We explore in vivo diagnostic utility of an in-house developed multimodal nonlinear optical microscopy for detection of squamous epithelia precancer. Our results reveal all epithelial sublayers and stroma provide sign...
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As far as we know, there is not a Node Localization Algorithm (NLA) that presents the same accuracy for all possible scenarios. We believe that a NLA should be able to interpret the dynamic information of the environm...
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We demonstrate plasmonic optical trapping based on a femtosecond-pulsed input source and gold bowtie nanoantenna arrays. The femtosecond plasmonic tweezers allow for simultaneous manipulation and two-photon fluorescen...
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The issues addressed in this paper and in the panel discussion are important for improving how the profession of engineering addresses ethical questions that arise in our field. We are called to provide our students w...
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In this paper we describe a novel clutter cancellation platform based on a two stage approach that combines a feedback guided predictive front-end hybrid clutter canceller with high performance back-end filtering and ...
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We characterize the impact of the Cell Broadband Engine architecture, on commonly used radar DSP algorithms. We use the capabilities of the CBE to accelerate several key computational kernels including Matrix Multipli...
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Myofascial pain syndrome (MPS) affects 85% of chronic pain sufferers in a specialty pain center. Neck and low-back are commonly affected by MPS. Myofascial trigger points (MTrPs) are characteristic findings of MPS and...
Myofascial pain syndrome (MPS) affects 85% of chronic pain sufferers in a specialty pain center. Neck and low-back are commonly affected by MPS. Myofascial trigger points (MTrPs) are characteristic findings of MPS and are palpable tender nodules in the muscles of symptomatic subjects. Mechanical characterization of MTrPs and surrounding tissue can offer important insight about the pathophysiology of the MPS. In this study, we propose an inexpensive technique, based on ultrasound shear wave elastography, to objectively measure mechanical properties of MTrPs and surrounding tissue in the upper trapezius. In an ongoing clinical study, we recruited 34 subjects: 12 healthy controls, 5 with latent (not spontaneously painful) MTrPs and 17 with symptomatic chronic neck pain and active (spontaneously painful) MTrPs. Shear wave elastography was performed on the upper trapezius of all subjects using the Ultrasonix RP system and an external vibrator. Voigt's model was used to estimate shear modulus G and viscosity μ of the interrogated tissue. Preliminary analysis demonstrates that symptomatic muscle tissue in subjects with neck pain is stiffer (G=10.45±11.36 kPa, mean±standard deviation) compared to muscle in control subjects (G=2.08±1.28 kPa) and that muscle tissue with latent MTrPs (μ=14.39±6.41 Pa*s) is more viscous than normal tissue (μ=9.02±3.92 Pa*s) (p<0.05).
The aim of this study is to compare forces generated by three different orthodontic closed coil springs supplied by three companies, optical fiber Bragg gratins are used to evaluate the force of closing of springs. ...
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The paper presents a case report of the therapy by neurofeedback training of a chronic female schizophrenia outpatient. The purpose of the neurofeedback training was to enhance cognition, memory and behavioral perform...
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Dielectric metamaterials offer a potential low-loss alternative to plasmonic metamaterials at optical frequencies. However, demonstrations of dielectric metamaterials have so far been limited to microwave and mid-infr...
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