BACKGROUND In models of temporal lobe epilepsy and in patients with this pathology, high frequency oscillations called fast ripples (FRs, 250-600 Hz) can be observed. FRs are considered potential biomarkers for epilepsy and, in the light of many in vitro and in silico studies, we thought that electrical synapses mediated by gap junctions might possibly modulate FRs in vivo. METHODS Animals wi...

We investigated whether 6 wk of antioxidant supplementation (AS) would enhance 30 km time trial (TT) cycling performance. Eleven elite male cyclists completed a randomized, double-blind, cross-over study to test the effects of twice daily AS containing essential vitamins plus quercetin (FRS), and AS minus quercetin (FRS-Q) versus a baseline TT (B). MANOVA analysis showed that time to complete t...

First Rank Symptoms (FRS) were first defined by Schneider as diagnostic of schizophrenia. Since then, there has been an immense debate on their diagnostic and prognostic utility. This review attempts to understand the concepts of FRS as depicted over the years and the diagnostic and prognostic implications of FRS in mental illnesses including schizophrenia. Review of relevant material showed th...

This paper explores three questions about the semantics of free relatives (FRs). One, do FRs have a uniform meaning? Two, related to one, what is the contribution of ever? And three, perhaps less discussed than the other two, what is the relation between identity and free choice (FC) readings of FRs with ever? It claims that FRs are always definite. Ever introduces a type of modality that is in...

Continuously monitoring the operation of each individual fan can significantly improve the measurement quality of aerial pollutant emissions from animal buildings that have a large number of fans. To monitor the fan operation by detecting the fan vibration is a relatively new technique. A low-cost electronic vibration sensor was developed and commercialized. However, its large scale application...

Forensic laboratories routinely use gas chromatography mass spectrometry (GC–MS) in the identification of controlled substances using both retention time and electron impact ionization (EI) spectra. Certain drugs such as positional isomers some fentanyl related (FRS) can produce indistinguishable EI spectra but may be differentiated time. The core structure consists an amide group, a piperidine...

Vascular dementia (VaD) is one of the most common forms of dementia, and second only to Alzheimer's disease. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the potential diagnostic value of Framingham risk score (FRS) in VaD by investigating the relationship among cardiovascular risks, FRS, and VaD.Data were collected from patients (n = 130) at Tongji Hospital in Wuhan, China. They were divided into...

OBJECTIVE This research addresses the following questions: what is the prevalence and severity of first-rank symptoms (FRS) during an extended period of time in patients with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder with psychosis? Are the specific FRS listed in Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders DSM, Third Edition, Revised/Fourth Edition Criterion A for schizophrenia diagnosis (a ...

Increased reliance of applications on the software infrastructure to support distributed operations is creating new intrusion threats. In particular, there is a growing but largely unnoticed intrusion threat due to the emerging middleware technologies such as CORBA, WAP, XML support, enterprise application integrators, and Internet telephony middleware. The situation is grave because the emergi...

Before Feature Reduction System (FRS) was developed, software engineers were required to use multiple independent web-based information-reporting systems when conducting multiple web transactions. Software engineers, interacting with many webbased systems during normal software project activities, are often required to manually enter similar, or even the same, information multiple times using g...