This paper shows that an N -node AKS network (as described by Paterson) can be embedded in a 3N 2 -node degree-8 multibutter y network with load 1, congestion 1, and dilation 2. The result has several implications, including the rst deterministic algorithms for sorting and nding the median of n logn keys on an n-input multibutter y in O(logn) time, a work-e cient algorithm for nding the median ...

BACKGROUND Emergency room nurses were trained to provide a short-term psychological intervention in physically injured patients with Impact of Event Scale (IES) scores > 20. The aims were to study the effects of the psychological intervention relative to usual care (UC). METHODS In a randomized controlled trial, psychological distress, daily functioning and the personality traits optimism/pes...

OBJECTIVE The present study aimed to investigate the effect of the interaction between the number of traumas experienced and alexithymia, on posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms. METHODS The sample comprised 199 North Korean refugees. Participants completed the Trauma Exposure Check List for North Korean Refugees, Impact of Event Scale-Revised (IES-R), Toronto Alexithymia Scale-20 (T...

We have simulated the behavior of several artiicial ies, interacting visually with each other. Each y is described by a simple tracking system (Poggio and Reichardt, 1973; Land and Collett, 1974) which summarizes behavioral experiments in which individual ies xate a target. Our main nding is that the interaction of these simple modules gives rise to a variety of relatively complex behaviors. In...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE IVT administered in acute ischemic stroke provides low recanalization rates in proximal intracranial occlusions, with consequently poor clinical outcome. The safety and efficacy of an IES by using mechanical thrombectomy after IVT failure were assessed in acute MCA occlusions. MATERIALS AND METHODS Patients presenting with acute MCA occlusion within 4.5 hours with an NI...

Since 2001 and the first demonstrations of feasibility generating measuring attosecond light pulses, science has developed into a very active quickly evolving research field. Its ultimate goal is real-time tracking electron dynamics in all forms matter, ranging from atoms large molecules to condensed phase plasmas. The accomplishment this required still calls for developments ultrafast laser te...

The mechanisms by which vibrotactile stimuli relieve pain are not well understood, especially in humans. We recorded cortical magnetic responses to paired noxious (intra-epidermal electrical stimulation, IES) and innocuous (transcutaneous electrical stimulation, TS) stimuli applied to the back at a conditioning-test interval (CTI) of -500 to 500 ms. Results showed that IES-induced responses wer...

Transcranial static magnetic field stimulation (tSMS) is a novel and inexpensive, non-invasive brain stimulation (NIBS) technique. Here, we performed non-invasive modulation of intra-epidermal electrical stimulation-evoked potentials (IES-EPs) by applying tSMS or sham stimulation over the primary motor (M1) and somatosensory (S1) cortices in 18 healthy volunteers for 15 min. We recorded EPs aft...