Using stratified analyses, we examined the cost-effectiveness of OEP, from a health care system perspective, among women and men who have previously fallen. This study was secondary analyses (by men), 12-month prospective economic evaluation randomized clinical trial (OEP compared with usual care). Three hundred forty four community-dwelling older adults (≥70; 172 OEP (110 women; 62 (119 53 men...

We propose an orbital exchange-correlation functional for applying time-dependent density functional theory to many-electron systems coupled to cavity photons. The time nonlocal equation for the electron-photon optimized effective potential (OEP) is derived. In the static limit our OEP energy functional reduces to the Lamb shift of the ground state energy. We test the new approximation in the R...

In this article, we discuss some recent developments on pairs of dual wavelet frames in Sobolev spaces constructed by the Oblique Extension Principle (OEP) from refinable function vectors. Our investigation sheds a new light on understanding the OEP method for constructing MRA dual wavelet frames.

Nitrite reduction to ammonia or nitrous oxide involves a series of electron transfer and protonation steps which are carried out by assimilatory or dissimilatory nitrite reductases. In the assimilatory process, nitrite incorporated into the biomass while in the dissimilatory process, it is excreted from the cell and the reaction is a source of energy. The complexes that will be studied in this ...

Interactions between Nodal/Activin and Fibroblast growth factor (Fgf) signalling pathways have long been thought to play an important role in mesoderm formation. However, the molecular and cellular processes underlying these interactions have remained elusive. Here, we address the epistatic relationships between Nodal and Fgf pathways during early embryogenesis in zebrafish. First, we find that...

An external cavity using a binary phase grating has been developed to achieve coherent combining of five quantum-cascade lasers emitting at 4.65 μm. The grating phase profile is designed to combine five beams of equal intensities into a single beam with a good efficiency (~75%). The performances of this cavity concerning output power, stability, combining efficiency and beam quality are detaile...

Background: Exercise can reduce osteoporotic fracture risk by strengthening bone or reducing fall risk. Falls prevention exercise programmes can reduce fall incidence, and also include strengthening exercises suggested to load bone, but there is little information as to whether these programmes influence bone mineral density (BMD) and strength. Objective: To evaluate the skeletal effects of hom...

This paper deals with phase gratings working in the paraxial domain. The profile of the optimum-efficiency beam multiplier with an arbitrary number of output diffraction orders is derived in an analytic form by exploiting methods from the calculus of variation. The output beams may be equi-intense or with arbitrary distribution of power. Numerical examples are given for different values of the ...

This chapter presents several design examples of high-density, high-efficiency (HDHE), low-voltage power supply using the proposed IM circuits. The theoretical results derived from the previous chapters are applied. The following examples will be used to demonstrate the design of high density modules using the proposed IM technique. • For 70V input and 2.5V/140A output, at the switching frequen...

Chronic pulmonary infection is the major cause of morbidity and mortality in cystic fibrosis (CF). Recombinant human deoxyribonuclease (rhDNase) in vitro has been shown to dramatically reduce the viscoelasticity of the sputum from CF patients. Phase II and III clinical trials have shown the drug to be safe, and that patients with a forced vital capacity (FVC) of > 40% predicted show an improvem...