The aim of the study was to establish the dynamics of maximal voluntary contraction force (MVCF), height of drop jump (DJ) and electrically evoked quadriceps muscle force at different stimulation frequencies during and after 100 DJs (stretch-shortening exercise, SSE). Healthy untrained men (n = 11; age = 21.8 ± 1.7 years) participated in the study. DJs were performed with 30 s intervals between...

In actual complicated optimization problems, it is often difficult to find a global optimum solution in admissible computing time. Therefore, in industrial problems, we should find quasi-optimum solution in admissible computing time. In that case, evolutionary computations (ECs) are very attractive. There are several algorithms in the EC family; genetic algorithm (GA), evolutionary strategy (ES...

− This paper describes the uncertainty estimation of the size-of-source effect (SSE) measurement for the standard radiation thermometers in the indirect method using an integrating sphere with a black spot as the source. We checked the agreement between two processes of changing the black spot size and changing the aperture size. The SSE contributions of each uncertainty factors were analyzed.

Christian Basarke, Institut für Software Systems Engineering, Technische Universität Braunschweig, [email protected] Christian Berger, Institut für Software Systems Engineering, Technische Universität Braunschweig, [email protected] Kai Homeier, Institut für Betriebssysteme und Rechnerverbund, Technische Universität Braunschweig, [email protected] Prof. Dr. Bernhard Rumpe, Institut für...

Pseudo random numbers, generated recursively by deterministic rules, represent one of important ingredients in algorithms for numerical simulations such as molecular dynamics and of Monte Carlo simulations, widely used in physics, chemistry, material science and cryptography [1]. It is a great challenge to design random number generators (RNGs) producing pseudo random numbers that behave as rea...

In the standard Simon task, participants carry out spatially defined responses to non-spatial stimulus attributes. Responses are typically faster when stimulus location and response location correspond. This effect disappears when a participant responds to only one of the two stimuli and reappears when another person carries out the other response. This social Simon effect (SSE) has been consid...

BACKGROUND Cutaneous melanoma is one of the fastest rising cancer diagnoses in recent years. Melanoma in situ (MIS) constitutes a large proportion of all diagnosed melanomas. While surgical excision is considered the standard of therapy, the literature is not clear on which surgical technique minimizes local recurrence. A common technique is serial staged excision (SSE), in which a series of ma...

OBJECTIVE To estimate the perception of stigma attached to epilepsy in an urban society of a limited-resource country, Brazil. METHODS We applied a validated Stigma Scale of Epilepsy (SSE) cross-sectionally to 1850 people from all regions within the metropolitan area of Campinas, following a sampling selection methodology (95% confidence interval and error of 2.3). RESULTS The overall score...

PURPOSE To validate a Stigma Scale of Epilepsy (SSE). METHODS The SSE was completed by 40 adult with epilepsy attending an Outpatient Epilepsy Clinic at the University Hospital of UNICAMP, and by 40 people from the community. People were interviewed on an individual basis; a psychologist read the questions to the subjects who wrote the answers in a sheet. The procedure was the same for all th...

BACKGROUND With the continuing increase in the incidence of skin cancer, delivery of cost-efficient skin cancer treatment is a top priority. OBJECTIVE To compare costs associated with removal of skin cancers using Mohs micrographic surgery (MMS) with that using standard surgical excision (SSE) with frozen or permanent margin control in the office or an ambulatory surgery center (ASC). METHO...