Objective: To evaluate the effect o f reflexo logy on symptoms of multiple sclerosis (MS) in a randomized, sham-contro lled clinical tr ial. Methods: Seventy-one MS patients were randomized to either study or contro l group, to receive an 11-week treatment. Reflexology treatment included manual pressure on specific points in the feet and massage of the calf area. The contro l group received non...

This paper introduces a new approach to reduce the computational load of nonlinear model based predictive controllers. The idea is based on dividing a long prediction horizon into only a few equidistant intervals with piecewise constant control signals. After solving a first dynamic optimization problem the prediction horizon is halved, keeping the second half of the solution fixed and doubling...

The paper discusses how the resource contro l hypothesis introduced earlier by the author accounts for the rather mysterious fact that English articles are rendered in Slavoniclanguages by word order and vice versa. The def ini te versus indefini te d is t inct ion is viewed as a manifestation of the variable depth of nominal phrase processing. The depth of processing is determined by the avail...

T g anism and a machine holds true to a remarkable extent at all levels at which it is investigated. To be sure, living things are machines with exceptional powers, set apart from other machi~les by their ability to adapt to the environment and to reproduce themselves. Yet in all their functions they seem to obey mechanistic laws. An organism can be compared to an automatic factory. Its various...