In the present series of experiments peripheral informative cues were used in order to dissociate endogenous and exogenous orienting of spatial attention using the same set of stimuli. For each block of trials, the cue predicted either the same or the opposite location of target appearance. Crucially, using this manipulation, both expected and unexpected locations could be either cued or uncued...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to evaluate the relative importance of therapy focus, intensity, and length of stay on greater than expected functional gain, controlling for stroke severity. METHODS This observational study included 198 first-stroke patients who were recruited from 8 in-patient rehabilitation facilities and 5 subacute programs. Stroke severity (motor, sen...

BACKGROUND AND AIM The purpose of this analysis was to determine the factors responsible for side branch (SB) ostial stenosis after main vessel stent implantation. METHODS Theoretical and bench-test bifurcation models with different lengths of carina were created. Bench-test experiments with a flexible bifurcation model were performed for the observation of changes in the bifurcation region a...

In the present series of experiments, peripheral informative cues were used in order to dissociate endogenous and exogenous orienting of spatial attention using the same set of stimuli. For each block of trials, the cue predicted either the same or the opposite location of target appearance. Crucially, using this manipulation, both expected and unexpected locations could be either cued or uncue...

Service life of the pavement can be predicted with proper temperature estimation structure. Asphalt mixture displays a different modulus upon change due to its viscoelasticity. The purpose this study is estimate such temperature. Methodology in here includes one solution heat conduction theory asphalt, and other statistical method. Results show that there not significant difference between resu...

a risk assessment study was conducted to predict the expected hazardous influence on the ecosystem resulted from urbanization and industrialization activities at helwan area, egypt. to achieve these goals, soils, plants and water samples were collected from helwan area, and their total concentrations of inorganic contaminants (cd, cr, co, cu, fe, mn, ni, pb, and zn) and organic pollutants; such...

The hub location–allocation problem under uncertainty is a real-world task arising in the areas such as public and freight transportation and telecommunication systems. In many applications, the demand is considered as inexact because of the forecasting inaccuracies or human’s unpredictability. This study addresses the robust uncapacitated multiple allocation hub location problem with a set of ...

AIMS To compare early endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography with conservative management for the treatment of acute biliary pancreatitis: a meta-analysis of prospective randomized trials. METHOD Pertinent studies were selected from the Medline, Embase, and the Cochrane Library Databases, references from published articles and reviews. Conventional meta-analysis according to DerSimoni...

Helicobacter pylori is a significant human pathogen that has adapted to survive the many stresses found within the gastric environment. Superoxide Dismutase (SodB) is an important factor that helps H. pylori combat oxidative stress. sodB was previously shown to be repressed by the Ferric Uptake Regulator (Fur) in the absence of iron (apo-Fur regulation) [1]. Herein, we show that apo regulation ...