OBJECTIVE Low-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) is emerging as a therapeutic tool in epilepsy. In recent years, several open-label trials have shown an encouraging reduction in seizure frequency in patients with epilepsy. However, the data from controlled trials are mixed with respect to antiepileptic rTMS efficacy, and the field would benefit from further carefully ...

Conformations of a single-component bottle-brush polymer with a fully flexible backbone under poor solvent conditions are studied by molecular dynamics simulations, using a coarse-grained bead-spring model with side chains of up to N = 40 effective monomers. By variation of the solvent quality and the grafting density σ with which side chains are grafted onto the flexible backbone, we study for...

The membrane-type air spring can be used to suppress lateral vibration of a isolation table. However, compared voice coil actuators, pneumatic actuators are difficult use for precise control, because servo valves have nonlinear dynamic characteristics. Therefore, such as placed in parallel with springs, allowing force-type provide additional force the system. These generate force. In case ball-...

<div class="section abstract"><div class="htmlview paragraph">Experimental modal analysis (EMA) is a measurement technique to assess the dynamical properties of mechanical components and systems in various phases their life cycle, e.g. for design, end-of-line testing health monitoring. The most common EMA uses accelerometers, which provide high frequency acceleration measurements at...

Silicon (Si) nanowire (NW) coils were fabricated on elastomeric substrates by a controlled buckling process. Si NWs were first transferred onto prestrained and ultraviolet/ozone (UVO)-treated poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS) substrates and buckled upon release of the prestrain. Two buckling modes (the in-plane wavy mode and the three-dimensional coiled mode) were found; a transition between them w...