In the spring of 1993, tens of thousands of US medical students received an offensive pamphlet in their mailboxes with the following “joke”: “Q: What would you do if you were in a room with Hitler, Mussolini and an abortionist and you had a gun with only two bullets? A: Shoot the abortionist twice.” Ironically, this mailing was the single most influential factor leading to the creation of Medic...

conclusions the results suggest that the msfc could be used as a simple tool to detect the negative effects of heat in patients with ms. results in the ms group the average msfc scores were -0.48 (sd 0.79) at baseline, -0.99 (sd 1.97) during heat exposure and -0.68 (sd 1.58) after a one-hour delay. the average msfc scores of the hc group were 0.58 (sd 0.42) at baseline, 0.66 (sd 0.43) during he...

BackgroundThe age of onset MS appears to influence the course disease progression and people with younger might have a different disability trajectory.ObjectivesTo identify longitudinal patterns progression, as measured by changes in Multiple Sclerosis Functional Composite (MSFC), young drug trials estimate extent which differ two groups (≤25 years 26 – 35 years).MethodsData from Outcomes Asses...

OBJECTIVE To characterize effects of alemtuzumab treatment on measures of disability improvement in patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS) with inadequate response (≥1 relapse) to prior therapy. METHODS Comparison of Alemtuzumab and Rebif Efficacy in Multiple Sclerosis (CARE-MS) II, a 2-year randomized, rater-blinded, active-controlled, head-to-head, phase 3 trial, compar...

The Full-sun Ultraviolet Rocket SpecTrograph (FURST) is a sounding rocket designed to acquire the first full-disk integrated high resolution vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) spectra of Sun. data enable analysis Sun comparable stellar measured by astronomical instruments such as those on board Hubble Space Telescope. mission jointly operated teams at Montana State University (MSU), developing instrument...

Meditation practice alters intrinsic resting-state functional connectivity (rsFC) in the default mode network (DMN). However, little is known regarding the effects of meditation on other resting-state networks. The aim of current study was to investigate the effects of meditation experience and meditation-state functional connectivity (msFC) on multiple resting-state networks (RSNs). Meditation...

The objective of the study was to treat fatigue in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) by a neurocognitive rehabilitation program aimed at improving motor planning by using motor imagery (MI). Twenty patients with clinically definite MS complaining of fatigue were treated for five weeks with exercises of neurocognitive rehabilitation twice a week. Patients were evaluated by Fatigue Severity S...

Accumulation and subsequent compression of carbon dioxide that is removed from space cabin are two important processes involved in a closed-loop air revitalization scheme of the International Space Station (ISS). The 4-Bed Molecular Sieve (4BMS) of ISS currently operates in an open loop mode without a compressor. This paper reports the integrated 4BMS and liquid-cooled TSAC testing conducted du...