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Brain Activation During Passive and Volitional Pedaling After Stroke
Background: Prior work indicates that pedaling-related brain activation is lower in people with stroke than in controls. We asked whether this observation could be explained by between-group differences in volitional motor commands and pedaling performance. Methods: Individuals with and without stroke performed passive and volitional pedaling while brain activation was recorded with functional magnetic resonance imaging. The passive condition eliminated motor commands to pedal and minimized between-group differences in pedaling performance. Volume, intensity, and laterality of brain activation were compared across conditions and groups. Results: There were no significant effects of condition and no Group × Condition interactions for any measure of brain activation. Only 53% of subjects could minimize muscle activity for passive pedaling. Conclusions: Altered motor commands and pedaling performance are unlikely to account for reduced pedaling-related brain activation poststroke. Instead, this phenomenon may be due to functional or structural brain changes. Passive pedaling can be difficult to achieve and may require inhibition of excitatory descending drive
Classes, why and how
This paper presents a new approach to the class-theoretic paradoxes. In the first part of the paper, I will distinguish classes from sets, describe the function of class talk, and present several reasons for postulating type- free classes. This involves applications to the problem of unrestricted quantification, reduction of properties, natural language semantics, and the epistemology of mathematics. In the second part of the paper, I will present some axioms for type-free classes. My approach is loosely based on the Gödel-Russell idea of limited ranges of significance. It is shown how to derive the second-order Dedekind-Peano axioms within that theory. I conclude by discussing whether the theory can be used as a solution to the problem of unrestricted quantification. In an appendix, I prove the consistency of the class theory relative to Zermelo-Fraenkel set theory
Infalling Faint [OII] Emitters in Abell 851. I. Spectroscopic Confirmation of Narrowband-Selected Objects
We report on a spectroscopic confirmation of narrowband-selected [OII]
emitters in Abell 851 catalogued by Martin et al. (2000). The optical spectra
obtained from the Keck I Low Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (LRIS) and Keck II
Deep Imaging Multi-Object Spectrograph (DEIMOS) have confirmed [OII]3727
emission in narrowband-selected cluster [OII] candidates at a 85% success rate
for faint (i <~ 25) blue (g-i < 1) galaxies. The rate for the successful
detection of [OII] emission is a strong function of galaxy color, generally
proving the efficacy of narrowband [OII] search supplemented with broadband
colors in selecting faint cluster galaxies with recent star formation. Balmer
decrement-derived reddening measurements show a high degree of reddening
[E(B-V) >~ 0.5] in a significant fraction of this population. Even after
correcting for dust extinction, the [OII]/Ha line flux ratio for the
high-E(B-V) galaxies remains generally lower by a factor of ~2 than the mean
[OII]/Ha ratios reported by the studies of nearby galaxies. The strength of
[OII] equivalent width shows a negative trend with galaxy luminosity while the
Ha equivalent width does not appear to depend as strongly on luminosity. This
in part is due to the high amount of reddening observed in luminous galaxies.
Furthermore, emission line ratio diagnostics show that AGN-like galaxies are
abundant in the high luminosity end of the cluster [OII]-emitting sample, with
only moderately strong [OII] equivalent widths, consistent with a scenario of
galaxy evolution connecting AGNs and suppression of star-forming activity in
massive galaxies.Comment: 11 pages (LaTeX emulateapj), 8 figures, to appear in ApJ. A version
with high resolution figures available from the lead autho
Internal kinematics of isolated modelled disk galaxies
We present a systematic investigation of rotation curves (RCs) of fully
hydrodynamically simulated galaxies, including cooling, star formation with
associated feedback and galactic winds. Applying two commonly used fitting
formulae to characterize the RCs, we investigate systematic effects on the
shape of RCs both by observational constraints and internal properties of the
galaxies. We mainly focus on effects that occur in measurements of intermediate
and high redshift galaxies. We find that RC parameters are affected by the
observational setup, like slit misalignment or the spatial resolution and also
depend on the evolution of a galaxy. Therefore, a direct comparison of
quantities derived from measured RCs with predictions of semi-analytic models
is difficult. The virial velocity V_c, which is usually calculated and used by
semi-analytic models can differ significantly from fit parameters like V_max or
V_opt inferred from RCs. We find that V_c is usually lower than typical
characteristic velocities derived from RCs. V_max alone is in general not a
robust estimator for the virial mass.Comment: 9 pages, 15 figures, accepted for publication in A&
Infrared renormalization of two-loop integrals and the chiral expansion of the nucleon mass
We describe details of the renormalization of two-loop integrals relevant to
the calculation of the nucleon mass in the framework of manifestly
Lorentz-invariant chiral perturbation theory using infrared renormalization. It
is shown that the renormalization can be performed while preserving all
relevant symmetries, in particular chiral symmetry, and that renormalized
diagrams respect the standard power counting rules. As an application we
calculate the chiral expansion of the nucleon mass to order O(q^6).Comment: Version accepted for publication in Nucl. Phys. A, missing one-loop
diagram added, minor changes in notation, discussion of results improve
Internal kinematics of modelled interacting disc galaxies
We present an investigation of galaxy-galaxy interactions and their effects
on the velocity fields of disc galaxies in combined N-body/hydrodynamic
simulations, which include cooling, star formation with feedback, and galactic
winds. Rotation curves (RCs) of the gas are extracted from these simulations in
a way that follows the procedure applied to observations of distant, small, and
faint galaxies as closely as possible. We show that galaxy-galaxy mergers and
fly-bys disturb the velocity fields significantly and hence the RCs of the
interacting galaxies, leading to asymmetries and distortions in the RCs.
Typical features of disturbed kinematics are significantly rising or falling
profiles in the direction of the companion galaxy and pronounced bumps in the
RCs. In addition, tidal tails can leave strong imprints on the rotation curve.
All these features are observable for intermediate redshift galaxies, on which
we focus our investigations. We use a quantitative measure for the asymmetry of
rotation curves to show that the appearance of these distortions strongly
depends on the viewing angle. We also find in this way that the velocity fields
settle back into relatively undisturbed equilibrium states after unequal mass
mergers and fly-bys. About 1 Gyr after the first encounter, the RCs show no
severe distortions anymore. These results are consistent with previous
theoretical and observational studies. As an illustration of our results, we
compare our simulated velocity fields and direct images with rotation curves
from VLT/FORS spectroscopy and ACS images of a cluster at z=0.53 and find
remarkable similarities.Comment: 13 pages, 14 figures, accepted for publication in A&A, some
improvements and changes, main conclusions are unaffecte
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