Submit Manuscript | http://medcraveonline.com Abbreviations: MNS: Mirror Neuron System; TKD: Taekwondo Athletes; SOC: Soccer Players; CRT: Choice Reaction Time; MAS: Maximal Aerobic Speed; E: Effort; E60: Effort at 60% of MAS; E80: Effort At 80% of MAS; E100: Effort at 100% of MAS; E120: Effort at 120% of MAS; RT: Reaction Time; OEE: Observed Exerted Effort; SD: Standard Deviation; FMRI: Functi...

UNLABELLED Renin-angiotensin system (RAS) plays a pivotal role in chronic kidney disease (CKD). Angiotensin converting enzyme-related carboxypeptidase 2 (ACE2)/angiotensin (Ang)-(1-7)/Mas receptor axis counteracts the deleterious actions of Ang II. ACE2 exerts its actions by cleaving Ang II into Ang-(1-7) which activates Mas receptor. This study aimed to determine if the expression of Mas recep...

OBJECTIVE To investigate image quality and radiation dose of CT colonography (CTC) with adaptive iterative dose reduction three-dimensional (AIDR3D). METHODS Ten segments of porcine colon phantom were collected, and 30 pedunculate polyps with diameters ranging from 1 to 15 mm were simulated on each segment. Image data were acquired with tube voltage of 120 kVp, and current doses of 10 mAs, 20...

BACKGROUND The Modified Ashworth Scale (MAS) is the most popular clinical measure of spasticity. Other clinical signs of spasticity include hyperactive tendon reflexes, myoclonus and Babinski sign. PURPOSE To assess reliability of the MAS with myoclonic and tendon reflex examination (MTR) in patients with spinal cord injury (SCI). MATERIAL AND METHODS 30 patients (16 with complete and 14 wi...

Whether an agent can be a collection of several interacting agents, a hierarchy, or some other type of organization? We believe that several difficult challenges for automated systems can be tackled by giving full meaning to the MAS concept: adopting a recursive definition of agents. In this work, we propose a definition of MAS beliefs in terms of its constituent agents' beliefs.

Submit Manuscript | http://medcraveonline.com Abbreviations: AI: Artificial Insemination; ANFs: AntiNutritional Factors; BHP: Black Head Persian (sheep); BSE: Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy; EAZ: East African Zebu; ET: Embryo transfer; FAO: Food and Agriculture Organization; LN: Liquid Nitrogen; MAS: Marker Assisted Selection; MARI: Mikocheni Agricultural Research Institute; MOET: Multiple Ov...

OBJECTIVES The purpose of our study was to detect early clinical and laboratory signs that help to discriminate macrophage activation syndrome (MAS) from active systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis (SJIA) without MAS. METHODS Our retrospective study was based on reviewing the medical charts of the children admitted to the rheumatology department with active SJIA and definite MAS (n = 18) an...

The original version of this Article contained errors in the spelling of the authors Elena Sánchez-Cuartielles and Rafael Valdés-Mas which were incorrectly given as Sánchez-Cuartielles Elena and Valdés-Mas Rafael respectively. These errors have now been corrected in the PDF and HTML versions of the Article. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Th...

A Multi-Agent System (MAS) can be viewed as a software system evolving in some environment, with which it has to interact. During the MAS life cycle, many situations may occur, situations that are considered to be critical and that would have an effect on the MAS, prompting it to quickly adjust to this new situation. A design methodology of a MAS should help the designer to represent informatio...