Banaketa-sarea hainbat erronkari aurre egiten ari da, hala nola kontsumo elektrikoaren hazkundeari, baliabide berriztagarrien integrazioari eta abarri, horiek gaur egungo banaketa-sarea, sare adimenduagoetara bideratzen dira. Sare adimendu horietan, ezinbestekoa da potentzia-elektronika erabiltzea beharrezko funtzionalitate berriak gehitzeko, akats elektrikoak arintzeko. Alde horretatik, arintz...

In a double blind crossover experiment in 16 healthy male volunteers, the effects of oral FPL 52694 and a matching placebo upon pentagastrin stimulated gastric acid secretion, gastric mucosal histamine content, and gastric mucosal mast cell count were compared. There was a significant increase in acid secretion, and a fall in tissue histamine and the mast cell count after treatment with the pla...

OBJECTIVES Distortion-product otoacoustic emission (DPOAE) stimulus calibrations are typically performed in sound pressure level (SPL) before DPOAE measurements. These calibrations may yield unpredictable DPOAE response levels, presumably because of the presence of standing waves in the ear canal. Forward pressure level (FPL) has been proposed as an alternative method for stimulus calibration b...

BACKGROUND Persons aged 65 years and older represent a heterogeneous group whose prevalence in the USA is expected to markedly increase. Few investigations have examined the total burden of disease attributable to lower levels of income in a single number that accounts for morbidity and mortality. METHODS We ascertained respondents' health-related quality of life (HRQOL) scores and mortality ...

OBJECTIVE To establish the safest approach to needle electrode insertion into the flexor pollicis longus (FPL) regarding possible needle injury to the superficial radial nerve (SRN) or radial artery by ultrasonography. METHODS We evaluated 54 forearms of 27 healthy subjects. Three levels were defined in the forearm. Level 1 is the junction of the middle and distal third of the forearm, level ...

A Publication of the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research Approximately 275,000 children ages 0-17 from families with incomes below 300% of the Federal Poverty Level (FPL) were uninsured and not eligible for Medi-Cal or Healthy Families in 2001. A majority of the uninsured-and-not-eligible children were between the ages of six and 17, while only onein seven were between the ages of zero and f...

OBJECTIVES To establish a baseline reference range for flaccid (FPL) and stretched penile lengths (SPL) in adult males and to compare with reports from different nationalities, as concerns over penile size are common among men and currently the number of men seeking help for the perceived problem of a 'short' penis is increasing. SUBJECTS AND METHODS Over a 1-year period, FPL and SPL measurem...

OBJECTIVE Although extensive resting-state functional connectivity (rsFC) changes have been reported in schizophrenia, rsFC changes of the frontal pole (FP) remain unclear. The FP contains several subregions with different connection patterns; however, it is unknown whether the FP subregions are differentially affected in schizophrenia. To explore this possibility, we compared rsFC differences ...

Changes in synaptic strength at striatal synapses, such as long-term depression (LTD), may be involved in striatal-based learning and memory. Several molecular mechanisms have been implicated in striatal LTD, but it is not clear which mechanisms are crucial for LTD induction. We found that the activation of L-type calcium channels by 2,5-dimethyl-4-[2-(phenylmethyl)benzoyl]-1H-pyrrole-3-carboxy...

A main problem of “Follow the Perturbed Leader” strategies for online decision problems is that regret bounds are typically proven against oblivious adversary. In partial observation cases, it was not clear how to obtain performance guarantees against adaptive adversary, without worsening the bounds. We propose a conceptually simple argument to resolve this problem. Using this, a regret bound o...