Abstract Introduction Slow wave sleep (SWS) is thought to play a critical, if not unique, role in resilience and recovery of waking function. It has been posited that SWS preserved, the impact restriction on subsequent neurobehavioral functioning should be minimal. In this context, we investigated effects delayed restricted opportunity impairment during period total deprivation (TSD). Methods N...

This paper considers the problem of sequencing the processing of incoming mail in a Processing and Distribution Center (P&DC) to match a given outbound truck delivery schedule. Mail arrives at a P&DC from local Associate Offices (AO) or remote P&DCs following an incoming schedule. The mail from an origin has different proportions to different destinations. For each destination, there are trucks...

1 This research was supported in part by the Cleveland State University, EFFRD Grant No. 0210-0630-10. Abstract Mobile ad hoc networks allow mobile nodes to communicate with one another without the aid of infrastructure thus forming temporary networks on the fly. While such networks are gaining immense popularity, they are prone to scalability issues when the network size (number of nodes) incr...

OBJECTIVE In clinical practice, occupational therapists identify characteristics or demands of a task and, to improve coordination or problem solving ability, grade it along the complexity dimension. Effects of increased complexity of functional tasks have not been studied to date. The purpose of this study was to continue to examine the characteristics of occupation by testing the effect of ta...

Reid Bailey Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering University of Dayton Dayton, OH 45469-0210 Bert Bras and Janet K. Allen Systems Realization Laboratory G. W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0405, USA * corresponding author Abstract Continuing with the themes of the first part of this paper, this second part is focused ...

PURPOSE The present study was designed to address the hypothesis that radiofrequency (RF) thermal ablation, as represented by the ClosureFAST system, is associated with improved recovery and quality-of-life (QOL) parameters compared with 980-nm endovenous laser (EVL) thermal ablation of the great saphenous vein (GSV). MATERIALS AND METHODS Eighty-seven veins in 69 patients were randomized to ...

Background: Copper plays key roles in brain metabolism. Disorders of copper metabolism impact on neural signaling. The intracellular and extracellular concentrations of copper are tightly regulated. Pregabalin is a drug with multiple modes of action and has a high-affinity binding site for the alpha2delta subunit of voltage-gated calcium channels. Methods: Assessment of neuroprotective effects ...