Motivated by emerging needs in online interactions, we define a new type of digital signature called a ‘Content Extraction Signature’ (CES). A CES allows the owner, Bob, of a document signed by Alice, to produce an ‘extracted signature’ on selected extracted portions of the original document, which can be verified to originate from Alice by any third party Cathy, while hiding the unextracted (r...

One of the ways to ensure food safety is to educate the public. Of the organizations providing food safety education in the United States (U.S.), the Cooperative Extension System (CES) is one of the most reliable. The effectiveness CES programs depends not only on what is being taught but also on how it is taught. Both a needs-based curriculum and how that curriculum is delivered are equally im...

Twenty six patients with Sheehan's syndrome were studied with high-resolution computed tomography (CT) and the sequential pituitary stimulation test in order to correlate the CT findings of the sella turcica with the pituitary reserve functions. CT revealed 21 completely empty sella (CES), 4 partially empty sella (PES) and 1 normal sella. Panhypopituitarism occurred in 1 of 4 patients with PES ...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to determine if cranial electrotherapy stimulation (CES) is beneficial in chronically symptomatic bipolar (CSBP) subjects. METHODS A retrospective chart review of all consecutive CSBP subjects who were prescribed CES collected demographic and clinical information. RESULTS The Clinical Global Impression improved significantly [mean (SD), 2.7 (0.6) at basel...

This paper presents the development of an innovative measuring system devoted to the human movement analysis using smart textiles that are realized with electrically conductive elastomer composites (CEs). CEs show piezoresistive properties when a deformation is applied and in several applications CEs can be integrated into fabric or other flexible substrate as a strain sensor. Moreover, integra...

Most previous studies of the depression-mortality association have not examined distinct depressive symptom clusters. This ex post facto study examined which aspects of depression may account for its association with mortality. The Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D) was administered to 3,867 community dwelling adults. Cox proportional hazards procedures estimated the risk...

C ranial electrotherapy stimulation (CES) is now being used and studied as a treatment for centrally-mediated pain syndromes that have historically been refractory to intervention , such as fibromyalgia, multiple sclerosis, spinal cord injuries, and global reflex sympathetic dystrophy. The safety assured by the low level of current and positive effects seen on the electroen-cephalogram also mak...

Gastric electrical stimulation (GES) has been shown to alter motor and sensory functions of the stomach. However, its effects on other organs of the gut have rarely been investigated. The study was performed in 12 dogs implanted with two pairs of electrodes, one on the serosa of the stomach and the other on the colon. The study was composed of two experiments. Experiment 1 was designed to study...

PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of aquatic exercise and CES treatment on the cognitive function by using K-WAB and BDNF, IGF-1, and VEGF of persons with intellectual disabilities. METHODS All subjects were 15 male with intellectual disabilities who were participating in the aquatic training program and CES treatment during 12 weeks at rehabilitation center. Th...

The coordination of cell proliferation and cell fate determination is critical during development but the mechanisms through which this is accomplished are unclear. We present evidence that the Snail-related transcription factor CES-1 of Caenorhabditis elegans coordinates these processes in a specific cell lineage. CES-1 can cause loss of cell polarity in the NSM neuroblast. By repressing the t...