We performed whole-brain fMRI to explore the neural mechanisms that contribute to the ability to manipulate an object with complex dynamics. Subjects grasped a weighted flexible ruler and balanced it in an unstable equilibrium position as an archetype of grasping an object with complex dynamics. This was contrasted with squeezing a soft foam ball as an archetype of grasping an object with simpl...

The RULER Approach to Social and Emotional Learning ("RULER") is designed to improve the quality of classroom interactions through professional development and classroom curricula that infuse emotional literacy instruction into teaching-learning interactions. Its theory of change specifies that RULER first shifts the emotional qualities of classrooms, which are then followed, over time, by impr...

Absolute protein quantification using mass spectrometry (MS)-based proteomics delivers protein concentrations or copy numbers per cell. Existing methodologies typically require a combination of isotope-labeled spike-in references, cell counting, and protein concentration measurements. Here we present a novel method that delivers similar quantitative results directly from deep eukaryotic proteom...

The aim of this pilot study was to compare interrater and intrarater reliability and to provide analysis of difference of common measurement tools used in podiatry. The tools used to measure the surface area in this study were ruler, tracings and photographic methods. Ten volunteers participated in the study. The surface area for the tracing was determined by counting the squares on graph paper...

Optical rulers have served as a key tool for scientists from different disciplines to address a wide range of biological activity. Since the optical window of state of the art FRET rulers is limited to a 10 nm distance, developing long range optical rulers is very important to monitor real life biological processes. Driven by this need, the current manuscript reports for the first time the desi...

We prove that Welch Costas arrays are in general not symmetric and that there exist two special families of symmetric Golomb Costas arrays: one is the well-known Lempel family, while the other, although less well known, leads actually to the construction of dense Golomb rulers. © 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

In the midwifery profession, measuring pelvic and cervical dilatation is essential for making decisions, especially when the mother is in labor phase. For this reason, several studies have been conducted in pelvimetry.[1‐4] Measurement of the cervix and judgments about pelvic dimensions are performed by the midwifeʹs fingers. However, as finger size and how to measure the distance between the f...

A triangle can be specified by giving three independent geometric relationships defined between its elements. Usually, these relationships are distances between two vertices, angles between two sides, and heights. For each triangle specified by a set of three of such relationships, we present a procedure that constructs the triangle using ruler and compass alone. ∗While on leave in Computer Sci...