OBJECTIVE To investigate the effect of dual-task training on the recovery of balance ability and cognitive function in patients with subacute stroke. METHODS Twenty patients (12 males and eight females; average age, 59.70 years) with subacute stroke were enrolled in this study. All participants were randomly assigned to one of two groups, the dual-task group (n=10) or the control group (n=10)...

We studied chest wall kinematics and respiratory muscle action in five untrained healthy men walking on a motor-driven treadmill at 2 and 4 miles/h with constant grade (0%). The chest wall volume (Vcw), assessed by using the ELITE system, was modeled as the sum of the volumes of the lung-apposed rib cage (Vrc,p), diaphragm-apposed rib cage (Vrc,a), and abdomen (Vab). Esophageal and gastric pres...

We consider the growing theoretical literature on the optimum speed of transition (OST) and explore its validity using micro data from a transition economy. First, we ask whether the OST theories focus on the empirically most important job and worker reallocation flows. Second, we examine the relationship between these flows suggested by the theory. The empirical evidence from the Czech Republi...

Exhaustive enumeration of unique compounds with molecular weight (MW) <= 300 a.m.u., having only C, H and (in the future) O, N, S, P, and X is an on-going project between UNM and Daylight [1]. Based on Daylights GENSMI [1], all unique canonical non-isomeric SMILES are currently generated and stored in a database that can effectively become a resource for mining the entire virtual space of small...

Cross-sectional deformation of double-ridged rectangular tube (DRRT) inevitably occurs due to the inhomogeneous deformation induced by external boundary conditions in rotary draw bending (RDB). Unreasonable factor combination would aggravate the cross-sectional deformation of DRRT. So, a powerful and efficient method combining Response Surface Methodology (RSM) and Non-Sorted Genetic Algorithm ...

Recent advances have made it feasible to apply the stochastic variational paradigm to a collapsed representation of latent Dirichlet allocation (LDA). While the stochastic variational paradigm has successfully been applied to an uncollapsed representation of the hierarchical Dirichlet process (HDP), no attempts to apply this type of inference in a collapsed setting of non-parametric topic model...

We consider the growing theoretical literature on the optimum speed of transition (OST) and explore its validity using micro data from a transition economy. First, we ask whether the OST theories focus on the empirically most important job and worker reallocation flows. Second, we examine the relationship between these flows suggested by the theory. The empirical evidence from the Czech Republi...

Precision irrigation is a promising method to mitigate the impacts of drought stress on crop production with optimal use water resources. However, reliable assessment plant status has not been adequately demonstrated, and unmanned aerial systems (UAS) offer great potential for spatiotemporal improvements. This study utilized UAS equipped multispectral thermal sensors detect quantify in winter w...

Limited water resources and low productivity limit the sustainable development of agriculture in northwest China. In this study, drip irrigation under plastic film was used to achieve an optimal deficit (WDI) scheme for cultivation indigowoad root (Isatis tinctoria L.). Field control experiments were conducted 2016 2017. Evaluation WDI schemes carried out by considering five indices: consumptio...

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