Ship detection using polarimetric synthetic radar (PolSAR) imagery attracts a lot of attention in recent years. Most notably, the detector notch filter (PNF) has been demonstrated to be effective for ship PolSAR imagery, which gives excellent performances. In this work, mathematical form one new PNF (NPNF) based on physical mechanisms targets and clutter is further developed partial targets. Th...

BACKGROUND: Plexiform neurofibromas (PNF) are benign tumors of the peripheral nerve which mostly develop in patients with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1). Surgical interventions are usually not applied to children with small tumors. These are rather restricted to debulking of larger tumors in adults that cause clinical complications or aesthetic disfigurement. In most cases, a total resection of...

[Purpose] The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of two different stretching techniques on range of motion (ROM), muscle activation, and balance. [Subjects] For the present study, 48 adults with hamstring muscle tightness were recruited and randomly divided into three groups: a static stretching group (n=16), a PNF stretching group (n=16), a control group (n=16). [Methods] Bot...

The study examined the effects of trunk pattern exercise in proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation (PNF) integrated transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) on the muscle activity and balance, walking speed in stroke patient. Thirty-one patients with hemiplegia due to stroke were assigned to either the experimental group (n=15) or control group (n=16). Both groups performed trunk patte...

The objective of the study was a quantitative examination of Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation (PNF) exercise in simultaneous combination with FES of lower extremity muscles in comparison to voluntary movement, training with PNF alone, or training with FES alone. Two subjects were monitored during a one-month rehabilitation period. The PNF pattern included flexion, adduction, and extern...

The purpose of this study was to compare the acute effects of different modes of stretching on vertical jump performance. Eighteen male university students (age, 24.3 +/- 3.2 years; height, 181.5 +/- 11.4 cm; body mass, 78.1 +/- 6.4 kg; mean +/- SD) completed 4 different conditions in a randomized order, on different days, interspersed by a minimum of 72 hours of rest. Each session consisted of...

The gln-y gene, encoding the y subunit of glutamine synthetase in French bean (Phaseolus vugaris), is strongly induced during nodule development. We have determined the nucleotide sequence of a 1.3-kilobase region at its 5‘ end and have identified severa1 sequences common to the promoter regions of late nodulin genes from other legume species. The fi’-flanking region was analyzed for sequence-s...

Neurofibromatosis type1 (NF1) is an autosomal dominant genetic disorder which affects various organs and characterized by systemic neurofibromas (NF). Among NF, cutaneous neurofibroma (cNF) plexiform (pNF) have different clinical manifestations, pNF potentially causes unresectable malignant transformation. To elucidate the distinct tumor microenvironment according to phenotypes of NF thus impor...

OBJECTIVE Diabetes among older adults causes many complications, including decreased lower-extremity function and physical disability. Diabetes can cause peripheral nerve dysfunction, which might be one pathway through which diabetes leads to decreased physical function. The study aims were to determine the following: (1) whether diabetes and impaired fasting glucose are associated with objecti...