INTRODUCTION This article is part of the Focus Theme of Methods of Information in Medicine on "Biosignal Interpretation: Advanced Methods for Studying Cardiovascular and Respiratory Systems". OBJECTIVES The goal of this work is to apply a computational methodology able to characterize mood states in bipolar patients through instantaneous analysis of heartbeat dynamics. METHODS A Point-Proce...

BACKGROUND Cre recombinase is a common reagent used for the in vivo on/off switching of the expression of target genes flanked by loxP sites. In particular, recombinant TAT-Cre fusion constructs purified from bacteria have been used to promote the cell uptake of the enzyme. However, the recovery of active TAT-Cre remains a demanding process and its specific activity varies significantly among b...

THIS paper reports some special aspects of a research project which has been carried on for the past three and a half years. The major part of the project was the clinical study of eminent research scientists in various fields of science, and a consideration of differences and similarities among them in life histories and test performances. The full reports of the study have been published else...

Thrombin-antithrombin III complex (TAT) concentration was measured in 27 control and 155 intensive care patients to (a) establish normal reference ranges, (b) measure thrombin generation in critically ill patients, and (c) determine the characteristics of the TAT assay for the diagnosis of disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) in children. The normal reference range was 1-4.3 micrograms/...

This paper considers control aane systems in IR 4 with two inputs, and gives necessary and suucient conditions for dynamic feedback linearization of these systems with the restriction that the linearizing outputss must be some functions of the original state and inputs only. This also gives conditions for non-aane systems in IR 3. Linnarisation dynamique des systtmes deux commandes et quatre ta...

PURPOSE To determine the reasons for choosing the medical profession by interviewing freshmen medical students from the Faculty of Medicine, University of São Paulo and investigating their socio-economic and psychological profiles, as well as to determine whether there are gender differences. METHOD One hundred and sixty three freshmen medical students answered a questionnaire regarding their...

An advanced equipment process is an important technological assets to companies. Development of the IT industry has led to an increase in demand for the semiconductor productivity of the high efficiency, steadily. But it is not easy to test using actual process because TAT (as known turnaround time of job) is so long. the test cost is also expensive. This paper proposes a DEVS model for simulat...

Expert clinicians were given batteries of psychodiagnostic test results (Rorschach, TAT, Draw-A-Person, Bender-Gestalt, Wechsler) to analyze. For half, a battery came along with a suggestion that the person su€ers from Borderline Personality disorder, and for half, that battery was accompanied by a suggestion that he su€ers from Paranoid Personality disorder. In Study 1, the suggestion was made...

Article History: Received 14.07.2015 Received in revised form 21.08.2015 Accepted 01.09.2015 Available online 23.09.2015 Implicit measurements are sensitive for influences of experimenter and situation. An assessment using computers could therefore avert those negative effects, if there is an adequate translation to computer (Blankenship, 2010). We split the implicit achievement motive into the...