The current study compares the total scores of two potential posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) screening tools, the Impact of Event Scale (IES) and the PTSD Symptom Scale, Self-Report (PSS-SR), to the Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale (CAPS) in a large sample of motor vehicle accident (MVA) survivors (N = 229, of whom 43% met criteria for PTSD). For the IES using a cutoff score of 27, sensit...

Purpose: To formulate matrix type sustained-release (SR) tablets of tizanidine hydrochloride (TH) for prolonged drug release and improvement in motor activity after spinal injuries. Methods: Matrix tablets were prepared by the wet granulation method using four polymers (hydroxyl propyl methyl cellulose [HPMC] K 100, ethyl cellulose [EC], guar gum, and polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP K30) and characte...

Noise can have beneficial effects as shown by the stochastic resonance (SR) phenomenon which is characterized by performance improvement when an optimal noise is added. Modern attempts to improve human performance utilize this phenomenon. The purpose of the present study was to investigate whether performance improvement by addition of optimum noise (ON) is related to increased cortical motor s...

Motor imagery attenuates EEG α and β rhythms over sensorimotor cortices. These amplitude changes are most successfully captured by the method of Common Spatial Patterns (CSP) and widely used in braincomputer interfaces (BCI). BCI methods based on amplitude information, however, have not incoporated the rich phase dynamics in the EEG rhythm. This study reports on a BCI method based on phase sync...

Motor imagery attenuates EEG μ and β rhythms over sensorimotor cortices. These amplitude changes are most successfully captured by the method of Common Spatial Patterns (CSP) and widely used in braincomputer interfaces (BCI). BCI methods based on amplitude information, however, have not incoporated the rich phase dynamics in the EEG rhythm. This study reports on a BCI method based on phase sync...

Switched reluctance motor (SRM) drive has remarkable characteristics that make it attractive for high-speed applications. As the motor's speed increases the shape of the current waveform changes in such way that limits the production of motoring torque. At high speeds, it is possible for the phase current never reaches the desired value due to the self e.m.f. of the motor, therefore, the torque...

Anandamide is the newly discovered endogenous cannabinoid ligand that binds to brain cannabinoid receptors and shares most, but not all, of the pharmacological properties of delta 9-THC. Therefore, this study was undertaken to determine whether its interaction with the CB1 receptor in brain was identical to that of delta 9-THC. Anandamide depressed spontaneous activity and produced hypothermia,...

In this study, noise and vibration measurements were carried out on a multi-phase 12/8 switched reluctance (SR) motor and analyzed with vibro-acoustic techniques. When evaluating the behavior of electric powertrains for automotive applications, it is necessary to perform a vibro-acoustic analysis, particularly in view of the acoustic comfort perceived by the driver and passengers. High frequenc...

This paper studies two important questions related with switched reluctance machines: 1. In what conditions we can consider to use the SRM linear model but with sufficient accuracy to predict its steady-state characteristics? 2. To take or not to take into account the mutual inductances in the 6/4 SR non-linear model? Are there any significant errors when we neglect the phase mutual inductances...