Introduction: Successful aerobraking, aerocapture, and entry, descent, and landing (EDL) at Mars requires knowledge of the nominal atmospheric density as well as mesoscale and local weather conditions. Whether aerobraking at altitudes of the order 100 km, aerocapturing at 30-50 km, or performing an EDL sequence where maximum aerodynamic loads occur near 40 km followed by terminal descent to the...

This study tested the hypothesis that age-related changes in the dystrophin-glycoprotein complex (DGC) may precede age-associated alterations in muscle morphology and function. Compared to those in adult (6 month) rats, extensor digitorum longus (EDL) and soleus muscle mass was decreased in old (30 month) and very old (36 month) Fischer 344/NNiaHSD x Brown Norway/BiNia rats. The amount of dystr...

HITS participated in the English Entity Linking and Discovery (EDL) and Event Nugget Detection (EN task 1) tracks at TAC KBP 2015. Our EDL system introduces a novel, interleaved multitasking approach, which allows interaction between interdependent entity linking subtasks while avoiding the structural and algorithmic complexity of joint models. Out of the eight systems that participated in the ...

PSRC Abstract Supplement P oter P rofs transection without repair. First, we evaluated the extensor digitorum longus (EDL) muscles of 15 adult wildtype C57BL/6 mice (n=3 per time point) at days 1, 3, 5, 7, and 14 after sciatic nerve injury. The uninjured EDL muscles served as the experimental controls. These muscles were harvested for immunostaining with CD68 (monocytes/ macrophages) and DAPI (...

We propose an epistemic dynamic logic EDL able to represent the interactions between action and knowledge that are fundamental to planning under partial observability. EDL enables us to represent incomplete knowledge, nondeterministic actions, observations, sensing actions and conditional plans; it also enables a logical expression of several frequently made assumptions about the nature of the ...

Rabbit extensor digitorum longus (EDL) tendons were cut with the muscle active (active tenotomy, AT) or with the EDL at rest (passive tenotomy, PT). One, 7, and 21 days after tenotomy, contractile testing was performed. A second experiment was performed in which EDL tendons underwent PT and, after a 7-day delay, muscle-tendon units were restored to their original length. Maximum isometric tensi...

This study was designed to determine the histological and metabolic effects of the administration of 5’-AMP activated protein kinase (AMPK) activator 5aminoimidazole-4-carboxamide-1-ß-D-ribofuranoside (AICAR) for 14 successive days. AICAR-treatment caused a significant decrease in the percentage of type IIB fibers and the concomitant increase in the percentage of type IIX fibers in EDL muscle. ...

The physiological role of epinephrine in the regulation of skeletal muscle protein metabolism under fasting is unknown. We examined the effects of plasma epinephrine depletion, induced by adrenodemedullation (ADMX), on muscle protein metabolism in fed and 2-day-fasted rats. In fed rats, ADMX for 10 days reduced muscle mass, the cross-sectional area of extensor digitorum longus (EDL) muscle fibe...

BACKGROUND Muscle weakness is associated with a variety of chronic disorders such as emphysema (EMP) and congestive heart failure (CHF) as well as aging. Therapies to treat muscle weakness associated with chronic disease or aging are lacking. Corticotrophin releasing factor 2 receptor (CRF2R) agonists have been shown to maintain skeletal muscle mass and force production in a variety of acute co...