background: the presence of significant carotid stenosis in coronary artery bypass grafting (cabg) patients increases the risk of either transient ischemic attack or stroke. however, there is a dearth of data on the risk for patients with unilateral total occlusion of the carotid artery. we herein report our results of cardiac surgery in patients with unilateral total occlusion of the carotid a...

We designed and synthesized the Janus-type TA nucleosides (1-3) by using a transglycosylation protocol. Surprisingly, the subtle translocation of the ribose from N8 to N1 by about 230 pm in space leads to the formation of entirely different shaped superstructures, micro-flowers for J-AT and nano-bundles for J-TA.

Simulation analyses of pedaling demonstrate how individual muscle forces act to accelerate and decelerate the leg segments and the crank to perform external work. The work done by the muscles to accelerate the leg segments ultimately drives the pedals because when the legs decelerate, their mechanical energy is used to overcome the external load.

purpose: to evaluate the efficacy of radial optic neurotomy (ron) combined with or without intravitreal triamcinolone acetonid (ivta) injection in the management of central retinal vein occlusion (crvo). methods: this non-randomized clinical trial was conducted on 23 patients with crvo, who underwent ron with or without ivta injection. preoperative and postoperative best corrected visual acuity...

Repetitive cyclical motion and intrinsic muscle properties each impose constraints on the nervous systems to produce well-coordinated movements. We suggest that as cycle frequency increases, activation and deactivation dynamics strongly influence the neural control strategy used and may be the governing muscle property that limits performance. Pedaling and animal studies provide supporting data.

The objective of this work was to increase our understanding of how motor patterns are produced during movement tasks by quantifying adaptations in muscle coordination in response to altered task mechanics. We used pedaling as our movement paradigm because it is a constrained cyclical movement that allows for a controlled investigation of test conditions such as movement speed and effort. Alter...

The main aims of this study were 1) to investigate possible phase-, speed-, and task-dependent changes in the quadriceps H-reflex during pedaling, and to achieve this, 2) to develop an optimized H-reflex recording and processing procedure for recording of quadriceps H-reflexes during movement. It was hypothesized that the behavior of the quadriceps H-reflex concerning phase, speed, and task dep...