Objective Cuff algometry is useful to assess pain sensitivity mechanisms, but effects of cuff position and stimulation pattern are not clear. Methods In 20 healthy volunteers, cuff pain detection threshold (PDT) and pain tolerance (PTT) were recorded with cuffs accommodating two individual chambers at four locations (eight positions) along the leg, using ramp inflation (1 kPa/s) until subject...

F ore-edge decorations on manuscripts date back to the 10th century. Decorations can be seen when the book is lying on its side, a custom of the 15th and 16th centuries, and should not be confused with fore-edge paintings. Fore-edge paintings are not visible when the book is closed, but when the leaves are slanted or fanned, a beautiful miniature landscape appears. Fore-edge paintings are usual...

OBJECTIVE The aim of the present study was to evaluate the fluid shift in a simulated microgravity experiment and to test the use of thigh cuffs to help alleviate the problem. METHODS The change in skin thickness was assessed by a 20 MHz B-scan ultrasound device. This was performed on eight volunteers who underwent two successive 7-day periods of -6 degrees anti-orthostatic bed-rest, with or ...

success because in this highly competitive business, many males’ bowers are rarely visited by females. The researchers assessed the quality of the bowers in terms of the density and thickness of the sticks used in its construction and also its symmetry. They also checked the decorations on display and grouped them into five categories: artificial and yellow, brown, blue and white natural. The b...

BACKGROUND The transition to microgravity eliminates the hydrostatic gradients in the vascular system. The resulting fluid redistribution commonly manifests as facial edema, engorgement of the external neck veins, nasal congestion, and headache. This experiment examined the responses to modified Valsalva and Mueller maneuvers measured by cardiac and vascular ultrasound (ECHO) in a baseline stea...

In view of the severe damage caused by unyielding, low residual volume cuffs, various modifications to the cuff of an intratracheal tube have been introduced. The merits of two low-pressure cuffs were assessed in an experimental study in dogs; both cuffs produced little visible damage to the tracheal wall in dogs intubated continuously over a two-week period. A modified technique of producing t...