In the literature radiofrequency (RF)-sympathectomy, percutaneous facet denervation (PFD), and percutaneous partial rhizotomy (PPR) have been described already in the seventies and eighties. However, a few years ago, papers have been published on thoracic PFD and PPR showing rather promising long term results. Anatomical considerations, indication, technique, results, and complications of these...

Intermittent parathyroid hormone (iPTH) treatment stimulates T-cell production of the osteogenic Wnt ligand Wnt10b, a factor required for iPTH to activate Wnt signaling in osteoblasts and stimulate bone formation. However, it is unknown whether iPTH induces Wnt10b production and bone anabolism through direct activation of the parathyroid hormone (PTH)/PTH-related protein receptor (PPR) in T cel...

あらまし Personalized PageRank (PPR) はグラフにおけるノード間の代表的な類似度であり,PPR に対 するノードの検索は多くのアプリケーションにおいて用いられている.多くのアプリケーションにおいてグラフ は動的に変化する性質があるなどの理由から,PPR に対してアドホックな検索が行えることが望ましい.アド ホックな検索とは,検索を行うごとに検索対象のグラフやパラメータを変えながら検索を行うことである.しか しグラフのサイズが大きくなるとアドホックに検索を行う計算コストが高くなるという問題がある.過去にも PPR の計算コストを低減するためにさまざまな手法が提案されてきた.しかしそれらの手法は事前計算が必要 であったり,近似的な検索結果になるなどの理由から有効にアドホックな検索を行えないという問題があった. 本論文では PPR に対してアドホックな検索を行う高...

Reversibility is a basic and crucial feature of supramolecular systems. In designing and fabricating new supramolecular materials, the realization of reversibility is particularly important as it could enable these substances to be superior to conventional materials. An excellent example is an elastomer reported recently, made of small functional molecules which form both long chains and cross-...

TAKE-HOME SUMMARY Personalized pulmonary rehabilitation including occupational therapy improves the prognosis of patients with advanced COPD. PURPOSE We previously reported that patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exhibit three exercise-induced life-threatening conditions: hypoxemia, sympathetic overactivity, and respiratory acidosis. We aimed to verify whether mortalit...

The author demonstrates that rinderpest prevailed among the cattle population in the Al-Ain region of the United Arab Emirates from 1987 to 1989. A total of twenty-four outbreaks of rinderpest were recorded during the study period. Similarly, evidence of the peste des petits ruminants (PPR) or a PPR-like disease was regularly encountered in small ruminants in a total of forty-one outbreaks.

We present methods specially designed to be effective with moderately non-linear regression relationships. The model fitted is of the Projection Pursuit Regression (PPR) type with a smooth, non-parametric link function connecting the mean response to a linear combination of the regressors. New algorithms, close to ordinary linear regression, are developed. Considerable numerical evidence is giv...

For the first time, complete genome sequences of four lineage III peste des petits ruminants (PPR) viruses (Oman 1983, United Arab Emirates 1986, Ethiopia 1994, and Uganda 2012) originated from the Middle East and East Africa are reported here. The availability of complete genome sequences from all four lineages (I to IV) of the PPR virus (PPRV) would greatly help in a comprehensive understandi...