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Plenary Lectures

Plenary Lectures 1 Theodore A . Burton

Baia Mare S e p t e m b e r 2 1 2 4 , 2 0 0 6 5th International Conference on Applied Mathematics September 21-24, 2006 organized by Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, North University of Baia Mare, Romanian Mathematical Society, Maramureş Branch

Plenary lectures Nanomedicine for neurodegenerative disorders

Nanomedicine is the emerging new field of medicine concerned with the diagnosis, prevention and cure of diseases with nanoscale tools and methods. Nanotechnology together with system biology, integrated microfluidics and molecular imaging are being integrated to provide molecular diagnostics and to design pharmacological interventions. Nitroxidative stress and inflammatory reactions are thought...

Plenary lectures Memantine – a success story

Memantine (1-amino-3,5-dimethyladamantane) was in 1987 an unknown drug, prescribed mainly in Germany for organic brain syndrome, but in 2009 it becomes a blockbuster with sales over 1 billion dollar and a second most often prescribed drug for Alzheimer disease world wide. I am not claiming to be an author of this success, but I believe to provide modest contribution to it and I was a witness of...

Opening Session Stream: Contributed Session Plenary Session Stream: Plenary Lectures Invited Session

Stream: Contributed session Plenary session Chair: Laura Palagi, Dipartimento di Ingegneria informatica automatica e gestionale, La Sapienza Università di Roma, Via Ariosto, 25, 00185, Roma, Italy, [email protected] Chair: Fabio Schoen, Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell’Informazione, Università degli Studi di Firenze, via di Santa Marta, 3, 50139, Firenze, Italy, [email protected] Wednes...

Plenary Lectures PL01 MAGNETIC VESTIBULAR STIMULATION: AN UPDATE

It has been known for decades that Individuals working next to strong static magnetic fields can feel disoriented and vertiginous. Roberts et al. suggested this was due to peripheral vestibular stimulation. Indeed, humans, mice, and zebrafish while inside a strong, static magnetic field, all demonstrate behaviors consistent with peripheral vestibular stimulation. The proposed mechanism for this...