Since Kugelberg in 1952 originally described two components of the blink reflex, the initial component was considered to be a proprioceptive or a myotatic reflex because it was briefer in duration and more These reflexes were recorded from the orbicularis oculi muscle and were elicited by tapping the glabella or stimulating the supraorbital nerve percutaneously. During a detailed study of human...

Hydrogen is getting increasing attention by government and industry leaders, [1], as a very environmentally attractive and clean fuel because its oxidation leads only to water formation. There is abundance of hydrogen in nature, although it is only available for exploitation in a combined state, either in water, hydrocarbons, or coal [2]. Its recovery from these natural resources requires the a...

zona pellucida, the theca interna and in atretic follicles (Porter, 1965; Porter, Highfill & Winovich, 1970a, b; Ownby & Shivers, 1972; Sacco & Shivers, 1973a, b, c, d). Antisera (by precipitate formation) modified the surface of the zona pellucida of hamster and rabbit ova to such an extent that it even became inert to the lytic effects of trypsin (Ownby & Shivers, 1972; Sacco & Shivers, 1973a...

Phase contrast X-ray tomography (PCT) enables the study of systems consisting of elements with similar atomic numbers. Processing datasets acquired using PCT is nontrivial because of the low-pass characteristics of the commonly used single-image phase retrieval algorithm. In this study, we introduce an image processing methodology that simultaneously utilizes both phase and attenuation componen...

Introduction: Most patients (pts) with LBCL respond to axi-cel, but many will eventually experience disease progression (Jacobson et al. JCO. 2020). Monitoring of ctDNA from blood, a minimally invasive diagnostic tool, has been used assess measurable residual (MRD) prognostic value, including in pts diffuse treated axi-cel the third line therapy (3L; Frank 2019). Here, we explored value predict...

TO THE EDITOR: Ketamine-induced cystitis was first reported by Shahani et al. in 2007 (6). Clinical presentations of this entity is characterized by lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS), such as frequency, urgency, gross hematuria, and bladder pain (2, 6). The underlying mechanisms are still unelucidated in ketamine-induced cystitis, and the approaches to therapy include cessation of ketamine, m...