body. in this study we measured anthropometric dimensions of iranian university students in order to create a data bank for furniture design. the purpose was to measure some anthropometric dimensions of universit...

PURPOSE To investigate the relationship between spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) findings and visual outcomes following resolution of macular edema in central retinal vein occlusion (CRVO). METHODS Patients with recent onset CRVO who had undergone SD-OCT and fluorescein angiography (FA) exams on the day of initial presentation were included. All patients had resolution of...

PURPOSE To test the capability of rarebit perimetry (RP), a recent non-conventional perimetric technique, in detecting early functional damage in subjects with ocular hypertension (OHT) and to compare RP findings with those obtained by frequency-doubling technology (FDT) perimetry. METHODS Thirty patients with OHT were matched with 30 healthy subjects. All were tested with RP and FDT. Frequen...