Quasiasymptotic expansion of distributions from S

By following the approach of Droinov, Vladimirov and Zavialov we investigate the quasiasymptotic expansion of distributions and give Abelian type results for the ordinar asymptotic behaviour of the distributional Stieltjes transform of a distribution with appropriate quasiasymptotic expansion

THE BEHAVIOUR OF MUSCLES IN EXTERNAL INSTANTANEOUS FORCE FIELDS

The purpose of this study is to analyze the behaviour of muscles in an external instantaneous force field. A model is presented which provides a qualitative assessment of what occurs when muscles react to a strong strike or a sudden jerk. In the context of the model, it has been noticed that fine muscles reacted to a strike or jerk differently to massive muscles

THE MUSCLE CONTRACTION AND THE FORCE PRODUCTION

We study the muscular force during contraction via linear and quadratic approximations of the resistance force. Using theoretical - mechanics arguments, we shall determine the relevant parameters featuring in the equation of motion. This is very important for the determination of the type of training practice which will transform the muscle for various types of dealing with the medium resistance

Distributed-order fractional wave equation on a finite domain. Stress relaxation in a rod

We study waves in a rod of finite length with a viscoelastic constitutive equation of fractional distributed-order type for the special choice of weight functions. Prescribing boundary conditions on displacement, we obtain case corresponding to stress relaxation. In solving system of differential and integro-differential equations we use the Laplace transformation in the time domain

Massage-like stroking boosts the immune system in mice

Recent clinical evidence suggests that the therapeutic effect of massage involves the immune system and that this can be exploited as an adjunct therapy together with standard drug-based approaches. In this study, we investigated the mechanisms behind these effects exploring the immunomodulatory function of stroking as a surrogate of massage-like therapy in mice. C57/BL6 mice were stroked daily for 8 days either with a soft brush or directly with a gloved hand and then analysed for differences in their immune repertoire compared to control non-stroked mice. Our results show that hand-but not brush-stroked mice demonstrated a significant increase in thymic and splenic T cell number (p lt 0.05; p lt 0.01). These effects were not associated with significant changes in CD4/CD8 lineage commitment or activation profile. The boosting effects on T cell repertoire of massage-like therapy were associated with a decreased noradrenergic innervation of lymphoid organs and counteracted the immunosuppressive effect of hydrocortisone in vivo. Together our results in mice support the hypothesis that massage-like therapies might be of therapeutic value in the treatment of immunodeficiencies and related disorders and suggest a reduction of the inhibitory noradrenergic tone in lymphoid organs as one of the possible explanations for their immunomodulatory function