The pharmacokinetics of ofloxacin were investigated in eight healthy male volunteers. A single infusion (200 mg over 0.5 h) was performed on day 1, followed by a washout period of 2 weeks. Repeated administrations were performed for 4 days (200 mg every 12 h). Pharmacokinetic parameters were determined from the plasma decay curves of the single and the last of the multiple administrations. Oflo...

− The currently established documentary standards [1, 2] for primary accelerometer calibration pro­ vide a characterisation of the device under test which is not well suited for the application to transient excitations. The model based parameter identification (MBPI) introduced over the last years [3, 4] may provide better means of char­ acterisation for such types of applications. The method w...

In this study, we evaluated the repeatability of pupil responses to colored light stimuli in healthy subjects using a prototype chromatic pupillometer. One eye of 10 healthy subjects was tested twice in the same day using monochromatic light exposure at two selected wavelengths (660 and 470 nm, intensity 300 cd/m(2)) presented continuously for 20 s. Pupil responses were recorded in real-time be...

A cluster of recent police killings of African American men has sparked an unprecedented amount of public debate regarding policing in the United States. Critics and protesters have made sweeping allegations about the police; a presidential commission has been formed to study police misconduct; and reforms are being debated. These events provide a backdrop for this article’s review of recent po...

The present study examined the growth hormone (GH) response to repeated bouts of maximal sprint cycling and the effect of cycling at different pedaling rates on postexercise serum GH concentrations. Ten male subjects completed two 30-s sprints, separated by 1 h of passive recovery on two occasions, against an applied resistance equal to 7.5% (fast trial) and 10% (slow trial) of their body mass,...

The title of a paper presented at ITC in 1998 posed an interesting question: “High Speed TestingHave the laws of Physics finally caught up with us?” [1]. At say 10 GHz clock rates, the period is only 100ps and accurate testing may require control of logic transitions with picosecond accuracy. Indeed it seems as though we are quickly running out of spare picoseconds. The job of producing and mea...

There is increasing deployment of barriers on sloped surfaces for various reasons. The crashworthiness of barriers is, however, only ascertained for installation on level surfaces. There has been analysis of the vehicle dynamics effects of vehicle-to-barrier interfaces on sloped surfaces, but there have been no reported analyses of the vehicle dynamics of trucks traversing sloped surfaces. In t...

In this article we will apply the continuously scanning vibrometer measurement principle introduced in literature for stepped sine measurementsto broadband excitations. Special attention will be given to the errors which are introduced in the procedure. Also, a method will be proposed to estimate the complexity of the vibration patterns. Different scanning signals to cover the measured area of ...

In this paper, we report on the process of preparing and configuring the AUC Schlumbeger cluster to join two grid communities in SC2002 and SC2003. It is also to report on the role of Globus; Grid manifesto protocol, in grid enabling the cluster to compete in the IEEE-ACM Super Computing Challenges’ test beds, which were held in Maryland 2002, and Phoenix 2003. The paper refers to the results a...