In 1980 Furchgott and Zawadzki discovered that acetylcholine-induced relaxation of rabbit aortic strips required an intact endothelium. They found that stimulation of muscarinic receptors on the endothelium led to the release of a non-prostanoid relaxing factor which they named endothelium-derived relaxing factor. Further studies have established the importance of endothelium-derived relaxing f...

Restricting polymorphism to values is now the standard way to obtain soundness in ML-like programming languages with imperative features. While this solution has undeniable advantages over previous approaches, it forbids polymorphism in many cases where it would be sound. We use a subtyping based approach to recover part of this lost polymorphism, without changing the type algebra itself, and t...

We consider the convergence and stability property of MUSCL relaxing schemes applied to conservation laws with stii source terms. The maximum principle for the numerical schemes will be established. It will be also shown that the MUSCL relaxing schemes are uniformly l 1-and T V-stable in the sense that they are bounded by a constant independent of the relaxation parameter , the Lipschitz consta...

Background Subclavian and axillary arteries true aneurysms are rarely seen. The best incision for surgical approach is median sternotomy for intrathoracic right subclavian artery aneurysm, left thoracotomy for intrathoracic left subclavian artery aneurysm and supraclavicular incision for extrathoracic ones. Many surgeons approaches as subclavicular incision, subclavicular incision extending to ...

BACKGROUND Patients who undergo carpal tunnel surgery sometimes complain of the restriction of the grip and pinch function, palmar tenderness, cosmetic problems, and scar formation at the site of the incision. AIMS We used a modified mini uni-skin incision with appropriate hand position for microscopic view in the surgical treatment of carpal tunnel syndrome to prevent cosmetic problems relat...

Beneficial effects of music on several performance-related aspects of sport have been reported, but the processes involved are not well understood. The purpose of the present study was to investigate effects of relaxing and arousing classical music on physiological indicators and subjective perceptions of arousal during imagery of a sport task. First, appropriate music excerpts were selected. T...

Security against adaptive chosen ciphertext attacks (or, CCA security) has been accepted as the standard requirement from encryption schemes that need to withstand active attacks. In particular, it is regarded as the appropriate security notion for encryption schemes used as components within general protocols and applications. Indeed, CCA security was shown to suffice in a large variety of con...

A new way of magnetization switching employing both the spin-transfer torque and the torque by a magnetic field is proposed. The solution of the Landau-Lifshitz-Gilbert equation shows that the dynamics of the magnetization in the initial stage of the switching is similar to that in the precessional switching, while that in the final stage is rather similar to the relaxing switching. We call the...

Breathing differs from other vital functions in that it is regulated not only by automatic centres located in the brainstem but also by voluntary signals initiated in the cortex. Dyspnoea is the most prevalent symptom in heart failure and it is experienced in different ways and reported with several qualitative expressions. It seems as though dyspnoea associated with heart failure is different ...