BACKGROUND A previous study reported a high prevalence of spinal epidural lipomatosis (SEL) in patients with Scheuermann kyphosis (SK) and suggested that it may play a role in the pathogenesis of this disease. According to our observation, however, SEL occurs in other spinal kyphotic deformities as well. The aim of this study was to test the hypothesis that SEL commonly occurs in patients with ...

This paper assumes that in addition to the conventional (sel sh) preferences over outcomes, players in a strategic environment have preferences over strategies. In the context of two-player games, it provides conditions under which a player's preferences over strategies can be represented as a weighted average of the individual's sel sh payo s and the sel sh payo s of the opponent. The weight o...

Organic selenium compounds in plants and yeasts are eff ective chemoprotectants in mammalian cancer. We identifi ed selenomethionine pathways by measuring endogenous and exogenous 82 Se levels and quantifi ed selenium compounds and selenoproteins in mice liver, kidneys, plasma and urine. a The organic Se compounds (particularly selenomethionine [SeMet]) in plants and yeasts are very effective c...

The present study was conducted to investigate whether the high antioxidant activity induced by selenium (Sel) treatment and selenoprotein M (SelM) overexpression affected the protein profile of the brain cortex. To accomplish this, the changes in global protein expression were measured in transgenic (Tg) rats expressing human SelM (CMV/hSelM) and non‑Tg rats using two-dimensional electrophores...

Effects of hypoxia, anoxia, and endogenous ethanol (EtOH) on selected temperature (T(sel)) and activity in goldfish were evaluated. Blood and brain EtOH concentrations ([EtOH]) and brain oxygen partial pressure (PO(2)) were quantified at crucial ambient oxygen pressures. Below a threshold value near 31 Torr, T(sel) decreased as a function of environmental PO(2). T(sel) of 15 degrees C-acclimate...

The authors hypothesized that a social and emotional learning (SEL) program involving mindfulness and caring for others, designed for elementary school students, would enhance cognitive control, reduce stress, promote well-being and prosociality, and produce positive school outcomes. To test this hypothesis, 4 classes of combined 4th and 5th graders (N = 99) were randomly assigned to receive th...

The influence of fatiguing sound level and duration on post-exposure temporary threshold shift (TTS) was investigated in two beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas). The fatiguing sound was half-octave noise with a center frequency of 22.5 kHz. TTS was measured at a test frequency of 32 kHz. Thresholds were measured by recording rhythmic evoked potentials (the envelope following response) to a te...

One important field of application for embedded realtime systems is in the telecommunications industry. The first phase of the E-CARES reengineering project concerned the architecture modeling and the reverse engineering of telecommunication systems implemented in the programming language PLEX. Now, we study the restructuring of such systems including their re-design and re-implementation. This...

This paper assumes that in addition to the conventional (sel sh) preferences over outcomes, players in a strategic environment have preferences over strategies. In the context of two-player games, it provides conditions under which a player's preferences over strategies can be represented as a weighted average of the individual's sel sh payo s and the sel sh payo s of the opponent. The weight o...