OBJECTIVE To investigate an additive effect of core muscle strengthening (CMS) and trunk neuromuscular electrical stimulation (tNEMS) on trunk balance in stroke patients. METHODS Thirty patients with acute or subacute stroke who were unable to maintain static sitting balance for >5 minutes were enrolled and randomly assigned to 3 groups, i.e., patients in the CMS (n=10) group received additio...

Human cardiomyocytes (CMs) cease to proliferate and remain terminally differentiated thereafter, when humans reach the mid-20s. Thus, any damages sustained by myocardium tissue are irreversible, and they require medical interventions to regain functionality. To date, new surgical procedures and drugs have been developed, albeit with limited success, to treat various heart diseases including myo...

OBJECTIVE Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) and its specific receptor, tropomyosin-related kinase (TrkB), play important roles in treating depression. In this experiment, we examined whether 7,8-dihydroxyflavone, a novel potent TrkB agonist, could reverse the behavioral and biochemical abnormalities induced by the chronic mild stress (CMS) paradigm in rats. METHODS SD rats were exposed...

In this study, two Carbon Molecular Sieves using Pistachio shell (CMS P) and Walnut shell (CMS W) were prepared by a chemical vapor deposition method and used for pressure swing adsorption and separation of CO/H2 and CO/CH4. Adsorption isotherms of gases obtained for both CMS’s. The Dubinin-Radushkevich isotherm model was used for comparing pore volum...

The omega or pseudochiral medium is an artificial complex medium [1], which can be fabricated by doping a host isotropic medium with Ω-shaped planar conducting microstructures. An externally applied field induces both an electric and magnetic polarization, which are perpendicular to each other. The electromagnetic properties of these magnetoelectric media can be used in the design of reciprocal...

BACKGROUND The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Hospital Quality Alliance began collecting and reporting United States hospital performance in the treatment of pneumonia and heart failure in 2008. Whether the utilization of hospice might affect CMS-reported mortality and readmission rates is not known. METHODS Hospice utilization (mean days on hospice per decedent) for ...

BACKGROUND Gram-negative bacteria susceptible only to colistin (COS) are emerging causes of severe nosocomial infections, reviving interest in the use of colistin. However, consensus on the most effective way to administer colistin has not yet been reached. METHODS All patients who had sepsis due to COS gram-negative bacteria or minimally susceptible gram-negative bacteria and received intrav...

The update of the European Strategy for Particle Physics from 2013 states that Europe's top priority should be the exploitation of the full potential of the LHC, including the high-luminosity upgrade of the machine and detectors with a view to collecting 10 times more data than in the initial design. The plans for upgrading the ATLAS and CMS detectors so as to maintain their performance and mee...

The radar cross-section (RCS) of power lines has an important significance for detection the lines. method moments (MoM) can calculate RCS However, efficiency MoM is limited by time-consuming computing process, as well expensive storage overhead. In order to enhance and reduce calculation lines, we propose that combines characteristic mode (CM) with a Sherman–Morrison–Woodbury formula-based alg...