Using urethane-anesthetized rats, 18 simultaneously recorded septohippocampal cell pairs (36 individual cells), each classified as theta-related according to the criteria of, were studied during four spontaneously occurring hippocampal field conditions: (1) large amplitude irregular activity (LIA) only; (2) the transition from LIA to theta; (3) theta only; and (4) the transition from theta to L...

BACKGROUND Although femoral nerve block provides satisfactory analgesia after total knee arthroplasty (TKA), residual posterior knee pain may decrease patient satisfaction. We conducted a randomized controlled trial to clarify the efficacy of the sciatic nerve block (SNB) and local infiltration of analgesia with steroid (LIA) regarding postoperative analgesia after TKA, when administrated in ad...

Japanese breast milk samples were tested for antibodies to human T-cell leukemia virus type I (HTLV-1) by particle agglutination (PA) and a line immunoassay (LIA). In the PA method, the agglutination reaction between the HTLV-1 antibody and sensitized particles occurred at a 1 : 128 dilution of some breast milk samples. The average antibody titer was one order of magnitude lower than that in th...

PURPOSE To compare outcome and cost following local infiltration analgesia (LIA) versus standard analgesia in total knee arthroplasty (TKA). METHODS 13 men and 33 women (mean age, 67.5 years) underwent TKA by a single surgeon and received LIA (n=24) or standard analgesia (n=22), depending on the availability of the senior anaesthetist. RESULTS The 2 groups were comparable at baseline in ter...

Background and purpose - The additional effects of a continuous adductor canal block (ACB) compared with a single-dose local infiltration anesthesia (LIA) after total knee arthroplasty (TKA) has not been widely researched. Both methods have good effect individually. We hypothesized that a continuous ACB added to a single-dose LIA would lower pain scores while ambulating on postoperative day 1 (...

BACKGROUND The Lead Integrity Alert (LIA) was developed for Medtronic implantable cardioverter defibrillators to reduce inappropriate shocks for rapid oversensing caused by conductor fractures and reported for Medtronic Fidelis conductor fractures. The goal of this study was to compare the performance of LIA with conventional impedance monitoring for identifying lead system events (LSEs) and le...

The American Southwest has experienced a series of severe droughts interspersed with strong wet episodes over the past decades, prompting questions about future climate patterns and potential intensification of weather disruptions under warming conditions. Here we show that interannual hydroclimatic variability in this region has displayed a significant level of non-stationarity over the past m...

Department of Mechatronics Engineering, National Changhua University of Education, No. 2, Shi-da Road, Changhua City 500, Taiwan, ROC Department of Industrial Education and Technology, National Changhua University of Education, No. 2, Shi-da Road, Changhua City 500, Taiwan, ROC College of Business Administration, National Changhua University of Education, No. 2, Shi-da Road, Changhua City 500, ...