The purpose of this study was to investigate pacing-profile differences during the 90 km Vasaloppet ski race related to the categories of sex, age, and race experience. Skiing times from eight sections (S1 to S8) were analyzed. For each of the three categories, 400 pairs of skiers were matched to have a finish time within 60 seconds, the same start group, and an assignment to the same group for...

If X is a stable process of index 2 (0; 2) whose Lévy measure has density cx 1 on (0;1); and S1 = sup0 x) v A x as x!1 and P (S1 x) v B 1 x as x # 0: (Here = P (X1 > 0) and A and B are known constants). It is also known that S1 has a continuous density, m say. The main point of this note is to show that m(x) v Ax ( +1) as x ! 1 and m(x) v Bx 1 as x # 0: Similar r...

Comment on reversibility We and others have observed differences in the reversibility measured by the QPatch instrument and by manual patch clamp: washout of lipophilic compounds is delayed in the QPatch. The probable reason for this is the presence of unrecorded cells within the chip. One major difference as compared to manual patch clamp is that QPatch does not allow continuous flow of extrac...

We introduce a new metric for dynamic range of displays that closely corresponds with human perception in practical settings. The Number of Distinguishable Grays is a count of the visible luminance steps from the deepest black to the brightest white a display produces under known ambient conditions.

Identification of the lumbosacral (L-S) segment on magnetic resonance (MR) images is important for appropriate treatment of disease in the lumbosacral (L-S) area. In the study, data obtained from plain A-P radiographs of the L-S spine and sagittal MR imaging scans (sagittal T1- and T2-weighted sequences) of the L-S spine and sacrum with the coccygeal bone, are analyzed. Twenty-six children aged...

A 6D SO(14) flavor unification model with two spinor representations is obtained by a Z2 orbifold compactification of the heterotic string, and the N = 4 supersymmetry is reduced to N = 2. This 6D model reduces to the previous 5D SO(14) model of family unification after the S1 compactification. [

Introduction: Disc degeneration is a natural aging process characterized by changes in appearance and chemical structure of the disc. This degeneration leads to back pain. In regard to the limitation of current therapeutical methods for patients with degenerated discs, arthroplasty has been suggested as an alternative method. To manufacture artificial discs for Iranians, determining normal lumb...

Azobenzene, a versatile and polymorphic molecule, has been extensively and successfully used for photoswitching applications. The debate over its photoisomerization mechanism leveraged on the computational scrutiny with ever-increasing levels of theory. However, the most resolved absorption spectrum for the transition to S1(nπ*) has not followed the computational advances and is more than half ...