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Combined arm stretch positioning and neuromuscular electrical stimulation during rehabilitation does not improve range of motion, shoulder pain or function in patients after stroke: a randomised trial

QuestionDoes static stretch positioning combined with simultaneous neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) in the subacute phase after stroke have beneficial effects on basic arm body functions and activities?DesignMulticentre randomised trial with concealed allocation, assessor blinding, and intention-to-treat analysis.ParticipantsForty-six people in the subacute phase after stroke with severe arm motor deficits (initial Fugl-Meyer Assessment arm score ≤ 18).InterventionIn addition to conventional stroke rehabilitation, participants in the experimental group received arm stretch positioning combined with motor amplitude NMES for two 45-minute sessions a day, five days a week, for eight weeks. Control participants received sham arm positioning (ie, no stretch) and sham NMES (ie, transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation with no motor effect) to the forearm only, at a similar frequency and duration.Outcome measuresThe primary outcome measures were passive range of arm motion and the presence of pain in the hemiplegic shoulder. Secondary outcome measures were severity of shoulder pain, restrictions in performance of activities of daily living, hypertonia, spasticity, motor control and shoulder subluxation. Outcomes were assessed at baseline, mid-treatment, at the end of the treatment period (8 weeks) and at follow-up (20 weeks).ResultsMultilevel regression analysis showed no significant group effects nor significant time × group interactions on any of the passive range of arm motions. The relative risk of shoulder pain in the experimental group was non-significant at 1.44 (95% CI 0.80 to 2.62).ConclusionIn people with poor arm motor control in the subacute phase after stroke, static stretch positioning combined with simultaneous NMES has no statistically significant effects on range of motion, shoulder pain, basic arm function, or activities of daily living.Trial registrationNTR1748
Search for a Standard Model Higgs boson in the mass range 200–600 GeV in the H→ZZ→ℓ+ℓ−qq¯ decay channel with the ATLAS detector

AbstractA search for a heavy Standard Model Higgs boson decaying via H→ZZ→ℓ+ℓ−qq¯, where ℓ=e or μ, is presented. The search uses a data set of pp collisions at s=7 TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 4.7 fb−1 collected in 2011 by the ATLAS detector at the CERN LHC. No significant excess of events above the estimated background is found. Upper limits at 95% confidence level on the production cross section of a Higgs boson with a mass in the range between 200 and 600 GeV are derived. A Standard Model Higgs boson with a mass in the range 300 GeV⩽mH⩽322 GeV or 353 GeV⩽mH⩽410 GeV is excluded at 95% CL. The corresponding expected exclusion range is 351 GeV⩽mH⩽404 GeV at 95% CL
Abelian reductions of deformed N=4 SYM

AbstractFollowing the work in [1], where the massive ABJM model in 2+1 dimensions was shown to have an abelian reduction to the relativistic Landau–Ginzburg, and motivated by the implications for condensed matter through AdS/CFT, we show that a FI deformation of N=4 SYM in 3+1 dimensions with a mass term can also be reduced to a relativistic Landau–Ginzburg model, with the possibility of coupling it to a real scalar, whereas the simply mass deformed N=4 SYM reduces only to a massive ϕ4 model (scalar QED) coupled to a real scalar. We study the classical solutions of the model, in particular vortex solutions
Physics of strongly coupled N=1 supersymmetric SO(Nc) gauge theories

AbstractWe construct an effective superpotential that describes dynamical flavor symmetry breaking in supersymmetric N=1 SO(Nc) theories with Nf-flavor quarks for Nf⩾Nc. Our superpotential induces spontaneous flavor symmetry breaking of SU(Nf) down to SO(Nc)×SU(Nf−Nc) as non-abelian residual groups and respects the anomaly-matching property owing to the appearance of massless composite Nambu–Goldstone superfields. In massive SO(Nc) theories, our superpotential provides holomorphic decoupling property and consistent vacuum structure with instanton effect if Nc−2 quarks remain massless. This superpotential may reflect the remnant of physics corresponding to N=2 SO(Nc) theories near the Chebyshev point, which also exhibits dynamical flavor symmetry breaking
Sublingual immunotherapy in children with allergic rhinoconjunctivitis mono-sensitized to house-dust-mites: A double-blind-placebo-controlled randomised trial

SummaryBackgroundAlthough sublingual immunotherapy (SLIT) has been demonstrated to be a safe and efficient treatment in children with seasonal allergic rhinitis (AR), there is little evidence on the efficacy of SLIT with house-dust-mite (HDM) extract in children with isolated perennial AR.ObjectivesWe sought to assess the clinical efficacy and safety of HDM-SLIT in children with isolated allergic rhinitis-conjunctivitis mono-sensitized to HDM without asthma symptoms.MethodsTwenty-two children (aged 5–10 years) with perennial AR and conjunctivitis symptoms mono-sensitized to Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus and Dermatophagoides farinae were enrolled. During a 2 months run-in period, symptom and medication scores, lung functions, bronchial hyperreactivity, nasal provocation and skin prick tests were evaluated.Subjects were randomized to active or placebo using a double-blind method. A total of eighteen subjects were randomised to receive either active SLIT or placebo for 12 months. Daily symptom and medication scores, baseline lung functions, bronchial hyperreactivity, nasal provocation and skin prick tests were recorded and re-evaluated at the end of treatment.ResultsAfter one year of treatment, no significant differences were detected in the between groups and within group comparisons based on total rhinitis symptom/medication scores (p > 0.05). Skin reactivity to Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus was significantly reduced in HDM-SLIT compared to placebo group (p = 0.018). A significant reduction in nasal sensitivity was observed in SLIT group after one year treatment when compared to baseline (p = 0.04). Total conjunctivitis symptoms were reduced significantly in both active and lacebo group at the end of treatment compared to baseline. The proportion of patients with non-specific bronchial hyperreactivity increased to almost 3-fold in placebo group compared to baseline.ConclusionHDM-SLIT was not superior to placebo in reducing isolated rhinoconjunctivitis symptoms within 12 months of treatment. However, HDM-SLIT has a modulating effect on allergen-specific nasal and skin reactivity in isolated perennial AR children.Clinical Trial RegistrationThe trial was registered at Anzctr.org.au number, ACTRN12613000315718
Legal institutionalism: Capitalism and the constitutive role of law

AbstractSocial scientists have paid insufficient attention to the role of law in constituting the economic institutions of capitalism. Part of this neglect emanates for inadequate conceptions of the nature of law itself. Spontaneous conceptions of law and property rights that downplay the role of the state are criticized here, because they typically assume relatively small numbers of agents and underplay the complexity and uncertainty in developed capitalist systems. In developed capitalist economies, law is sustained through interaction between private agents, courts and the legislative apparatus. Law is also a key institution for overcoming contracting uncertainties. It is furthermore a part of the power structure of society, and a major means by which power is exercised. This argument is illustrated by considering institutions such as property and the firm. Complex systems of law have played a crucial role in capitalist development and are also vital for developing economies
Nucleus–nucleus collisions at high baryon densities

AbstractWe study central collision of Pb + Pb at 20, 40, 80 and 160 AGeV within the UrQMD transport approach and compare rapidity distributions of π−,K+,K− and Λ with the recent measurements from the NA49 Collaboration at 40, 80 and 160 AGeV. It is found that the UrQMD model reasonably describes the data, however, systematically overpredicts the π− yield by ∼20%, whereas the K+ yield is underestimated by ∼15%. The K− yields are in a good agreement with the experimental data, the Λ yields are also in a reasonable correspondence with the data for all energies. We find that hadronic flavour exchange reactions largely distort the information about the initial strangeness production mechanism at all energies considered
Potential for a new muon g−2 experiment

AbstractA new high-precision experiment to measure the muon g−2 factor is proposed. The developed experiment can be performed on an ordinary storage ring with a noncontinuous and nonuniform field. When the total length of straight sections of the ring is appropriate, the spin rotation frequency becomes almost independent of the particle momentum. In this case, a high-precision measurement of an average magnetic field can be carried out with polarized proton beams. A muon beam energy can be arbitrary. Possibilities to avoid a betatron resonance are analyzed and corrections to the g−2 frequency are considered
Häggkvist–Hell graphs: A class of Kneser-colorable graphs

AbstractFor positive integers n and r we define the Häggkvist–Hell graph, Hn:r, to be the graph whose vertices are the ordered pairs (h,T) where T is an r-subset of [n], and h is an element of [n] not in T. Vertices (hx,Tx) and (hy,Ty) are adjacent iff hx∈Ty, hy∈Tx, and Tx∩Ty=∅. These triangle-free arc transitive graphs are an extension of the idea of Kneser graphs, and there is a natural homomorphism from the Häggkvist–Hell graph, Hn:r, to the corresponding Kneser graph, Kn:r. Häggkvist and Hell introduced the r=3 case of these graphs, showing that a cubic graph admits a homomorphism to H22:3 if and only if it is triangle-free. Gallucio, Hell, and Nes˘etr˘il also considered the r=3 case, proving that Hn:3 can have arbitrarily large chromatic number. In this paper we give the exact values for diameter, girth, and odd girth of all Häggkvist–Hell graphs, and we give bounds for independence, chromatic, and fractional chromatic number. Furthermore, we extend the result of Gallucio et al. to any fixed r≥2, and we determine the full automorphism group of Hn:r, which is isomorphic to the symmetric group on n elements
Adapting BRSQ to Assess Coach's Perception of Athletes’ Motivation: Internal Structure Analysis

AbstractThis study was aimed to adapt the Behavioral Regulation in Sport Questionnaire to assess coach's perception of athletes’ motivation in a sample of 153 Spanish coaches of both genders. This questionnaire is made up of 24 items that measure the behavioral regulation factors expected by the self-determination theory developed by Deci and Ryan. Results showed that a model of four factors provided the best fit to the data in the confirmatory factor analysis. The factors were: (1) intrinsic regulation, (2) integrated regulation, (3) identified regulation, (4) controlled regulation. Three out of four subscales have acceptable internal consistency coefficients. The accumulation of evidence leads to the conclusion that this version of BRSQ shows an internal structure according to the theoretical predictions, and the autonomous regulation factors show discriminant validity whereas the controlled regulations form a single factor
Invertibility of multipliers

AbstractIn the present paper the invertibility of multipliers is investigated in detail. Multipliers are operators created by (frame-like) analysis, multiplication by a fixed symbol, and resynthesis. Sufficient and/or necessary conditions for invertibility are determined depending on the properties of the analysis and synthesis sequences, as well as the symbol. Examples are given, showing that the established bounds are sharp. If a multiplier is invertible, a formula for the inverse operator is determined and n-term error bounds are given. The case when one of the sequences is a Riesz basis is completely characterized
Esmolol is noninferior to metoprolol in achieving a target heart rate of 65 beats/min in patients referred to coronary CT angiography: A randomized controlled clinical trial

AbstractBackgroundCoronary CT angiography (CTA) is an established tool to rule out coronary artery disease. Performance of coronary CTA is highly dependent on patients' heart rates (HRs). Despite widespread use of β-blockers for coronary CTA, few studies have compared various agents used to achieve adequate HR control.ObjectiveWe sought to assess if the ultrashort-acting β-blocker intravenous esmolol is at least as efficacious as the standard of care intravenous metoprolol for HR control during coronary CTA.MethodsPatients referred to coronary CTA with a HR >65 beats/min despite oral metoprolol premedication were enrolled in the study. We studied 412 patients (211 male; mean age, 57 ± 12 years). Two hundred four patients received intravenous esmolol, and 208 received intravenous metoprolol with a stepwise bolus administration protocol. HR and blood pressure were recorded at arrival, before, during, immediately after, and 30 minutes after the coronary CTA scan.ResultsMean HRs of the esmolol and metoprolol groups were similar at arrival (78 ± 13 beats/min vs 77 ± 12 beats/min; P = .65) and before scan (68 ± 7 beats/min vs 69 ± 7 beats/min; P = .60). However, HR during scan was lower in the esmolol group vs the metoprolol group (58 ± 6 beats/min vs 61 ± 7 beats/min; P < .0001), whereas HRs immediately and 30 minutes after the scan were higher in the esmolol group vs the metoprolol group (68 ± 7 beats/min vs 66 ± 7 beats/min; P = .01 and 65 ± 8 beats/min vs 63 ± 8 beats/min; P < .0001; respectively). HR ≤65 beats/min was reached in 182 of 204 patients (89%) who received intravenous esmolol vs 162 of 208 of the patients (78%) who received intravenous metoprolol (P < .05). Of note, hypotension (systolic BP <100 mm Hg) was observed right after the scan in 19 patients (9.3%) in the esmolol group and in 8 patients (3.8%) in the metoprolol group (P < .05), whereas only 5 patients (2.5%) had hypotension 30 minutes after the scan in the esmolol group compared to 8 patients (3.8%) in the metoprolol group (P = .418).ConclusionIntravenous esmolol with a stepwise bolus administration protocol is at least as efficacious as the standard of care intravenous metoprolol for HR control in patients who undergo coronary CTA
A randomised, double-blind, four-way, crossover trial comparing the 24-h FEV1 profile for once-daily versus twice-daily treatment with olodaterol, a novel long-acting β2-agonist, in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

SummaryBackgroundThis randomised, double-blind, four-way, crossover, Phase II study compared the 24-h forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV1) profile of alternative dosing frequencies of two total daily doses of olodaterol (5 and 10 μg) in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).MethodsPatients received olodaterol 2 μg twice daily (BID), 5 μg BID, 5 μg once daily (QD) and 10 μg QD in a randomised sequence over 3-week treatment periods. Co-primary end points were FEV1 area under the curve from 0 to 12 h (AUC0–12) and area under the curve from 12 to 24 h (AUC12–24) responses. Additional lung-function responses, pharmacokinetics and safety were assessed.Results47 patients were treated. All olodaterol doses provided significant increases in FEV1 versus baseline (p < 0.001) and FEV1 time profiles were nearly identical for olodaterol 5 and 10 μg QD. Olodaterol 5 μg QD demonstrated improved FEV1 AUC0–12 and similar AUC12–24 versus 2 μg BID. Olodaterol 5 μg QD showed slightly increased FEV1 AUC0–12 but lower AUC12–24 compared to 5 μg BID. Bronchodilation over 24 h was similar for olodaterol 5 μg QD and BID. All doses were well tolerated.ConclusionsOlodaterol 5 μg QD is efficacious in COPD, with a superior bronchodilatory profile compared to 2 μg BID, which is close to the same total daily dose, and a similar degree of bronchodilation over 24 h compared with double the daily dose (administered as 10 μg QD or 5 μg BID).Trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov: NCT00846768
Existence and uniqueness of v-asymptotic expansions and Colombeau's generalized numbers

AbstractWe define a type of generalized asymptotic series called v-asymptotic. We show that every function with moderate growth at infinity has a v-asymptotic expansion. We also describe the set of v-asymptotic series, where a given function with moderate growth has a unique v-asymptotic expansion. As an application to random matrix theory we calculate the coefficients and establish the uniqueness of the v-asymptotic expansion of an integral with a large parameter. As another application (with significance in the non-linear theory of generalized functions) we show that every Colombeau's generalized number has a v-asymptotic expansion. A similar result follows for Colombeau's generalized functions, in particular, for all Schwartz distributions
Observation of the decay $\Lambda^0_b \to p K^- \mu^+ \mu^-$ and a
  search for $C\!P$ violation

A search for $C\!P$ violation in the decay $\Lambda^0_b \to p K^- \mu^+
\mu^-$ is presented. This decay is mediated by flavour-changing neutral-current
transitions in the Standard Model and is potentially sensitive to new sources
of $C\!P$ violation. The study is based on a data sample of proton-proton
collisions recorded with the LHCb experiment, corresponding to an integrated
luminosity of $3$ $\mathrm{fb}^{-1}$. The $\Lambda^0_b \to p K^- \mu^+ \mu^-$
decay is observed for the first time, and two observables that are sensitive to
different manifestations of $C\!P$ violation are measured,
$\Delta\mathcal{A}_{C\!P} \equiv \mathcal{A}_{C\!P}(\Lambda^0_b \to p K^- \mu^+
\mu^-)-\mathcal{A}_{C\!P}(\Lambda^0_b\to pK^- J/\psi)$ and
$a_{C\!P}^{\widehat{T}-odd}$, where the latter is based on asymmetries in the
angle between the $\mu^+\mu^-$ and $p K^-$ decay planes. These are measured to
be $\Delta\mathcal{A}_{C\!P} = (-3.5 \pm 5.0(stat) \pm 0.2(syst))\times
10^{-2}$, $a_{C\!P}^{\widehat{T}-odd} = (1.2 \pm 5.0(stat) \pm 0.7(syst))\times
10^{-2}$, and no evidence for $C\!P$ violation is found.Comment: All figures and tables, along with any supplementary material and
  additional information, are available at
  https://lhcbproject.web.cern.ch/lhcbproject/Publications/LHCbProjectPublic/LHCb-PAPER-2016-059.htm
Three-point functions in planar N = 4 super Yang-Mills theory for scalar operators up to length five at the one-loop order

We report on a systematic perturbative study of three-point functions in planar SU(N) N = 4 super Yang-Mills theory at the one-loop level involving scalar field operators up to length five. For this we have computed a sample of 40 structure constants involving primary operators of up to and including length five which are built entirely from scalar fields. A combinatorial dressing technique has been developed to promote tree-level correlators to one-loop level. In addition we have resolved the mixing up to the order g 2 YM level of the operators involved, which amounts to mixings with bi-fermions, with bi-derivative insertions as well as self-mixing contributions in the scalar sector. This work upersedes a preprint by two of the authors from 2010 which had neglected the mixing contributions
Carbon microsphere from water hyacinth for supercapacitor electrode

In this study, water hyacinth was hydrolyzed to sugars with dilute sulphuric acid (0.25 M) under subcritical water conditions (P=20bar, T= 130 8C) for 2h. The sugar solution was then carbonized under subcritical conditions to produce carbon microsphere. The subcritical water carbonization was conducted at 40 bar and various temperatures (160–200 8C) and times (6–10h). The highest yield of carbon microspheres was 0.1019 g/g dry water hyacinth at  the temperature of 200 8C for 10 h. The carbon microsphere was activated using a Combination  of chemical (KOH solution) and physical (microwave) treatments to increase the specific surface area and porosity of carbon microsphere. Electrocapacitive study of carbon microspheres showed that the carbon microsphere activated at impregnation ratio of 1:1 and microwave power of 630 W has the highest specific capacitance and excellent electrochemical stability
Measurements of top-quark pair differential cross-sections in the
  lepton+jets channel in $pp$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}$=13 TeV using the ATLAS
  detector

Measurements of differential cross-sections of top-quark pair production in
fiducial phase-spaces are presented as a function of top-quark and $t\bar{t}$
system kinematic observables in proton-proton collisions at a centre-of-mass
energy of $\sqrt{s}$=13 TeV. The data set corresponds to an integrated
luminosity of $3.2$ fb${}^{-1}$, recorded in 2015 with the ATLAS detector at
the CERN Large Hadron Collider. Events with exactly one electron or muon and at
least two jets in the final state are used for the measurement. Two separate
selections are applied that each focus on different top-quark momentum regions,
referred to as resolved and boosted topologies of the $t\bar{t}$ final state.
The measured spectra are corrected for detector effects and are compared to
several Monte Carlo simulations by means of calculated $\chi^2$ and $p$-values.Comment: 50 pages plus author list (68 pages total), 19 figures, 11 tables,
  submitted to JHEP, All figures including auxiliary figures are available at
  http://atlas.web.cern.ch/Atlas/GROUPS/PHYSICS/PAPERS/TOPQ-2016-0
NAD(H)-coupled hydrogen cycling - structure-function relationships of bidirectional [NiFe] hydrogenases

Hydrogenases catalyze the activation or production of molecular hydrogen. Due to their potential importance for future biotechnological applications, these enzymes have been in the focus of intense research for the past decades. Bidirectional [NiFe] hydrogenases are of particular interest as they couple the reversible cleavage of hydrogen to the redox conversion of NAD(H). In this account, we review the current state of knowledge about mechanistic aspects and structural determinants of these complex multi-cofactor enzymes. Special emphasis is laid on the oxygen-tolerant NAD(H)-linked bidirectional [NiFe] hydrogenase from Ralstonia eutropha. (C) 2011 Federation of European Biochemical Societies. Published by Elsevier B. V. All rights reserved
Searches for long-lived charged particles in pp collisions at √s =7 and 8 TeV

Abstract: Results of searches for heavy stable charged particles produced in pp collisions at □ = 7 and 8 TeV are presented corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 5.0 fb-1 and 18.8 fb-1, respectively. Data collected with the CMS detector are used to study the momentum, energy deposition, and time-of-flight of signal candidates. Leptons with an electric charge between e/3 and 8e, as well as bound states that can undergo charge exchange with the detector material, are studied. Analysis results are presented for various combinations of signatures in the inner tracker only, inner tracker and muon detector, and muon detector only. Detector signatures utilized are long time-of-flight to the outer muon system and anomalously high (or low) energy deposition in the inner tracker. The data are consistent with the expected background, and upper limits are set on the production cross section of long-lived gluinos, scalar top quarks, and scalar τ leptons, as well as pair produced long-lived leptons. Corresponding lower mass limits, ranging up to 1322 GeV/c 2 for gluinos, are the most stringent to date. [Figure not available: see fulltext.] © 2013 Cern for the benefit of the CMS collaboration.The Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey, and Turkish Atomic Energy Authorit