BACKGROUND Current guidelines recommend using remote patient monitoring (RPM) for implantable cardioverter-defibrillators, but the patterns of adoption of this technology have not been described. Successful use of RPM depends on (1) the enrollment of the patient into an RPM system and (2) subsequent activation of RPM by the enrolled patient. We examined RPM enrollment and activation rates and t...

Visual working memory (VWM) capacity is affected by motivational influences; however, little is known about how reward-related brain activities facilitate the VWM systems. To investigate the dynamic relationship between VWMand reward-related brain activities, we conducted time–frequency analyses using electroencephalograph (EEG) data obtained during a monetary-incentive delayed-response task th...

The analysis of EEG signals plays a vital role in the detection of Seizure. The EEG signal of a normal person varies when compared to that of a seizure affected person. A new wavelet is created which closely represents a normal EEG wave. The discrete wavelet transform using the new wavelet family is applied to the input EEG signals. Since the new wavelet represents the normal EEG wave pattern t...

The life history of the male and female of the indoor forensic fly, Synthesiomyia nudiseta was studied under fluctuating temperature of indoor environments and analysed based on the age-stage and two sex life table. The life cycle of S. nudiseta was 14.0±1.0 days from the egg stage to adult emergence. The population parameters calculated were; net reproduction rate (Ro= 108.6), mean generation ...

Renal insufficiency is commonly associated with an erythropoietin (EPO) dependent anemia. CNTO 530 is an EPO-mimetic antibody fusion protein with EPO-receptor agonist activity. The pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamic activity of CNTO 530 were evaluated in a rat model of chronic renal insufficiency (CRI) induced anemia. Following 5/6 nephrectomy and 13 -17 weeks of stabilization, rats received ...

Cu–Cr-Zr alloys had wide applications in engineering applications such as electrical and welding industrial especially for their high strength, high electrical as well as acceptable thermal conductivities and melting points. It was possible to prepare the nano-structure of these age hardenable alloys using mechanical alloying method as a cheap and mass production technique to prepare the non-eq...