OBJECT Preconditioning with hyperbaric oxygen (HBO2) reduces ischemic brain damage. Activation of p44/42 mitogen-activated protein kinases (p44/42 MAPK) has been associated with preconditioning-induced brain ischemic tolerance. This study investigated if preconditioning with HBO2 protects against intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH)-induced brain edema formation and examined the role of p44/42 MAPK i...

We describe some new preconditioning strategies for handling the algebraic systems of equations that arise from discretization of the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations. We demonstrate how these methods adapt in a straightforward manner to decisions on implicit or explicit time discretization, explore their use on a collection of benchmark problems, and show how they relate to classical tec...

We describe some numerical techniques for the Total Variation image restoration method, namely a primal-dual linearization for the Euler-Lagrange equations and some preconditioning issues. We also highlight extension of this technique to color images, blind de-convolution and the staircasing eeect.

aim and background: remote ischemic preconditioning introduces brief episodes of ischemia and reperfusion which reduces long term ischemia in orthopaedic surgery. the aim of this study was to evaluate hemodynamic and respiratory effects of remote ischemic preconditioning in lower extremity orthopaedic surgeries. methods: in this clinical trial 40 patients scheduled for lower extremity surgery w...

objective(s):this study aimed to examine the hypothesis that an antiarrhythmic effect might be obtained by ischemic preconditioning of the liver, and also to characterize the potential underlying mechanisms. materials and methods: male wistar rats were anesthetized by thiopental sodium (50 mg/kg, ip) followed by iv injection of heparin (250 iu). remote ischemic preconditioning (ripc) was induce...

Since its proposal in [1], the local bosonic fermion method has been thoroughly investigated and improved [2–5,9–14]. We report here on some improvements, especially the efficient implementation of preconditioning techniques, and give more detailed information on the comparison of this algorithm to the Kramers algorithm presented in [15]. As in [2], all investigations were made with the gauge g...

the ability to optimize muscular power output is considered as a basis for successful performance in the most sports. the aim of this study was to investigate changes in dynamic exercise performance following a sequence of preconditioning isometric muscle actions. twelve nonathlete, active female volunteers (age: 16±1 yr, height: 162±6.34 cm, weight: 60±9.21 kg) participated in the present stud...

Abstract We study the performance of some preconditioning techniques for a class block three-by-three linear systems equations arising from finite element discretizations coupled Stokes–Darcy flow problem. In particular, we investigate including preconditioners, constraint and augmented Lagrangian-based ones. Spectral field-of-value analyses are established exact versions these preconditioners....

We present effective and efficient matrix-free preconditioning techniques for the augmented immersed interface method (AIIM). AIIM has been developed recently and is shown to be very effective for interface problems and problems on irregular domains. GMRES is often used to solve for the augmented variable(s) associated with a Schur complement A in AIIM that is defined along the interface or the...