We demonstrated a new scheme for performing the T1-enhanced whole-brain black-blood imaging pulse sequence using motion-sensitized driven-equilibrium prepared 3-dimensional (3D) turbo spin echo (MSDE-TSE) with anti-driven-equilibrium post pulse. The use of an anti-driven-equilibrium pulse considerably improved the T1 contrast of MSDE-TSE black-blood images. This sequence can be used for whole-b...

Background T1-weighted variable-flip-angle 3D TSE has emerged as a promising intracranial vessel wall imaging technique. To increase spatial coverage and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) attenuation, a whole-brain 0.5-mm-reoslution protocol based on an inversion-prepared 3D TSE sequence has recently been proposed at 3T. However, its 11-12-min scan time renders it clinically impractical. This work aime...

ENWEndNote BIBJabRef, Mendeley RISPapers, Reference Manager, RefWorks, Zotero AMA Zhang X, Tse T, Li Zoghi M. Is there an association between traumatic peripheral lesions and cognitive impairments in adults? A scoping review. Advances Rehabilitation / Post?py Rehabilitacji. 2023. doi:10.5114/areh.2023.125460. APA Zhang, X., Tse, T., Li, & Zoghi, (2023). https://doi.org/10.5114/areh.2023.125460 ...

Introduction: GRASE (Gradient-and Spin-Echo) [1] imaging has recently been used successfully for perfusion measurements [2] and functional MRI [3]. However, due to known blurring and ringing artifacts [4] GRASE still awaits a breakthrough in structural imaging [5-7]. At high field strengths such as 7 T, many imaging sequences are limited in their spatial coverage per unit time, due to their hig...

BACKGROUND Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSE) are fatal neurodegenerative diseases of several mammalian species, including humans. In Italy, the active surveillance through rapid tests on brain stem from small ruminants started in 2002 on randomly selected samples of healthy slaughtered animals. Sampling number was proportionally related to the regional small ruminant population. O...

The ankyrin repeat is one of the most common protein motifs and is involved in protein-protein interactions. It consists of 33 residues that assume a beta-hairpin helix-loop-helix fold. Mutagenesis and kinetic experiments (Phi-value analysis of the folding transition state) have shown that the tumor suppressor p16(INK4a), a four-repeat protein, unfolds sequentially starting from the two N-termi...

BACKGROUND Without the need of contrast media, diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) has shown great promise for accurate detection of lipid-rich necrotic core (LRNC), a well-known feature of vulnerable plaques. However, limited resolution and poor image quality in vivo with conventional single-shot diffusion-weighted echo planar imaging (SS-DWEPI) has hindered its clinical application. The aim of t...

Characterizing the conformations of protein in the transition state ensemble (TSE) is important for studying protein folding. A promising approach pioneered by Vendruscolo et al40 to study TSE is to generate conformations that satisfy all constraints imposed by the experimentally measured φ-values that provide information about the native-likeness of the transition states. Faisca et al12 genera...

Keywords: Biomedical signal processing Prosthetics Myoelectric control Psychophysiology Mother wavelet EMG EEG VPA Pattern recognition Daubechies (db 44) a b s t r a c t During the last two decades, wavelet transform has become a common signal processing technique in various areas. Selection of the most similar mother wavelet function has been a challenge for the application of wavelet transfor...

Most studies, to date, have ignored variance in teachers’ self-efficacy (TSE) relation teaching individual students (i.e., student-specific self-efficacy). However, TSE and teacher efficacy differ among students. Thus, this study examines dyadic four domains their correlations with students’ perceptions of student academic self-concept well-being. Results a paper–pencil survey involving 29 teac...