The concept of psoas impingement secondary to a tight or inflamed iliopsoas tendon causing impingement of the anterior labrum during hip extension has been suggested. The purpose of this study was to assess the relationship between the lesser trochanteric version (LTV) in symptomatic patients with psoas impingement as compared with asymptomatic hips. The femoral neck version (FNV) and LTV were ...

This paper explores contractual features of housing Þnance and uses data from international housing markets to provide evidence supporting the “Þnancial accelerator” (Bernanke et al. 1996, 1999). Among households whose housing demand is constrained by the availability of collateral, those who can borrow against a larger fraction of the housing value (achieve higher loan-to-value, or LTV ratio) ...

Abstract This paper analyzes the macroeconomic and borrower-specific credit risk factors of residential real estate mortgages in Germany. Relying on a panel VAR model, we show significant link between foreclosures, house price dynamics unemployment. Using microeconomic regressions, that defaults are driven mostly by income liquidity rather than loan-to-value (LTV) ratios. Based those insights, ...

In this paper, Haar wavelet based identification of a continuous-time linear time-varying (LTV) system is proposed. For that purpose, input and output data are analyzed to derive an algebraic equation, leading to estimation of Haar wavelet coefficients for the impulse response. Finally, it is demonstrated that an LTV system can be effectively identified by solving the algebraic equation and by ...

In this paper, we study the fundamentals of timevarying filter banks (TVFB). Using a polyphase approach to TVFB’s, we are able to show some unusual properties that are not exhibited by the conventional LTI filter banks. For example, we can show that for a perfect reconstruction (PR) TVFB, the losslessness of analysis bank does not always imply that of the synthesis bank, and replacing the delay...

Airway pressure release ventilation (APRV) is a ventilator mode which has demonstrated potential benefits in acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) patients. We therefore sought to compare relevant pulmonary data and safety outcomes of this mode to the conventional ventilation and sustained inflation. Canines admitted after intravenous injection of oleic acid requiring mechanical ventilatio...

In individuals with motor-complete spinal cord injury, epidural stimulation of the lumbosacral spinal cord at 2 Hz evokes unmodulated reflexes in the lower limbs, while stimulation at 22-60 Hz can generate rhythmic burstlike activity. Here we elaborated on an output pattern emerging at transitional stimulation frequencies with consecutively elicited reflexes alternating between large and small....

Lumbosacral lipoma is reported to occur in 4-8 of 100,000 patients. Sixty-six percent of lipomyelomeningocele in young patients have accompanied by hypertrophic filum terminale. It is rare to find two isolated spinal lipomas simultaneously. Embryological origin of dorsal and filar lipomas is different from each other and hence rarer to find them together. Radical resection is now being preferre...

Bertolotti's syndrome (BS) must be considered as a differential diagnosis in a young patient presenting with low back pain (LBP). We present a case of a 26-year-old male complaining of mild chronic LBP for six years, radiating to his left thigh for the past six months. He has been taking non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) with skeletal muscle relaxants for pain relief. The X-ray and...