Co-current central toroidal rotation has been observed in Alcator C-Mod plasmas with on-axis ICRF heating. The rotation velocity increases with plasma stored energy and decreases with plasma current. Very similar behavior has been seen during Ohmic H-modes, which suggests that the rotation, generated in the absence of an external momentum source, is not principally an ICRF effect. A scan of the...

Simulations of ITER with the presence of both an edge transport barrier (ETB) and an internal transport barrier (ITB) are carried out using the BALDUR integrated predictive modeling code. In these simulations, the height of the ETB or the top of the pedestal is calculated using the pedestal temperature model based on the magnetic and flow shear stabilization concept together with the infinite-n...

CONTEXT Decreased flexibility in muscles and joints of lower extremities is commonly observed in runners. Understanding the effect of decreased flexibility on knee walking kinematics in runners is important because, over time, altered gait patterns can make runners vulnerable to overuse injuries or degenerative pathologies. OBJECTIVES To compare hamstring and iliotibial-band (ITB) flexibility...

OBJECTIVE Intrathecal baclofen (ITB) is effective in the treatment of dystonia related to complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS). In a previous study, we noted that the responsiveness to ITB declined in 30% of patients once drug delivery was switched from an external to an implanted device associated with a reduction of the infusion rate (IR). DESIGN In a double-blind study, we investigated th...

BACKGROUND In this study, the effectiveness of Iranian Tissue Bank-produced demineralized bone matrix (ITB-DBM), beta-tricalcium phosphate (βTCP), and Bio-Oss(®) (Geistlich Pharma AG, Wolhusen, Switzerland) were evaluated and compared with double controls. The main goal was to measure the amount of new bone formation in the center of defects created in rat calvaria. Another goal was to compare ...

Growing amounts of gene expression data provide the possibility of finding coregulated genes by clustering methods. By analysis of the promoter regions of these genes, rather weak signals of transcription factor binding sites may be detected [Zhang, 1999]. We compare existing programs and own software on yeast clusters. Therefore, we introduce the new algorithm ITB, an integrated tool for box f...

The recent achievement in the simulation study of multi-scale interaction among MHD, turbulence and transport is reported. Firstly, we discuss the formation and collapse of Internal Transport Barrier (ITB) in Tokamaks. The meso-scale structures are generated by three-wave interaction among drift wave turbulence. These structures interact each other, which generate the global mode around barrier...

Primary lateral sclerosis is a disorder categorized by insidious onset of progressive upper motor neuron dysfunction without lower involvement. PLS often presents with gradual-onset, extremity stiffness and pain due to muscle spasticity. Intrathecal Baclofen pumps (ITB) have been used effectively treat spasticity in several neurologic conditions including MS spinal cord injury. This study aimed...

INTRODUCTION Numerous surgical techniques for inferior turbinate hypertrophy (ITH) have been reported, each with advantages and disadvantages. Submucosal turbinoplasty with removal of the bony component of the inferior turbinate (IT) is an excellent procedure to expand the nasal cavity. However, this procedure requires a large incision to remove the inferior turbinate bone (ITB) and is associat...