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THE EFFECT OF APPLIED DIRECTION OF KINESIO TAPING IN ANKLE MUSCLE STRENGTH AND FLEXIBILITY
The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of applied direction of Kinesio taping (KT) in ankle range of motion and calf muscle strength. Twenty healthy subjects voluntarily participated in this study. The ankle plantar flexor muscle strength and ankle dorsiflexion ROM were assessed in knee flexion and knee extension before and after taping applied. Two applied directions, heel to posterior of knee cap (insertion to origin of calf muscles) and posterior of knee cap to heel (origin to insertion of calf muscles) were applied over both side of calf muscles, respectively. The results had not showed significantly difference in any of the results. The beneficial effects of applied direction of KT has not provided scientific evidence in this study. Future study may be able to seek other methods to identify the effect on strength or flexibility while KT applied
3,3′-Bis(4-fluorobenzyl)-1,1′-ethylenediimidazolium tribromidocuprate(I)
The title compound, (C22H22F2N4)[CuBr3], crystallizes with the cation situated on an inversion center and the anion on a twofold rotation axis along one Cu—Br bond. The two imidazole rings are in an anti configuration. The anion has a trigonal planar coordination geometry
Characterizing First Arrival Position Channels: Noise Distribution and Capacity Analysis
This paper addresses two fundamental problems in diffusive molecular
communication: characterizing the first arrival position (FAP) density and
bounding the information transmission capacity of FAP channels. Previous
studies on FAP channel models, mostly captured by the density function of
noise, have been limited to specific spatial dimensions, drift directions, and
receiver geometries. In response, we propose a unified solution for identifying
the FAP density in molecular communication systems with fully-absorbing
receivers. Leveraging stochastic analysis tools, we derive a concise expression
with universal applicability, covering any spatial dimension, drift direction,
and receiver shape. We demonstrate that several existing FAP density formulas
are special cases of this innovative expression. Concurrently, we establish
explicit upper and lower bounds on the capacity of three-dimensional,
vertically-drifted FAP channels, drawing inspiration from vector Gaussian
interference channels. In the course of deriving these bounds, we unravel an
explicit analytical expression for the characteristic function of
vertically-drifted FAP noise distributions, providing a more compact
characterization compared to the density function. Notably, this expression
sheds light on a previously undiscovered weak stability property intrinsic to
vertically-drifted FAP noise distributions.Comment: 30 pages; 3 figures, 1 table; this paper is submitted to IEEE
Transactions on Communication
Derived -adic heights and the leading coefficient of the Bertolini--Darmon--Prasanna -adic -function
Let be an elliptic curve and let be an odd prime of good
reduction for . Let be an imaginary quadratic field satisfying the
classical Heegner hypothesis and in which splits. In a previous work,
Agboola--Castella formulated an analogue of the Birch--Swinnerton-Dyer
conjecture for the -adic -function of
Bertolini--Darmon--Prasanna attached to , assuming the prime to be
ordinary for . The goal of this paper is two-fold:
(1) We formulate a -adic BSD conjecture for
for all odd primes of good reduction.
(2) For an algebraic analogue of
, we show that the ``leading coefficient'' part of
our conjecture holds, and that the ``order of vanishing'' part follows from the
expected ``maximal non-degeneracy'' of an anticyclotomic -adic height.
In particular, when the Iwasawa--Greenberg Main Conjecture
is
known, our results determine the leading coefficient of at up to a -adic unit. Moreover, by adapting the approach of
Burungale--Castella--Kim in the -ordinary case, we prove the main conjecture
for supersingular primes under mild hypotheses.Comment: 34 page
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The Knotted Protein UCH-L1 Exhibits Partially Unfolded Forms under Native Conditions that Share Common Structural Features with Its Kinetic Folding Intermediates.
The human ubiquitin C-terminal hydrolase, UCH-L1, is an abundant neuronal deubiquitinase that is associated with Parkinson's disease. It contains a complex Gordian knot topology formed by the polypeptide chain alone. Using a combination of fluorescence-based kinetic measurements, we show that UCH-L1 has two distinct kinetic folding intermediates that are transiently populated on parallel pathways between the denatured and native states. NMR hydrogen-deuterium exchange (HDX) experiments indicate the presence of partially unfolded forms (PUFs) of UCH-L1 under native conditions. HDX measurements as a function of urea concentration were used to establish the structure of the PUFs and pulse-labelled HDX NMR was used to show that the PUFs and the folding intermediates are likely the same species. In both cases, a similar stable core encompassing most of the central β-sheet is highly structured and α-helix 3, which is partially formed, packs against it. In contrast to the stable β-sheet core, the peripheral α-helices display significant local fluctuations leading to rapid exchange. The results also suggest that the main difference between the two kinetic intermediates is structure and packing of α-helices 3 and 7 and the degree of structure in β-strand 5. Together, the fluorescence and NMR results establish that UCH-L1 neither folds through a continuum of pathways nor by a single discrete pathway. Its folding is complex, the β-sheet core forms early and is present in both intermediate states, and the rate-limiting step which is likely to involve the threading of the chain to form the 52-knot occurs late on the folding pathway.This work was supported by the National Science Council (99-2911-I-007-034 and 104-2113-M-001-016), National Tsing Hua University and Academia Sinica, Taiwan. S.-T.D.H. was supported by a Career Development Award (CDA- 00025/2010-C) from the International Human Frontier Science Program. The NMR spectra were obtained at the NMR facility of the Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge and at the Core Facility for Protein Structural Analysis, supported by the National Core Facility Program for Biotechnology, Taiwan.This is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from Elsevier via http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmb.2016.04.00
Cryptosporidiosis in a Leukemia Child with Severe Diarrhea
Protozoa of the genus Cryptoporidium are smallc occidian parasites
that infect the mucosal epithelium of a variety of animals and humans, causing
protracted diarrhea in immunodeficient or malnourished patients as well as selflimited
illness in previously healthy individuals.
Cryptosporidiosis in a resected appendix from a child with acute lymphoblastic
leukemia is reported. He had had severe protracted watery diarrhea with abdominal
pain for one month. The standard hematoxylin and eosin stain revealed many
spherical, basophilic organisms on the apical surface of the mucosal epithelial cells.
The various stages of the Cryptosporidium paroum were identified by electron
microscopy.
It is important to recognize this organism because it is a widespread pathogen of
diarrheal illness and may cause life-threatening disease in immunocompromised
patients especially in acquired immune deficiency syndrome patients
Manumycin from a new Streptomyces strain shows antagonistic effect against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)/vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) strains from Korean Hospitals
An antimicrobial compound, highly effective against multidrug-resistant (MDR) bacteria, purified from a Streptomyces strain was identified as manumycin. The minimal inhibitory concentrations (MICs) of manumycin against 8 different strains of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) were ranged 2 to 32 μg/ml. Similarly, MICs of manumycin against 4 vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) strains were ranged 8 to 32 μg/ml while it remained ineffective against 4 other VRE strains. Compared to vancomycin, manumycin provided slightly weaker activity against MRSA strains but stronger activity against 4 VRE strains. This is the first report of antagonistic effect of manumycin against MDR pathogens.Keywords: Manumycin, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE)African Journal of Biotechnology Vol. 12(17), pp. 2249-225
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