Sympathetic preganglionic neurons and interneurons are closely apposed (presumably synapsed upon) by corticospinal tract (CST) axons. Sprouting of the thoracic CST rostral to lumbar spinal cord injuries (SCI) substantially increases the incidence of these appositions. To test our hypothesis that these additional synapses would increase CST control of sympathetic activity after SCI, we measured ...

We studied 16 patients with acute lung injury receiving volume-controlled ventilation to assess the relationships between gas exchange and respiratory mechanics before, during, and after 2 h in the prone position. We measured the end-expiratory lung volume (EELV, helium dilution), the total respiratory system (Cst,rs), the lung (Cst,L) and the thoracoabdominal cage (Cst,w) compliances (end-insp...

Following spinal cord injury, severe deficits result from damages to ascending and descending tracts, such as the corticospinal tract (CST) which is highly relevant for the motor execution in humans. Unfortunately, no curative treatment is available and intensive efforts are deployed in animal models, such as the CST transection model, to identify interventions providing functional regeneration...

Regional and local characteristics of active fault patterns and elevation variation throughout Honshu, Japan are characterized in terms of their fractal dimensions; this allows variation in these complex variables to be compared directly to the scalar properties of net Quaternary vertical displacement, elevation and 10and 110-year horizontal strains. The comparisons reveal that, throughout Hons...

In this work, the circular patch antenna was fabricated and analyzed. Microwave Studio (version 2019) computer simulation technology (CST) used to design antenna. The material FR-4 build antenna, using numerical control (CNC) method implement work. For purpose of accomplishing design, values ​​of resonant frequency, dielectric constant thickness as in 4.424, 2.4 GHz 0.159 cm respectively were i...

Methods All participants were prospectively recruited and underwent CMR in a 1.5 T scanner. LVEF < 45% and ≥45% were used to define HFrEF and HFpEF, respectively. Dilated cardiomyopathy was the primary cause for HFrEF. HF status was confirmed with B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) > 400 pg/ml. Patients with myocardial infarction were excluded. Myocardial circumferential strain (CST) and strain r...

We present compressed statistical testing (CST) with an illustrative application to radar target detection. We characterize an optimality condition for a compressed domain test to yield the same result as the corresponding test in the uncompressed domain. We demonstrate by simulation that under high SNR, a likelihood ratio test with compressed samples at 3.3x or even higher compression ratio ca...

Methods We prospectively enrolled 20 patients with DCM and 8 normal controls. Of the 20 patients with DCM, 10 patients had acute HF, defined as B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) greater than 400 pg/ml, and the remaining 10 patients were determined to have no acute HF with BNP predominantly < 100 pg/ml. All subjects underwent cardiac MRI using 1.5-T scanner. Left ventricular end-diastolic pressur...

The goal of the paper is to initiate research towards a general, Blow-up Lemma type embedding statement for pseudo-random graphs with sublinear degrees. In particular, we show that if the second eigenvalue λ of a d-regular graph G on 3n vertices is at most cd/n logn, for some sufficiently small constant c> 0, then G contains a triangle factor. We also show that a fractional triangle factor alre...