The peaked profile of perpendicular/parallel plasma rotation velocity at internal transport barrier (ITB) is modelled by a Gaussian distribution. Its stabilizing or destabilizing effects on the sheared slab 4, instability arc analyzed, in the finite and weak magnetic shear regions in detail. It is found that the peaked profile of a counter-toroidal rotation at ITB contributes to the formation a...

We examine the quantitative changes in the gait motion of patients with cervical spinal cord injuries (CSCIs) before and after the intrathecal baclofen (ITB) screening test. The subjects were three patients with CSCI, who exhibited spasticity in the lower extremities. They could all walk 10 or more meters with/without aids. All patients were subjected to the ITB screening test, in which they ha...

BACKGROUND Successful treatment of severe spasticity represents an imperative of symptomatic therapy of multiple sclerosis (MS) due to a significant improvement of physical, psychic and social rehabilitation of MS patients, as well as a long-term cost savings for the additional treatments of conditions arising from uncontrolled severe spasticity. Continuous intrathecal administration of baclofe...

Intestinal tuberculosis (ITB) remains prevalent in Asia. An interferon-γ assay (QuantiFERON-TB gold test [QFT]) is considered to be an effective supplementary tool for diagnosing ITB. We retrospectively analyzed the clinical features of ITB patients based on the initial results of QFT. A total of 109 patients with ITB were enrolled, and 82 patients (75.2%) showed positive QFT results. In the QF...

BACKGROUND/AIMS Because of the similarities in the clinical presentations of Crohn's disease (CD) and intestinal tuberculosis (ITB), differential diagnosis is critical. Mesenteric adipose tissue hypertrophy and creeping fat are characteristic features of CD. The purpose of this study was to assess the usefulness of visceral fat for the differential diagnosis of CD and ITB. METHODS We conducte...

This thesis describes the design and evaluation the Irregular Translation Buffer (ITB), which is a prefetcher for translation lookaside buffer (TLB) entries that is based on the Irregular Stream Buffer (ISB) introduced by Jain and Lin [1]. The main idea to use the ISB's improvements in prefetching cache lines from irregular access streams and use them to prefetch entries from irregular access s...

BACKGROUND It is unknown whether the bronchodilation and anti-inflammatory effects of inhaled salmeterol and fluticasone (SF) are better than those of traditionally inhaled ipratropium, terbutaline and budesonide (ITB) in mechanically ventilated patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). METHODS Nineteen stable COPD patients with respiratory failure were randomly enrolled int...

BACKGROUND Women undergoing cesarean (CS) delivery present a unique set of challenges to the anesthetist in terms of postoperative pain management. This study was conducted to compare the analgesic efficacy of intrathecal buprenorphine (ITB) with ultrasound-guided transversus abdominis plane (TAP) block in post-CS delivery pain. METHODOLOGY A prospective randomized comparative study of sixty ...

The incidence of Crohn's disease (CD) is increasing in Chinese populations in whom intestinal tuberculosis (ITB) is prevalent.This study aimed to identify differential diagnostic microscopic and endoscopic characteristics of CD from those of ITB.Patients with CD (N = 52) and patients with ITB (N = 16) diagnosed between 2010 and 2013 were identified. Specimens obtained via endoscopy were analyze...

BACKGROUND The aim of the study was to evaluate clinical manifestations, T-SPOT, endoscopy and CT enterography to differentiate Crohn's disease (CD) from intestinal tuberculosis (ITB). METHODS 128 in patients with suspected CD and ITB were prospectively enrolled in the study. Demographic, clinical, laboratory, endoscopic and CT enterographic data were collected. After treatment for 6 months, ...