The study aim was to assess sympathetic vasomotor response (SVR) by using pulsed wave Doppler (PWD) ultrasound in patients with multiple system atrophy (MSA) and correlate with the tilt table study. We recruited 18 male patients and 10 healthy men as controls. The SVR of the radial artery was evaluated by PWD, using inspiratory cough as a provocative maneuver. The response to head-up tilt was s...

The neuromate is a commercially available, image-guided robotic system for use in stereotactic surgery and is employed in Europe and North America. In June 2015, this device was approved in accordance with the Pharmaceutical Affairs Law in Japan. The neuromate can be specified to a wide range of stereotactic procedures in Japan. The stereotactic X-ray system, developed by a Japanese manufacture...

Presentation Preference: Oral or Poster Objectives: In the United Kingdom (UK), occupational therapy (OT) is a routine component of care pathways for total hip and knee replacement. Due to the multi-modal nature of ERAS, understanding the relative importance of different component steps is difficult. Therefore, this study sought the patient’s perspective on the importance of OT input within an ...

A large portion of the global carbon pool is stored in peatlands, which are sensitive to a changing environment conditions. The hydrological loss of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) is believed to play a key role in determining the carbon balance in peatlands. Zoige peatland, the largest peat store in China, is experiencing climatic warming and drying as well as experiencing severe artificial dra...

A sequence of high resolution shadowgrams that map the evolution of the plasma of a 380 m diameter microcapillary discharge was obtained using a very compact 46.9 nm laser. These images are the first plasma diagnostics data obtained using a table-top soft X-ray laser.

the management of water table is introduced as one of the major parts of the solutions in water resources management. this method could play a significant role in protecting water resources, increasing irrigation efficiency, preserving nutrients in soil, and protecting the quality of surface downstream, and as well, of groundwater. towards this end, a laboratory study has been done on the effec...

Abstract. Observations indicate that the fortnightly fluctuations in mean amplitude of water level increase upstream direction along lower half a tide-dominated estuary (the Guadiana Estuary), with negligible river discharge, but remain constant upstream. Analytical solutions reproducing semi-diurnal wave propagation shows this pattern results from reflection effects at head. The phase differen...