INTRODUCTION Since axonal loss ultimately results in neurologic deficit, the ability to noninvasively monitor axonal loss/dysfunction will have significant clinical implications in spinal cord injury (SCI). H MRS is most commonly used for measuring the levels of N-acetylaspartate (NAA), total creatine (Cr, includes both phosphocreatine and creatine), choline (Cho), lactate and lipids. Of these ...

In this paper we present a study of feasibility by using Cassino Parallel Manipulator (CaPaMan) as an earthquake simulator. We propose a suitable formulation to simulate the frequency, amplitude and acceleration magnitude of seismic motion by means of the movable platform motion by giving a suitable input motion. In this paper we have reported numerical simulations that simulate the three princ...

Background: Natural disasters may have a serious impact on child and adolescent mental health. High rates of post-traumatic stress symptoms (PTSS), post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and, to a lesser degree, associated psychopathology following natural disasters have been reported in many countries, including Greece. It has been suggested that whether or not youths will report PTSS/PTSD afte...

Anesthesiology, V 123 • No 4 743 October 2015 C onrad Hal Waddington (1905–1975), a British embryologist, geneticist, and philosopher, proposed the concept of epigenetics, defined broadly as the bridge between an organism’s inheritable genome and the observable traits of that organism, such as morphology, physiological properties, and behavior.1 For example, although a majority of a given organ...

Despite being located 21 kilometers from the epicenter of the 1994 Northridge earthquake (magnitude 6.7), the city of Santa Monica experienced anomalously concentrated damage with Mercalli intensity IX, an intensity as large as that experienced in the vicinity of the epicenter. Seismic records from aftershocks suggest that the damage resulted from the focusing of seismic waves by several underg...