Protein secondary structure prediction is very important for its molecular structure. GOR algorithm is one of the most successful computational methods and has been widely used as an efficient analysis tool to predict secondary structure from protein sequence. However, the running time is unbearable with sharp growth in protein database. Fortunately, CUDA (Compute Unified Device Architecture) p...

Gastro-oesophageal reflux (GOR) is an important cause of chronic cough. There has been a lack of placebo-controlled trials treating GOR related chronic cough with antireflux therapy. The aim of this study was to determine the efficacy of omeprazole on GOR related chronic cough. After excluding other common causes of cough, oesophageal pH monitoring was performed on 48 patients with chronic coug...

BACKGROUND Atropine, an anticholinergic agent with central and peripheral actions, reduces gastro-oesophageal reflux (GOR) in normal subjects and patients with gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GORD) by inhibiting the frequency of transient lower oesophageal sphincter relaxation (TLOSR). AIMS To compare the effect of methscopolamine bromide (MSB), a peripherally acting anticholinergic agent,...

AIMS To compare oesophageal motor responses to gastro-oesophageal reflux (GOR) in 16 healthy controls (group 1) and 25 reflux patients, 15 without (group 2) and 10 with (group 3) oesophagitis. METHODS All subjects underwent 24 hour ambulatory oesophageal pH measurements (5 cm above the lower oesophageal sphincter (LOS)) combined with pressure monitoring (5, 10, and 15 cm above the LOS for oes...

To cite: Onyeador N, Paul SP, Sandhu BK. Arch Dis Child Educ Pract Ed 2014;99: 190–193. INFORMATION ABOUT CURRENT GUIDELINES Gastroesophageal reflux (GOR) symptoms in infants are a common reason for consulting medical professionals, with a reported prevalence of 4.3% at 6 months which decreases to 2% by 18 months of age. In May 2009, the North American Society for Paediatric Gastroenterology, H...

An opamp design with outside-rail output relaxing a lowvoltage constraint on future scaled transistors is presented. The proposed opamp realizes 3-V output swing without gate-oxide stress although implemented in a 1.8-V 0.18-μm standard CMOS process. The 3-V-output operation is experimentally verified. The outside-rail output design with scaled transistors shows area advantage over un-scaled an...

In this paper, a new family of single-stage high step-up boost voltage inverter based on transformer is proposed, called T-Z source inverters. By replacing two inductors in the classical Z-source inverter with two transformer, the proposed inverter produces a very high boost voltage gain when, the turn ratio of the transformer is larger than one. Compared to the trans-Z source inverter, the pro...

| In this contribution we investigate the performance of RS coded DS-CDMA using M-ary orthogonal signalling over multipath Rayleigh fading channels. `ErrorsAnd-Erasures (EAE)' RS decoding is considered, where erasures are declared based on the joint Maximum Output and Ratio Threshold Test (MOR-TT). Two classes of diversity reception techniques suitable for noncoherent M-ary detection are invoke...

BACKGROUND Gaviscon Infant (GI) has been recommended for gastro-oesophageal reflux (GOR) in infants. Its efficacy has not been examined with a physiologically appropriate denominator to define the degree of GOR. AIM To investigate the influence of Gaviscon Infant on GOR in infants using combined pH and intraluminal impedance measurement. METHODS Twenty infants (mean age 163.5 days, range 34...