The Bolivian inflation process is analyzed utilizing a time-varying univariate and multivariate Markov-switching model (TMS). With monthly data and, beginning in the late 1930s, accurately described by TMS. intercept for high-inflation regime significantly higher than low-inflation actual rate mirrors smoothing probabilities of Markov process. Additionally, predicted duration each closely fits ...

This study examines the effects of TMS of the right PPC on the latency of saccades and vergence alone or combined and the role of experimental design. Two designs were used: pure blocks with exclusively no-TMS or TMS trials; mixed blocks in which no-TMS and TMS trials were interleaved; a control study with TMS of the primary motor cortex (pure blocks) was also conducted and showed no effects on...

OBJECTIVE To further evaluate the potential of slew-rate limiting amplifiers to record electrophysiological signals in spite of concurrent transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), and to explore the effects of single-pulse TMS on electroencephalographic (EEG) correlates of functional brain activity. METHODS Visual-evoked potentials (VEPs) to checkerboards were recorded in 7 right-handed subje...

Tetranitromethane (T.N.M.) occurs in the production of T.N.T. as a byproduct of toluene nitration. It is a highly toxic substance, and its toxic properties have been recently investigated by Sievers, Rushing, Gay, and Monaco (1947). According to them, the maximum allowable concentration of T.N.M. is less than 5 p.p.m. Elkins (1950) recommends 0-5 p.p.m. or 4 mg./m.3 of air as the safe maximum a...

INTRODUCTION "Theory of Mind" (ToM), i.e., the ability to infer other persons' mental states, is a key function of social cognition. It is increasingly recognized to form a multidimensional construct. One differentiation that has been proposed is that between cognitive and affective ToM, whose neural correlates remain to be identified. We aimed to ascertain the possible role of the right dorsol...

9 The right posterior parietal cortex (rPPC) has been found to be critical in shaping 10 visual selection and distractor-induced saccade curvature in the context of predictive 11 as well as non-predictive visual cues by means of TMS interference. However, the 12 dynamic details of how distractor-induced saccade curvatures are affected by rPPC 13 TMS have not yet been investigated. This study ai...

The right posterior parietal cortex (rPPC) has been found to be critical in shaping visual selection and distractor-induced saccade curvature in the context of predictive as well as nonpredictive visual cues by means of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) interference. However, the dynamic details of how distractor-induced saccade curvatures are affected by rPPC TMS have not yet been invest...

Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) has established the functional relevance of early visual cortex (EVC) for visual awareness with great temporal specificity non-invasively in conscious human volunteers. Many studies have found a suppressive effect when TMS was applied over EVC 80-100 ms after the onset of the visual stimulus (post-stimulus TMS time window). Yet, few studies found task per...

Cardiovascular Surgery Survival Comparison of the Ross Procedure and Mechanical Valve Replacement With Optimal Self-Management Anticoagulation Therapy: Propensity-Matched Cohort Study M. Mostafa Mokhles, MSc; Heinrich Körtke, MD; Ulrich Stierle, MD; Otto Wagner; Efstratios I. Charitos, MD; Ad J.J.C. Bogers, MD, PhD; Jan Gummert, MD; Hans-Hinrich Sievers, MD; Johanna J.M. Takkenberg, MD, PhD Cli...

Ann Thorac Surg Sievers, Uwe Schönbeck and Claus Bartels Jan Felix Christiansen, Dirk Hartwig, J.F. Matthias Bechtel, Harald Klüter, HansH. atherosclerotic coronary arteries Diseased vein grafts express elevated inflammatory cytokine levels compared with http://ats.ctsnetjournals.org/cgi/content/full/77/5/1575 located on the World Wide Web at: The online version of this article, along with upda...