BACKGROUND Canine epileptoid cramping syndrome (CECS) is a paroxysmal movement disorder of Border Terriers (BTs). These dogs might respond to a gluten-free diet. OBJECTIVES The objective of this study was to examine the clinical and serological effect of a gluten-free diet in BTs with CECS. ANIMALS Six client-owned BTs with clinically confirmed CECS. METHODS Dogs were prospectively recrui...

Because the major processes involved in muscle contraction require rapid utilization of ATP, measurement of ATP utilization can provide important insights into the mechanisms of contraction. It is necessary, however, to differentiate between the contribution made by cross-bridges and that of the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) Ca2+ pumps. Specific and potent SR Ca2+ pump blockers have been used in ...

Results from the Bac-T-Screen (BTS) of fresh urine specimens were compared with the BTS results obtained when the same urine specimens had been held at room temperature for 24 h. Of the 246 specimens studied, 43 were initially BTS positive, 11 were false-negative, and 39 had greater than or equal to 10(5) CFU/ml. After 24 h at room temperature an additional 60 specimens had greater than or equa...

Open base transceiver station (BTS) project was originally developed using open-source Unix/Linux applications in conjunction with Universal Software Radio Peripheral (USRP) to implement GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications) air interface supporting GSM handsets at much lower cost than commercial carrier BTS systems. This paper emphasizes concepts and methodology of low cost Open BTS im...

Behavior Trees (BTs) are a plan representation and execution tool which has recently started to draw the attention of the robotics community. The available literature lack consistency and mathematical rigor required for control applications. This paper presents a unified formalism for BTs which elevates them to the same standard as other well known plan execution tools. We approach the problem ...

Contraction-stimulated glucose transport by skeletal muscle appears to be caused by the cumulative effects of multiple inputs [potentially including AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK), Ca(2+) flux, and force production], making it challenging to isolate the roles of these putative regulatory factors. To distinguish the effects of force production from the direct consequences of Ca(2+) flux, th...

A Behavior Tree (BT) is a way to structure the switching between different tasks in an autonomous agent, such as a robot or a virtual entity in a computer game. BTs are a very efficient way of creating complex systems that are both modular and reactive. These properties are crucial in many applications, which has led to the spread of BT from computer game programming to many branches of AI and ...