BACKGROUND The place where a patient experiences his/her first panic attack (FPA) may be related to their agoraphobia later in life. However, no investigations have been done into the clinical features according to the place where the FPA was experienced. In particular, there is an absence of detailed research examining patients who experienced their FPA at home. In this study, patients were cl...

AIMS To determine if participants can reduce foot progression angle (FPA), and if FPA reduction decreases regional plantar stresses and forces in individuals with diabetes. METHODS Design: Three-group cross-sectional design with repeated measures. subjects: twenty-eight participants either with diabetes mellitus (DM), diabetes and peripheral neuropathy with (DMPN+NPU) or without a prior histo...

Flower pollination algorithm (FPA) is a new nature-inspired evolutionary algorithm used to solve multi-objective optimization problems. The aim of this paper is to introduce FPA to the electromagnetics and antenna community for the optimization of linear antenna arrays. FPA is applied for the first time to linear array so as to obtain optimized antenna positions in order to achieve an array pat...

In this study, we extend the study of Function Point Analysis (FPA) for the measurement of source code based migration project using the migration tooling options. FPA is an objective and structured technique to measure software size by quantifying its functionality provided to the user, based on the requirements and logical design. It is noticed that the procedure for the above measurement is ...

Function Point Analysis (FPA) is a technique designed to measure the functional size of software products. The technique measures product size from the user’s point of view rather than from a technical perspective. FPA is now widely used in the MIS domain, where it has become the “de facto” standard. However, FPA has not enjoyed the same degree of acceptance in other domains, such as real-time ...

The frontal pursuit area (FPA) contains neurons that are directionally selective for pursuit eye-movements. We found that FPA neurons discriminate target from distracter too late to account for pursuit directional selection. Rather, the timing of neuronal discrimination is linked to pursuit onset, suggesting a role in motor execution. We also found buildup of activity of FPA neurons prior to pu...

OBJECTIVE The objectives of this study were to investigate the causes of plantar heel pain and find differences in the clinical features of plantar fasciitis (PF) and fat pad atrophy (FPA), which are common causes of plantar heel pain, for use in differential diagnosis. METHOD This retrospective study analyzed the medical records of 250 patients with plantar heel pain at the Foot Clinic of Re...

The prompt reduction of elevated fibrinopeptide A (FPA) levels (normal less than 1.3 pmole/ml) by heparin therapy in patients with thromboembolism suggests that measuring the FPA level may provide a good index of disease activity and be a useful method of monitoring therapy. Sepsis or malignancy may elevate FPA levels and coexist with thromboembolism. FPA levels were surveyed in 51 patients wit...

Fibrinopeptide A (FPA) was measured in the plasma of 81 patients with suspected thromboembolism. Of 47 patients with positive venography and/or lung scan, 42 had elevated FPA levels > .3 pmol/mI (mean 7.4) and 5 had levels <1.3 pmol/mI. Of 34 patients with negative venography and/or lung scan, 29 had FPA levels <1 .3 pmol/mI and 5 had levels > 1 3 pmol/ml. These results suggest limitations for ...