Introduction: The Shinnar Le Roux (SLR) method [1,2,3] has been widely used to design slice selection pulse and two-dimensional (2D) RF pulse on EPI trajectory [4] due to the advantage of allowing tradeoffs among the in-slice ripple, out-of-slice ripple and transition. In this work, the SLR method is extended to design 2D pulse on arbitrary k-space trajectory. Firstly, 2D filter coefficients ar...

[Purpose] This study were to examine the strength and relative direction of the applied force from lumbar segmental sustained rotation (LSSR) on the lumbar spinous process, and to clarify the effects of LSSR on straight leg raising (SLR) and lumbar flexion (LF). [Subjects] 18 pain-free healthy adults volunteered for this study. [Methods] Applied force and direction were measured between the L5-...

Private BitTorrent community, known as “BitTorrent Darknet” or “Private Tracker (PT)”, has received much attention in the research literature recently. Different from public BitTorrent community, PT can only be accessed by its registered members, and it can provide ultra-high downloading speed due to its effective Sharing Ratio Enforcement (SRE) incentive mechanism which stimulates members to c...

Crustal movement is one of the main factors influencing the change of the Earth system, especially in its vertical direction, which affects people's daily life through the frequent occurrence of earthquakes, geological disasters, and so on. In order to get a better study and application of the vertical crustal movement,as well as its changes, the foundation and prerequisite areto devise and est...

Currently, acoustic spoken language recognition (SLR) and phonotactic SLR systems are widely used language recognition systems. To achieve better performance, researchers combine multiple subsystems with the results often much better than a single SLR system. Phonotactic SLR subsystems may vary in the acoustic features vectors or include multiple language-specific phone recognizers and differen...

Learning to program a computer has long been recognised as a difficult task for novices [1]. This has resulted in introductory programming courses suffering high drop-out rates [2] and many first-time programmers making little progress in their studies [3]. Programming is also associated with several negative stereotypes. These include the misconceptions that programming is so complex that most...

OBJECTIVES To perform a systematic literature review (SLR) informing the 2016 update of the recommendations for the management of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). METHODS An SLR for the period between 2013 and 2016 was undertaken to assess the efficacy of glucocorticoids (GCs), conventional synthetic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (csDMARDs) and targeted synthetic DMARDs (tsDMARDs) (tofaciti...

During the International GPS Service for Geodynamics (IGS) Epoch’92 campaign a special sub-campaign was organized to occupy all WEGENER/MEDLAS SLR sites with Trimble SST GPS receivers. This campaign, WEGENER/GPS-92, was initiated by the Institute for Applied Geodesy in cooperation with Delft University of Technology. The purpose was to observe the whole SLR network, for the first time, with GPS...

In this paper, we evaluate the performance of the logical link control (LLC) layer and the Transmission control protocol (TCP) layer in General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) networks. We evaluate the uplink throughput and delay performance of GPRS-LLC protocol with radio link control (RLC) layer using block level retransmission (BLR), as defined in the current GPRS standards, and compare it with ...

Uncertainties in the human dimensions of global change deeply affect the assessment and responses to climate change impacts such as sea-level rise (SLR). This paper explores the uncertainties in the assessment process and in state-level policy and management responses of three US states to SLR. The findings reveal important political, economic, managerial, and social factors that enable or cons...