Improvement of ion heat transport in Heliotron plasmas has been realized by upgrade of ion heating power by using low energy neutral beam (NB) in the Large Helical Device (LHD). Ion internal transport barrier (ITB) (the peaked profile of ion temperature (Ti) with steep gradient in the core region) has been formed and the central Ti of 6.8 keV has been achieved in hydrogen plasma with the line-a...

The labrum is essential for stability, movement, and prevention of arthritis in the hip. In cases of labral damage where repair of a labral tear is not possible, reconstruction can be a useful alternative. Several different autografts have been used, including the iliotibial band (ITB), the ligamentum teres capitis, and the gracilis tendon. Authors have reported both open and arthroscopic techn...

RESUMO - Lúpus eritematoso sistêmico (LES) é doença autoimune sistêmica que cursa com vascular. O objetivo deste estudo foi avaliar a diferença dos valores do índice tornozelo braquial (ITB) de pacientes LES e da população geral, para identificação aterosclerótica. É transversal observacional, incluindo 150 indivíduos (75 portadores 75 controles). Análises epidemiológicas medida ITB foram feita...

Networks of workstations (NOWs) are becoming increasingly popular as a cost-effective alternative to parallel computers. These networks allow the customer to connect processors using irregular topologies, providing the wiring flexibility, scalability, and incremental expansion capability required in this environment. Some of these networks use source routing and wormhole switching. In particula...

Recent experimental observations have suggested key characteristics of internal transport barrier !ITB" formation near low-q surfaces in off-axis minimum-q !OAMq" discharges. These observations identify mean profile flattening localized to the low-q surface as a transition precursor in the absence of observable magnetic field perturbations. This observation suggests an electrostatic model of IT...

Abstract In a reversed shear discharge in the Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST), an internal transport barrier (ITB) was formed. For first time, turbulence plasma core before and after formation of ITB EAST investigated by microwave reflectometry. It found that during ITB, inside not completely suppressed. The density fluctuation level decreased early phase significantly incr...

Internal particle and thermal energy transport barriers are produced in Alcator C-Mod with off-axis ICRF heating, with core densities exceeding 10 21 m −3 , without core fueling, and with little change in the temperature profile. Applying on-axis ICRF heating controls the core density gradient and rate of rise. The present study employs linear and nonlinear gyrokinetic simulations of trapped el...

Effects of low central fuelling on density and ion temperature profiles have been investigated using negative ion based neutral beam injection and electron cyclotron heating (ECH) in reversed shear plasmas on JT-60U. Strong internal transport barrier (ITB) was maintained in density and ion temperature profiles, when central fuelling was decreased by switching positive ion based neutral beam inj...

Elucidating patients ́ experiences of living with chronic progressive hereditary ataxia and the symptomatic treatment with intrathecal baclofen (ITB) is the objective of the current study. A multicenter qualitative study with four patients included due to the rare combination of hereditary ataxia and ITB therapy was designed to elucidate participants’ experiences through semi-structured intervie...

MOTIVATION Even though a number of genome projects have been finished on the sequence level, still only a small proportion of DNA regulatory elements have been identified. Growing amounts of gene expression data provide the possibility of finding coregulated genes by clustering methods. By analysis of the promoter regions of those genes, rather weak signals of transcription factor binding sites...