introduction:  electroporation  is  a  technique  for  increasing  the  permeability  of  the  cell  membrane  to  otherwise  non-permeate  molecules  due  to  an  external  electric  field.  this  permeability  enhancement  is  detectable if the induced transmembrane voltage becomes greater than a critical value which depends on the  pulse  strength  threshold.  in  this  study,  the  variabil...

Introduction:  Electroporation  is  a  technique  for  increasing  the  permeability  of  the  cell  membrane  to  otherwise  non-permeate  molecules  due  to  an  external  electric  field.  This  permeability  enhancement  is  detectable if the induced transmembrane voltage becomes greater than a critical value which depends on the  pulse  strength  threshold.  In  this  study,  the  variabil...

The purpose of this study was to develop guidelines for reproducible esophageal pacing of the atria and to determine the incidence of successful initiation and termination of tachycardia using this technique in patients with a history of spontaneous supraventricular tachycardia (SVT). Strength-duration curves were performed in 39 patients using a bipolar esophageal lead with a 2.9-cm interelect...

BACKGROUND One of the major limitations of left ventricular pacing is phrenic nerve stimulation. OBJECTIVE We evaluated the characteristics of the strength-duration curves of the left phrenic nerve (PN) and epicardium of the left ventricle (LV). METHODS A total of 12 mongrel dogs were studied. Capture threshold was assessed during pacing with 180 beats/min and various pulse durations (0.25 ...

In the present study, plate-impact experiments are employed to better understand the stress threshold for inelasticity in Westerly granite. The experiments are designed to obtain the Hugoniot Elastic Limit (HEL) as well as spall strength following shock-induced compression in the Westerly granite samples. The HEL for Westerly granite is estimated to be in the range 3.2 to 3.5 GPa, while the spa...

We find that in a dispersion-managed fiber, in which the strength of the dispersion management is above some threshold, solitons can exist with normal average dispersion. When the normal average dispersion is below some limiting value there exist two soliton solutions with the same pulse duration and different pulse energies. When the normal average dispersion is above this limiting value, no s...

For the problem of being prone to result in image blur and losing of edge information, and according to the characteristics of ambiguous target and low contrast in the common infrared image preprocessing algorithm, a method of infrared image denoising by using simplified pulse coupled neural network was proposed in this paper. The improved selection of neuron joining strength which was relation...

We present a rate-equation model for two-photon lasers that, despite its simplicity, captures the essential physics of their behavior and affords an intuitive understanding of their novel threshold and stability behavior. We use the model to investigate the steady-state behavior of the laser, explore the stability of the steady-state solutions, and predict the injected pulse strength needed to ...

Nowadays, the better performance of lightweight structures during earthquake has resulted in using lightweight concrete more than ever. However, determining the compressive strength of concrete used in these structures during their service through a none-destructive test is a popular and useful method.  One of the main methods of non-destructive testing in the assessment of compressive strength...