The purpose of this study was to investigate the sensitivity of new surface electromyography (sEMG) indices based on the discrete wavelet transform to estimate acute exercise-induced changes on muscle power output during a dynamic fatiguing protocol. Fifteen trained subjects performed five sets consisting of 10 leg press, with 2 min rest between sets. sEMG was recorded from vastus medialis (VM)...

The issues surrounding 'Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation' (REDD) have become a major component of continuing negotiations under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). This paper aims to address two key requirements of any potential REDD mechanism: first, the generation of measurable, reportable and verifiable (MRV) REDD credits; and second...

The present study aimed to summarize the clinical characteristics and experiences of misdiagnoses of cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT). A total of 18 patients with CVT who received treatment between September 2009 and August 2011 were enrolled. Of the patients, 13 were females and 5 were males with an average age of 39 years. Clinical manifestations and characteristics according to cerebrospinal...

PURPOSE To describe a case of superior sagittal sinus thrombosis in the puerperal period and the difficulties encountered in the diagnosis and management. CLINICAL FEATURES A 29-yr-old multiparous woman presented with a postural headache four weeks after a normal pregnancy and vigorous delivery. Initial presentation suggested spontaneous intracranial hypotension (SIH) since there was no histo...

Measurement, Reporting, and Verification (MRV) systems are thought to be essential for effective carbon accounting and joint REDD+ carbon, conservation, and social development goals. Community participation in MRV (PMRV) has been shown to be both cost effective and accurate, as well as a method to potentially advance stakeholder empowerment and perceptions of legitimacy. Recognizing land tenure...

We present here a variant of B. Fritzke’s GNG (Growing Neural Gas) — Double GNG (DGNG). In each insertion step of the GNG only one new cell is inserted in the middle of the edge connecting Maximum Resource Vertex (MRV) and a MRV in its direct topological neighbourhood. But in our DGNG two new cells are inserted at the same time. Our goal is to speed up the convergence of the learning process. A...

BACKGROUND Some patients with a morphological right ventricle (mRV) in the systemic circulation require early intervention because of progressive systemic ventricular dysfunction or atrioventricular valve regurgitation. They may be eligible for anatomic repair (correction of atrioventricular and ventriculoarterial discordance) but require prior training of the morphological left ventricle (mLV)...

OBJECTIVE To examine the dynamics of intracranial venous flow patterns in patients with idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH). METHODS Nonrandomized controlled trial analyzing the difference in cerebral perfusion in 13 IIH patients and 12 healthy controls using contrast-enhanced duplex sonography. In patients, an additional 3D gradient echo magnetic resonance venography (MRV) using a new...

Electrocardiography previously has been used as a noninvasive method for detecting cardiac hypertrophy associated with pulmonary hypertension syndrome (PHS, ascites). In the present study, 36 of 100 male broiler chicks were selected for inclusion in the experiment based on their hatch weight (> or = 40 g), Day 1 to 14 BW gain (upper 50% of population distribution), and the normalcy of their Day...

This Special Issue contains articles presenting advances in soil organic carbon (SOC) sequestration practices, considering their benefits, trade-offs and monitoring. The studies deal with (1) agricultural practices climate change, (2) the effect of matter amendments, (3) development monitoring, reporting verification (MRV) strategies. It is concluded that region-specific approaches are required...