First Rank Symptoms (FRS) were first defined by Schneider as diagnostic of schizophrenia. Since then, there has been an immense debate on their diagnostic and prognostic utility. This review attempts to understand the concepts of FRS as depicted over the years and the diagnostic and prognostic implications of FRS in mental illnesses including schizophrenia. Review of relevant material showed th...

This paper explores three questions about the semantics of free relatives (FRs). One, do FRs have a uniform meaning? Two, related to one, what is the contribution of ever? And three, perhaps less discussed than the other two, what is the relation between identity and free choice (FC) readings of FRs with ever? It claims that FRs are always definite. Ever introduces a type of modality that is in...

Isochronous Mass Spectrometry (IMS) is an experimental technique for direct measurements of short-lived exotic nuclei which has been developed at the FRS-ESR facility at GSI [1]. A bottleneck for the present IMS experiments is the low transmission in the injection channel of the ESR [2]. Further losses occur due to possible an ionoptical mismatch between the FRS [3] and the ESR. Here the result...

Vascular dementia (VaD) is one of the most common forms of dementia, and second only to Alzheimer's disease. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the potential diagnostic value of Framingham risk score (FRS) in VaD by investigating the relationship among cardiovascular risks, FRS, and VaD.Data were collected from patients (n = 130) at Tongji Hospital in Wuhan, China. They were divided into...

OBJECTIVE This research addresses the following questions: what is the prevalence and severity of first-rank symptoms (FRS) during an extended period of time in patients with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder with psychosis? Are the specific FRS listed in Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders DSM, Third Edition, Revised/Fourth Edition Criterion A for schizophrenia diagnosis (a ...

Before Feature Reduction System (FRS) was developed, software engineers were required to use multiple independent web-based information-reporting systems when conducting multiple web transactions. Software engineers, interacting with many webbased systems during normal software project activities, are often required to manually enter similar, or even the same, information multiple times using g...

A general formula for the error-correcting radius of linear-algebraic multivariate interpolation decoding of folded Reed–Solomon (FRS) codes is derived. Based on this result, an improved construction of FRS codes is motivated, which can be obtained by puncturing Parvaresh–Vardy codes. The proposed codes allow decoding for all rates, remove the structural loss in decoding radius of the original ...

The F-recruitment site (FRS) of active ERK2 binds F-site (Phe-x-Phe-Pro) sequences found downstream of the Ser/Thr phospho-acceptor on cellular substrates. Here we apply NMR methods to analyze the interaction between active ERK2 (ppERK2), and a 13-residue F-site-bearing peptide substrate derived from its cellular target, the transcription factor Elk-1. Our results provide detailed insight into ...

BACKGROUND The aim of the study is to evaluate the concurrence between Framingham Risk score (FRS) and United Kingdom Prospective Diabetes Study (UKPDS) risk engine in identifying coronary heart disease (CHD) risk in newly detected diabetes mellitus patients and to explore the characteristics associated with the discrepancy between them. METHODS A cross-sectional study involving 489 subjects ...