Although the need for social connection is critical for early social development as well as for psychological well-being throughout the lifespan, relatively little is known about the neural processes involved in maintaining social connections. The following review summarizes what is known regarding the neural correlates underlying feeling of ‘social pain’, the painful experiences associated wit...

A new instrument, the Absolute Charge Sensor (ACS), has been developed that measures the net charge density entrdned in a fluid flow, independent of the fluid’s electrical properties, velocity, and any electrification processes within the instrument. Through a shielded sampling probe, the ACS periodically transfers a small volume of charged fluid to an electrically isolated Faraday cage with no...

The purpose of this investigation was to determine the relationship between relative net vertical impulse and jump height in a countermovement jump and static jump performed to varying squat depths. Ten college-aged males with 2 years of jumping experience participated in this investigation (age: 23.3 ± 1.5 years; height: 176.7 ± 4.5 cm; body mass: 84.4 ± 10.1 kg). Subjects performed a series o...

This study compared the radiographic and clinical outcomes of pediatric diaphyseal femur fractures treated by submuscular plating, flexible retrograde intramedullary nailing, or rigid antegrade intramedullary nailing with a trochanteric entry point in skeletally immature patients who were 8 years and older. A retrospective review was conducted of skeletally immature patients 8 years and older w...

Published by the IEEE Computer Society 0018-9162/11/$26.00 © 2011 IEEE IEEE President-Elect Candidates Address Computer Society Concerns T he I E E E C omp u t e r Society has established a r e p u t a t i o n f o r excellence within the fields of computing. As a component of the IEEE, the Computer Society’s activities parallel those of 38 other IEEE societies and councils serving the computing...

Serum lactic dehydrogenase (LDH) levels were measured at diagnosis in 293 children with "standard-risk" acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) to determine the prognostic value of this biologic feature. Standard risk assignment was based on an initial leukocyte count of less than 100 X 10(9)/L, the absence of a mediastinal mass, the absence of meningeal involvement, and the presence of lymphoblasts...

A diet rich in fruits and vegetables, and a grape-derived compound, resveratrol, have been linked to a reduced incidence of colon cancer. In vitro and in vivo, resveratrol suppresses Wnt signaling, a pathway constitutively activated in over 85 % of colon cancers.Thirty participants were placed on a low resveratrol diet and subsequently allocated to one of three groups ingesting 1/3-to-1 lb (0.1...

PURPOSE To prospectively investigate ultrasound-guided diffuse optical tomography (US-guided DOT) in predicting breast cancer response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC). MATERIALS AND METHODS Eighty-eight breast cancer patients, with a total of 93 lesions, were included in our study. Pre- and post-last chemotherapy, size and total hemoglobin concentration (THC) of each lesion were measured by...

The goals of this study were to examine the improvement in quality of life achieved after open surgical treatment of elbow stiffness and to verify the cost/utility ratio of surgery. Thirty-three patients (22 men and 11 women) underwent surgery. The etiologies of elbow stiffness were posttraumatic conditions (n=26), primary osteoarthritis (n=5), and rheumatoid arthritis (n=2). Surgery included 1...

We present near-infrared images obtained with the HST NICMOS camera for a sample of 9 luminous (LIGs: LIR(8 − 1000μm) ≥ 10 11 L⊙) and 15 ultra-luminous (ULIGS: LIR ≥ 10 12 L⊙) infrared galaxies. The sample includes representative systems classified as warm (f25μm/f60μm > 0.2) and cold (f25μm/f60μm ≤ 0.2) based on the mid-infrared colors and systems with nuclear emission lines classified as HII ...