for vector-valued functions u on Lipschitz domains Q c R. The right side of (1) is the relaxation of the left, cf. [1]. Each infimum is over u G if(Q;R), lsupp Vu denotes the characteristic function of the support of Vu, and \Vu\ = E(<hi7cte*)The left side of (1) is a problem of optimal design: it minimizes Area(H \ S) + fQ \Vus\ 2 dx, among all sets S c O , where us solves the variational problem

1Department of Medical Microbiology and Infection Control, VU University Medical Center, van der Boechorststraat 7, 1081 BT Amsterdam, the Netherlands; 2Department of Molecular Microbiology, Institute of Molecular Cell Biology, VU University, de Boelelaan 1085, 1081 HV Amsterdam, the Netherlands; 3Biozentrum, University of Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 50/70, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland 4Department ...

Willem G. van Dockum, Folkert J. ten Cate, MD, PhD, Jurrien M. ten Berg, MD, PhD, Aernout M. Beek, MD, Jos W. R. Twisk, PhD, Mark B. M. Hofman, PhD, Cees A. Visser, MD, PhD, Albert C. van Rossum, MD, PhD. Cardiology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Cardiology, Thoraxcenter Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands, Cardiology, St. Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein, Nether...

We obtain a strict coercivity estimate, (generalizing that of T. I. Seidman [J. Differential Equations 19 (1975), 242-2571 in considering spatial variation) for second order elliptic operators A: UH -V. y(.. Vu) with y “radial in the gradient”--y(., t)=a(., l[])i; for 5~ Iw”. The estimate is then applied to obtain existence of solutions of boundary value problems: -V t?(,, u, lVu[ ) Vu = f (., ...

We report the case of a 39 year-old, temporal lobe epileptic male, MH. Prior to complex partial seizure, experienced up to three times a day, MH often experiences an aura experienced as a persistent sensation of déjà vu. Data-driven theories of déjà vu formation suggest that partial familiarity for the perceived stimulus is responsible for the sensation. Consequently, diverting attention away f...

Corrigendum to “Tuning down the emotional brain: An fMRI study of the effects of cognitive load on the processing of affective images” [NeuroImage 45/4(May 1, 2009) 1212–1219] Lotte F. Van Dillen⁎, Dirk J. Heslenfeld, Sander L. Koole a Department of Social Psychology, VU University, Van der Boechorststraat 1, 1081 BT, Amsterdam, The Netherlands b Department of Cognitive and Clinical Neuropsycho...

Human airways produce nitric oxide (NO), and exhaled NO increases as expiratory flow rates fall. We show that mixing during exhalation between the NO produced by the lower, alveolar airways (VL(NO)) and the upper conducting airways (VU(NO)) explains this phenomenon and permits measurement of VL(NO), VU(NO), and the NO diffusing capacity of the conducting airways (DU(NO)). After breath holding f...

The Volume- Unit (VU) meter, used in speech research prior to the advent of computers and modern signal processing methods, is described in signal processing terms. There are no known software implementations of this meter, which meet the 1954 ASA standard and provide the instantaneous needle level. Important speech applications will be explored, such as making comparisons of speech levels to e...