Recently, two types of ice clouds (TICs) properties have been characterized using the Indirect and SemiDirect Aerosol Campaign (ISDAC) airborne measurements (Alaska, April 2008). TIC-2B were characterized by fewer (< 10 L−1) and larger (> 110 μm) ice crystals, and a larger ice supersaturation (> 15 %) compared to TIC-1/2A. It has been hypothesized that emissions of SO2 may reduce the ice nuclea...

UNLABELLED Previously reported comparisons between cardiac output (CO) results in patients with cardiac conditions measured by thoracic impedance cardiography (TIC) versus thermodilution (TD) reveal upper and lower limits of agreement with two standard deviations (2SD) of approximately +/-2.2 l min(-1), a 44% disparity between the two technologies. We show here that if the electrodes are placed...

Identifying genetic alterations in tumors is critical for molecular targeting of therapy. In the clinical setting, formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tissue is usually employed for genetic analysis. However, DNA extracted from FFPE tissue is often not suitable for analysis because of its low levels and poor quality. Additionally, FFPE sample preparation is time-consuming. To provide early ...

Many studies have found that people with tic disorder show more difficulty when inhibiting an automated than a controlled response. Furthermore, although normal motor threshold and excitability are present, but reduced or impaired, motor inhibition seems manifest in patients with tic. In order to localize this inhibition impairment in tic disorder the present study examine two response-locked E...

(S)-1,2,3,4-Tetrahydroisoquinoline-3-carboxylic acid (TIC) can inhibit thrombosis by inhibiting platelet aggregation. The investigation of amino acids modified TIC reveals that a stretching conformation is critical for high anti-thrombotic activity. The conformational modeling shows that introducing a ring into amino acid modified TIC results in a desirable stretching conformation. According to...

OBJECTIVE Many neuropsychiatric disorders involve abnormal attentional processing. Systematic investigations of how attention may affect tic frequency in Tourette syndrome are lacking. METHOD Patients performed rhythmic finger movements, approximately once every 2 s. Each movement triggered a unique visual color stimulus. Patients were asked to monitor and remember their finger actions, the e...

The human pathogen Group A Streptococcus (Streptococcus pyogenes, GAS) is widely recognized as a major cause of common pharyngitis as well as of severe invasive diseases and non-suppurative sequelae associated with the existence of GAS antigens eliciting host autoantibodies. It has been proposed that a subset of paediatric disorders characterized by tics and obsessive-compulsive symptoms would ...

To solve the lack of wear resistance of titanium alloys for use in biological applications, various prepared coatings on titanium alloys are often used as wear-resistant materials. In this paper, TiC bioinert coatings were fabricated on Ti6Al4V by laser cladding using mixed TiC and ZrO₂ powders as the basic pre-placed materials. A certain amount of CeO₂ powder was also added to the pre-placed p...

FeCrAl alloys were prepared with TiC additions to act as hydrogen traps and improve resistance to hydrogen cracking. Weldability results showed that alloys with up to 20 wt% Al and 11 wt% Cr could be prepared crack-free with relatively small TiC additions of ~ 4 wt%. Thermogravimetric analysis of Fe-10Al-5Cr corrosion coupons with and without TiC has shown that the corrosion resistance is not s...

OBJECTIVE This study aimed to investigate comorbidity, and sociodemographic and clinical characteristics in children and adolescents with Tourette's syndrome (TS) and chronic motor or vocal tic disorder (CMVTD), and to determine the predictors of tic disorders. MATERIALS AND METHODS In all, 57 children and adolescents with TS and CMVTD were compared with a control group. Data were obtained us...