[Purpose] While primary motor cortex activation has been implicated as a key factor in the arthrogenic muscle inhibition after knee joint injury, no viable rehabilitation protocol has been developed to accommodate this factor. In this study, transcranial magnetic stimulation was applied as a means of dissipating arthrogenic muscle inhibition by introducing temporary motor cortex excitation prio...

The simultaneous existence of alternative oxidases and uncoupling proteins in plants has raised the question as to why plants need two energy-dissipating systems with apparently similar physiological functions. A probably complete plant uncoupling protein gene family is described and the expression profiles of this family compared with the multigene family of alternative oxidases in Arabidopsis...

We consider the phenomenon of mutual synchronization in a fundamental quantum system of two detuned quantum harmonic oscillators dissipating into the environment. We identify the conditions leading to this spontaneous phenomenon, showing that the ability of the system to synchronize is related to the existence of disparate decay rates and is accompanied by robust quantum discord and mutual info...

This paper describes a radio-frequency receiver targeting spread-spectrum wireless local-area-network applications in the 2.4-GHz band. Based on a direct-conversion architecture, the receiver employs partial channel selection filtering, dc offset removal, and baseband amplification. Fabricated in a 0.6m CMOS technology, the receiver achieves a noise figure of 8.3 dB, IP3 of 9 dBm, IP 2 of +22 d...

A fully integrated pulsewidth modulator for Class-S power amplifiers is presented. It consists of a triangular signal generator, a comparator and output buffer. The HBT BiCMOS design of PWM circuit is applied to the LTE frequency range, which converts digitally modulated 955MHz RF carrier with 2.87GHz sampling clock. This PWM shows an EVM 6.6%, a differential output voltage swing 1.35Vp-p with ...

A fully differential high-Q bandpass filter that uses lossy integrated inductors is presented. The circuit is implemented in a 0.8 m BiCMOS technology and realizes a center frequency of 750 MHz with a Q-factor that is tunable from 10 to 490 while dissipating 80–100 mW from a single 5 V supply. Since the objective of the prototype was to explore the proposed Qenhancement technique, the dynamic r...

Older mammals experience a decrease in physiological function that impairs their ability to internally regulate body temperature. Behavioral mechanisms can be used to alleviate thermal stress on the body, and thus could be an effective strategy for coping with such deficiencies that accompany the aging process. I studied geriatric and younger individuals of five semi-free ranging groups of Lemu...

Universality and scaling for systems driven to criticality by a tuning parameter has been well studied. However, there are very few corresponding studies for the models of self-organized criticality, e.g., the Bak, Tang, and Wiesenfeld (BTW) sandpile model. It is well known that every avalanche of the BTW sandpile model may be represented as a sequence of waves and the asymptotic probability di...