[Purpose] The purpose of this study was to investigate whether the occurrence of cardiac-locomotor synchronization (CLS) improves lower leg muscle blood perfusion during walking. [Subjects and Methods] Eleven healthy men were studied while performing two treadmill protocols. The CLS protocol involved subjects walking at the frequency of their heart rate (HR) to induce CLS. The free protocol (re...

Two multivariate calibration methods are compared for the simultaneous chromatographic determination and separation of Sulfamethoxazole (SMX) and Phthalazine (PHZ) by High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC). Multivariate calibration techniques such as Classical Least Squares (CLS) and Inverse Least Squares (ILS) were introduced into HPLC to determine the quantification by using UV d...

We examined the ovaries of 44 Wistar Hannover (RccHan(TM):WIST) (WH) and 30 Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats at 32-weeks of age to determine whether the ovarian structure and formation/regression of the corpora lutea (CLs) differ between the two strains. The average ovary weight was higher in WH rats. The average number of all CLs, including currently formed and previously formed CLs, was higher in WH ...

Critical loads (CLs) define maximum atmospheric deposition levels apparently preventative of ecosystem harm. We present first nitrogen CLs for northwestern North America's maritime forests. Using multiple linear regression, we related epiphytic-macrolichen community composition to: 1) wet deposition from the National Atmospheric Deposition Program, 2) wet, dry, and total N deposition from the C...

The aim of this investigation was to establish median performance profiles for the six playing positions in elite women's indoor hockey and then identify whether these position-specific profiles could discriminate between qualifying (top four), mid-table and relegated teams in the 2011-2012 England Hockey premier league. Successful passing in relegated teams was significantly lower (P < 0.008) ...

R esearchers at the Cleveland Clinic have identified what appears to be a powerful gene predictor for cancer among some patients with Cowden syndrome (CS) or Cowden-like syndrome (CLS) — rare, inherited conditions characterized in part by the presence of benign neoplasms throughout the body. Published in the Journal of the American Medical Association in December, the findings show that up to 8...

PURPOSE To test the hypothesis that a 24-hour recording of intraocular pressure (IOP)-related measurements derived from a contact lens sensor (CLS) correlates to the rate of visual field progression in treated glaucomatous eyes. DESIGN Prospective, cross-sectional study. PARTICIPANTS Forty treated glaucomatous patients with 8 or more 24-2 visual field tests. METHODS Twenty-four-hour recor...

AIMS Atrial overdrive pacing algorithms increase Atrial Pacing Percentage (APP) to reduce Atrial Tachyarrhythmia (AT) recurrences in patients with Brady-Tachy Syndrome (BTS). This study aimed to compare AT burden and APP in BTS patients treated with conventional DDDR pacing, DDD+ overdrive or Closed-Loop Stimulation (CLS). METHODS AND RESULTS One hundred and forty-nine BTS patients were inclu...

OBJECTIVE Autopsy cases show that cortical lesions (CLs) in multiple sclerosis (MS) lack lymphocyte/macrophage influx, blood-brain barrier breakdown, and complement activation. However, some CLs were demonstrated to harbor activated microglia. Here, we assessed the clinical significance of microglia activation in CLs in a large autopsy sample, and we investigated possible interrelationships wit...