35 36 Central nervous system (CNS) plasticity is essential for development; however recent research 37 has demonstrated its role in pathology, particularly following overuse and repetition. Previous 38 studies investigating changes in sensorimotor integration (SMI) have used relatively simple 39 paradigms resulting in minimal changes in neural activity, as determined through the use of 40 somat...

Timing analysis is an important prerequisite for the design of embedded real-time systems. In order to get tight and safe bounds for the timing of a program, precise information about its control flow and data flow is needed. While actual timings can only be derived from the machine code, many of the supporting analyses (deriving timing-relevant data such as points-to and loop bound information...

We introduce the safe recursive set functions based on a Bellantoni-Cook style subclass of the primitive recursive set functions. We show that the functions computed by safe recursive set functions under a list encoding of finite strings by hereditarily finite sets, are exactly the polynomial growth rate functions computed by alternating exponential time Turing machines with polynomially many a...

East African banana ( Musa sp.) breeding efforts have focused mainly on enhancing ‘Matooke’ productivity through the development of high-yielding, pathogen-resistant cultivars with adequate stability to contribute regional food security. Before a program can recommend promising for release, they must pass sensory screens; be evaluated in target population environments; and data analyzed yield, ...

This study is motivated by the evidence of global warming, which is caused by human activity but affects the efficiency of the economy. We employ the integrated assessment Nordhaus DICE-2007 model (Nordhaus, A question of balance: economic modeling of global warming, Yale University Press, New Haven, 2008). Generally speaking, the framework is that of dynamic optimization of the discounted inte...

Tests were conducted to verify that new air monitoring systems at Hanford air exhaust stacks met the Draft HPS/ANSI N13.1 performance criteria developed for air sampling systems at nuclear facilities.(‘) The standard’s performance criteria address both the suitability of the air sampling probe location and the sample transport to the collection devices. The contaminants in a stack must be well ...

We describe herein the case of a 37-year-old woman who presented with slowly progressive lower-limb stiffness and gait ataxia. She complained of running difficulties since the age of 10 years, gait impairment since the age of 30 years, and uri-nary urgency during the past 2 years. Her family history was unremarkable. At the last examination she exhibited spastic gait, pyramidal signs, severe im...

Vestibular evoked myogenic potential (VEMP) is one of the clinical tools to evaluate vestibular function. The VEMP can be recorded from sternocleidomastoid muscle by auditory stimulation with various sound stimuli. The aim of this study was to compare parameter of cVEMP and oVEMP responses as measured by click tone and tone burst across gender in healthy young individuals. Total Sixty adult par...

It is well-known that early life conditions as well as marital status a¤ect health and mortality later in life. In this paper we analyze the interplay between these determinants of high-age mortality. First, we study the impact of economic conditions early in life on the individual rate of getting married. Secondly, we examine the protective e¤ect of marriage and, in particular, to what extent ...