The past decade has witnessed an increased interest in what are called "medically unexplained syndromes" (MUS). We address the question of whether structuring the domain knowledge for MUS can be achieved by applying the principles of Ontological Realism in light of criticisms about their usefulness in areas where science has not yet led to insights univocally endorsed by the relevant communitie...

INTRODUCTION Muscle pain in the shoulder/neck area and the upper extremities is a common and increasing problem among computer workers (Öberg and Åström, 2000). Hägg (1991) formulated the “Cinderella” hypothesis, proposing that the pain is caused by an overuse of low-threshold motor units (MUs). While this hypothesis is supported by laboratory studies that showed continuous activity of single M...

General practitioners (GPs) often meet patients with medically unexplained symptoms (MUS). From a patient perspective, MUS is a well-acknowledged problem within the primary health care services today, but less is known about the GPs' perceptions. This study aims to elucidate GPs' perceptions of patients with MUS, focusing on stressing situations, emotional reactions and coping strategies. Twent...

By competition radioimmune assays with antisera against AKR murine leukemia virus (MuLV) gp 71 or antisera against xenotropic virus, and iodinated AKR MuLV gp71 or BALB(X) gp71, antigens serologically indistinguishable from the viral antigens can be detected in tissues of normal mice in the absence of overt virus expression. An antigen serologically indistinguishable from AKR MuLV gp71 can be r...

Resistance training (RT) is the main method of exercise for improving strength and skeletal muscle mass (i.e., muscle hypertrophy; ACSM, 2009). In order to promote such adaptations, high-intensity resistance training (HI-RT) with loads above 60% of one repetition maximum (1-RM) are typically recommended (ACSM, 2009). To further maximize increases in strength and muscle hypertrophy, it has been ...

This article is a commentary on the recently published manuscript by Drey et al. (2014). The age-related loss of motor units (MU) is an immutable process and understanding the possible role of physical activity in maintaining functional MUs is an important topic. Dysfunctional remodelling of a MU is associated with denervation of the muscle and ultimate death of the spinal motoneurone. Converse...

Medically unexplained symptoms (MUS) are among the most common and frustrating in primary care. Our goal was to review published evidence to guide busy general practitioners working with a culturally diverse, challenging patient population coping with MUS. A search of PubMed and PsycINFO from 1985 to the present was conducted using MUS and related terms.The literature was then organised into su...

The reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS), which consists of a large number passive and low-cost reflecting elements, has been recognized as revolutionary technology to enhance the performance future wireless networks. This paper considers an RIS assisted multicast transmission, where base station (BS) with multiple-antenna multicasts common message multiple single-antenna mobile users (MUs)...