The interictal EEG is often normal in epilepsy patients, particularly with partial seizures of extratemporal origin. Quantitative techniques of EEG analysis may increase the yield of diagnostic abnormality in such patients. Thirty patients with partial seizures of frontal or temporal origin had EEG recorded from left frontal (F7-C3), right frontal (F8-C4), left posterior (T5-O1), and right post...

Six hybridoma cell lines, each of which produced a monoclonal antibody (MAb) against Vibrio cholerae O1 lipopolysaccharide (LPS), were established. Each MAb was active serologically by both enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and the slide agglutination test. In the ELISA, each MAb was tested against 7 O1 and 9 non-O1 LPS preparations. Three MAbs reacted with both Inaba and Ogawa serovars...

The aim of this study was to determine the main cortical regions related to maximal spindle activity of sleep stage 2 in healthy individual subjects during a brief morning nap using magnetoencephalography (MEG). Eight volunteers (mean age: 26.1 +/- 8.7, six women) all right handed, free of any medical psychiatric or sleep disorders were studied. Whole-head 148-channel MEG and a conventional pol...

Objectives: The present study aimed to describe the effect of aging on single-trial visual alpha responses. Methods: Visual evoked potentials were recorded at F3, Cz, P3, and O1 in 12 young (20–30-year-olds) and in 10 middle-aged adults (50– 55-year-olds). Slow (7–10 Hz) and fast (10–15 Hz) alpha frequency bands were analyzed. Three parameters of single alpha responses were assessed for the 0–3...

At long range, the low order acoustic modes constitute some of the most energetic arrivals. Prior to using these signals in tomographic or matched field inversions, it is important to understand their fluctuation statistics. Long vertical line arrays installed as a part of the Acoustic Thermometry of Ocean Climate (ATOC) experiment provided a unique opportunity to measure low-order acoustic mod...

Vibrio cholerae, the causative agent of major epidemics of diarrheal disease in Bangladesh, South America, Southeastern Asia, and Africa, was isolated from clinical samples and from aquatic environments during and between epidemics over the past 20 years. To determine the evolutionary relationships and molecular diversity of these strains, in order to understand sources, origin, and epidemiolog...

OBJECTIVE To report the formant characteristics of English-speaking Lebanese men during steady prolongation of vowels /a/ and /i/. DESIGN Cross-sectional study involving volunteer participants. PARTICIPANTS Fifty healthy English-speaking males with a mean age of 32 ± 4.027 years and a range of 42 years (18-60). MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 50 healthy males between the age of 18 and 60...

The safety, tolerability and immunogenicity of an oral cholera vaccine (OCV) was assessed in adult Korean male through an open-label, non-comparative clinical study. Two doses of vaccine with an interval of 2 weeks were given to 20 healthy subjects. A total of 7 adverse events occurred in 6 subjects. However, no clinically significant change was observed in electrocardiograms, vital signs, phys...