BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE shock waves are defined as a sequence of single sonic pulses largely used in the treatment of bone and tendon diseases and recently on muscular hypertonia in stroke patients. Our purpose is to investigate the short and long term effect of extra-corporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT) on the peripheral nerve conduction and central conductions from the treated muscles in normal...

Objective: Pathogenesis and clinical correlations of restless legs syndrome are diverse. Its presentation with the neuropathy clinic can be confusing. The aim this study is to review nerve conductions lower extremities in patients identify possible differences.Material Methods: Distal were evaluated cross-sectionally 32 diagnosed according battery diagnosis for additional symptoms questioned. M...

the proposed iafc neural networks have both stability and plasticity because theyuse a control structure similar to that of the art-1(adaptive resonance theory) neural network.the unsupervised iafc neural network is the unsupervised neural network which uses the fuzzyleaky learning rule. this fuzzy leaky learning rule controls the updating amounts by fuzzymembership values. the supervised iafc ...

Nerve conduction studies are an essential part of the work-up of peripheral neuropathies. Many neuropathic syndromes can be suspected on clinical grounds, but optimal use of nerve conduction study techniques (in combination with needle electromyography) allows diagnostic classification and is therefore crucial to understanding and separation of neuropathies. Multifocal motor neuropathy, for exa...

Abstract—In this paper, we propose an automatic verification technology of software patches for user virtual environments on IaaS Cloud to decrease verification costs of patches. In these days, IaaS services have been spread and many users can customize virtual machines on IaaS Cloud like their own private servers. Regarding to software patches of OS or middleware installed on virtual machines,...

I. Abstract Group model building is nascent the latest years. However, only few educational institutions offer professional education and research in the field. Furthermore, detailed empirical literature about group model building is rather rare. Hence, this paper will serve two purposes connected to group model building. First, it will document and critically reflect upon a group model session...

Thermal analysis for the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) optics (the primary mirror segment, the secondary mirror, and the tertiary mirror) was performed using finite element analysis in ANSYS and I-DEAS. In the thermal analysis, each of the optical assemblies (mirror, mirror supports, cell) was modeled for various thermal conditions including air convections, conductions, heat flux loadings, and ...

Atrial Fibrillation (AF) is a common cardiac arrhythmia that affects more than 5 million Americans. The impact of AF on healthcare systems is overwhelming, due to high risk of stroke, increased mortality, impaired quality of life and hospitalization. Catheter ablation is an established treatment for AF. During the procedure, physicians use the electrodes at the end of catheters to record electr...

Chloride ion, the majority salt in nature, is ∼52% faster than sodium ion (DNa+ = 1.33, DCl- = 2.03[10(-9)m(2)s(-1)]). Yet, current electrochemical desalination technologies (e.g. electrodialysis) rely on bipolar ion conduction, removing one pair of the cation and the anion simultaneously. Here, we demonstrate that novel ion concentration polarization desalination can enhance salt removal under...

Peripheral neuropathy commonly occurs in patients with chronic obstructive lung disease (COPD). The aim of our study was to investigate the possible effects of COPD on the peripheral nervous system. We enrolled 31 patients (16 women and 15 men), mean age 66.12, with COPD into the study. Arterial oxygen tension (PaO2)> or = 65 mmHg was considered as the cut-off value designating tissue hypoxia. ...