OBJECTIVE To test the hypothesis that carriers of Bardet-Biedl syndrome have abnormal rod-mediated responses. METHODS Parents (n = 26) of children with Bardet-Biedl syndrome (BBS), who are obligate carriers of BBS, consented to scotopic, full-field electroretinography (ERG). Responses were recorded over a 4 to 5 log unit range, up to a maximum stimulus of approximately +3.6 log scotopic trola...

1. Introduction We consider a model [1] of a nonlinearly viscoelastic rod moving in 3-dimensional space, taking into account not only longitudinal and transverse motions, but also shear and torsional motion: One may visualize this, dis-cretized, as a chain of hard vertebrae connected by a viscous springy material. This paper is related to the forthcoming [3] much as [9] was related to [2]. The ...

During the past several years, a comprehensive high fidelity reactor core modeling capability has been developed called the Numerical Nuclear Reactor (NNR) for detailed analysis of Light Water Reactors. The project was initially sponsored as part of a US-ROK collaborative DOE I-NERI project and the past two years has been sponsored by EPRI to address specific fuel performance issues as part of ...

The torsion rod characteristics of the Sulzer loom can be adjusted in zero position by means adjusting lever and actuator loom. In "Sulzer" projectile loom, movement intermediate member results axial to change according material rod. transmits a force exerted fixed sliding surface. However, described device some countries has serious drawback, because tuning drive acts on so that when is fired ...

BACKGROUND Retinal sensitivity may play a role in the pathogenesis of seasonal affective disorder (SAD) and response to light therapy. METHODS Using a dark adaptation procedure, SAD patients and normal control subjects were tested in the winter and summer, with patients retested after light treatment. The eyes were preadapted to bright light followed by 30 min in darkness, during which subjec...

The worldwide prevalence of highly resistant Gram-negative rods (HR-GNR) is increasing rapidly. Reliable typing methods are needed to detect and control outbreaks and to monitor the effectiveness of infection control programs in endemic situations. In this study, we investigated the performance of the DiversiLab typing method in comparison with the amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) ...

in this research, a braiding-pultrusion production line is developed by modifying a conventional textile maypole braiding machine and adding it to a pultrusion line for production of braid-pultruded (bp) composite rods. in order to evaluate the mechanical properties of bp rods and study the effect of some braiding parameters, they were produced with different braid roving linear densities and b...

In this paper, the directional characteristics of wind noise emitted by different bionic rods were studied based on a hybrid computational aeroacoustics method. The reduction mechanism surface grooves, pits, and bumps was analyzed, respectively. basic principle is to reduce influence vortex shedding rod changing shape or passive control technology dipole sound source. unsmooth transverse will i...