By exploring different granularities of data-level and task-level parallelism, we propose 16 implementations of an Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) cipher with both online and offline key expansion on a fine-grained many-core system. The smallest design utilizes only 6 cores for offline key expansion and 8 cores for online key expansion, while the largest requires 107 cores and 137 cores, res...

Splinting Poststroke: the Jury Is Still Out To the Editor: In the article abstract by Lannin et al,1 the authors claim “the practice of routine splinting soon after stroke should be discontinued.” Their presented data does not show this. The stated aim was to determine the effect of splinting “on contracture in the wrist and long finger flexor muscles”1 without defining ‘contracture’. Participa...

The purpose of this study was to compare the effect of a dynamic warm up (DWU) with a static-stretching warm up (SWU) on selected measures of power and agility. Thirty cadets at the United States Military Academy completed the study (14 women and 16 men, ages 18-24 years). On 3 consecutive days, subjects performed 1 of the 2 warm up routines (DWU or SWU) or performed no warm up (NWU). The 3 war...

A metal electrode is a significant component of zinc–air battery (ZAB), but the material usually not elastic, which severely restricts application flexible and stretchable ZABs in field wearable electronic devices. Herein, we report metal-coated textile prepared by dynamic stretching–electroplating based on wavy spandex substrate. Benefiting from unique woven structure, shows high stretchabilit...

The unfolding process of dimerized protein was investigated on a single protein basis using an atomic force microscope (AFM). In normal force-distance curve measurements, each monomer unit was unfolded step by step. We also measured the relax-stress response using “nanorheology AFM” that was newly developed to apply any required movements on a z-piezoelectric scanner, especially short stroke si...

Static stretching has often been found to decrease performance in power and speed activities, but dynamic warm-ups usually increase performance. We examined the effects of a mini-band warm-up, a medicine ball warm-up, and static stretching on 10m and 20m sprint times, as well as overhead medicine ball throw performance. Twenty-four Division I female soccer players completed the three warm-ups a...

Skeletal muscle tissue has the largest mass in the human body, accounting for 45% of the total weight. Muscle injuries can be caused by bruising, stretching or laceration. The current classification divides such injuries into mild, moderate and severe. The signs and symptoms of grade I lesions are edema and discomfort; grade II, loss of function, gaps and possible ecchymosis; and grade III, com...

The regulation of chromatin structure in eukaryotic cells involves abundant architectural factors such as high mobility group B (HMGB) proteins. It is not understood how these factors control the interplay between genome accessibility and compaction. In vivo, HMO1 binds the promoter and coding regions of most ribosomal RNA genes, facilitating transcription and possibly stabilizing chromatin in ...

We present a semi-automatic alternative to the manual seismicto-well tie. In the conventional procedure, the interpreter first creates a synthetic trace from edited well logs, determines the most appropriate bulk shift and polarity, and then applies the minimum amount of stretching and squeezing to best match the observed data. The last step can be compared with a visual pattern recognition ste...