One-flavour QCD – a gauge theory with SU(3) colour gauge group and a fermion in the fundamental representation – is studied by Monte Carlo simulations. The mass spectrum of hadronic bound states is investigated in a volume with extensions of L ≃ 4.4 r0 (≃ 2.2 fm) at two different lattice spacings: a ≃ 0.37 r0 (≃ 0.19 fm) and a ≃ 0.27 r0 (≃ 0.13 fm). The lattice action is Symanzik tree-level-imp...

OBJECTIVES To determine the ability of handgrip strength test to discriminate between presence and absence of fibromyalgia (FM) and FM severity in women. DESIGN A case-control study. SETTING Granada, south Spain. PARTICIPANTS Women with FM (mean age ± SD, n=81; 50.0±7y) and healthy women (mean age ± SD, n=44; 47.7±6y). INTERVENTIONS Not applicable. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Handgrip stren...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the role of spasmophilia (SP) in fibromyalgia syndrome (FM). METHODS Three hundred and fourteen patients (280 F, 34 M) with a diagnosis of FM or FM and spasmophilia (FM+SP) were recruited. Clinical assessment of patients and controls included the Questionnaires FIQ, HAQ and the tender point (TP) count. Life-time or ongoing psychiatric aspects were evaluated by trained p...

Let (X, ν) be a probability space and suppose a free group Fm withm generators acts on (X, ν) by measure-preserving transformations. Let {a1, . . . , am} be a set of free generators for Fm and let T1, . . . , Tm : X → X be transformations corresponding to the generators. Write T−i = T −1 i for i = 1, . . . ,m, and set A = {−m, . . . ,−1, 1, . . . ,m}. We also have the action Fm on L1(X, ν), def...

OBJECTIVES Intrathecal morphine is used in the postoperative management of pain after caesarean section (CS), but might not be optimal for intraoperative analgesia. We hypothesized that intrathecal fentanyl could supplement intraoperative analgesia when added to a local anesthetic and morphine without affecting management of postoperative pain. METHODS This prospective, randomized, double-bli...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to investigate functional impairment and the impact of pain in patients with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, hypermobility type (EDS-HT), and to compare the burden of disease with that in women with fibromyalgia (FM) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA). METHODS A total of 206 female patients were compared (72 with EDS-HT, 69 with FM, and 65 with RA). Functional impai...

OBJECTIVE To examine the changes in the short-term auditory memory following the use of frequency-modulated (FM) system in children with suspected auditory processing disorders (APDs), and also to compare the advantages of bilateral over unilateral FM fitting. METHODS This longitudinal study involved 53 children from Sekolah Kebangsaan Jalan Kuantan 2, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia who fulfilled the...