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Heroin abusers’ performance on the Tower of London Test relates to the baseline EEG alpha2 mean frequency shifts
No full textPlanning function deficit is the most consistent finding in neuropsychological studies of heroin addicts. The performance on the Tower of London Test (TLT) correlated with the duration of daily heroin abuse (DDHA) in our previous study. Alpha2 mean frequency in anterior/central derivations was also predicted by DDHA in the same patient population. This retrospective study was undertaken in order to understand better the relationships between observed neurological deviations in heroin abusers. Thirty-three heroin addicts and 12 healthy males were evaluated with 14 neuropsychological tests and resting eyes-closed electroencephalography (EEG). Multivariate tests showed that performance on the difficult (five-move) problems of TLT was strongly predicted by the EEG alpha2 mean frequency shifts, and these relationships were generally mediated by chronic heroin length. However, post-hoc analyses at separate leads demonstrated that the relationships between cognitive variables and alpha2 mean frequencies in the left hemisphere were independent of chronic heroin effects, whereas elevation of alpha2 frequency in the right hemisphere was strongly predicted by chronic heroin intake length. The patients with extremely high alpha2 mean frequency at the left central region were especially prone to failure in TLT due to the inability of the hypothesized alpha2-generating network, which normally projects to the central and temporal derivations bilaterally and to the right posterior temporal derivation to function appropriately. Hence, it was concluded that planning dysfunction in heroin abusers is related to alpha2 mean frequency shifts predominantly at the central regions
EEG spectral power and mean frequencies in early heroin abstinence
No full textThe purpose of the present study was to investigate cumulative heroin effects on brain functioning by studying relationships between EEG spectral power and mean frequencies and heroin abusing history. Eyes closed resting EEG data were collected from the 19 monopolar electrode sites in 33 heroin abusers and 13 age-matched healthy volunteers. The mean age of the patients was 23.1±4.5, the duration of daily heroin abuse (DDHA) ranged from 4 to 44 months, the i.v. doses of heroin ranged from 0.04 to 1.00 g/day, the abstinence length ranged from 6 days to 4.5 months. GLM repeated measures procedure revealed a significant group effect on the distribution of the mean power spectrum between bands and mean frequencies in almost all analyzed derivations. Further analysis demonstrated that these intergroup differences were diversely related to at least three aspects of heroin taking history. Frequency shifts in alpha2 range, most prominent in frontal and central derivations, were related to duration of daily heroin consumption. Slowing of alpha1 mean frequency, most prominent in central, temporal and occipital derivations, was registered mainly in heroin addicts who abused high doses of the drug. Spectral power characteristics of brain electrical activities in our patient population were strongly predicted by abstinence length. The present results give grounds to suppose that chronic heroin taking induces neuronal oscillation frequency changes, that may contribute to the development of antisocial trends and some semantic processes disturbances in these patients. Supplementary neurophysiological deficit is characteristic for heroin addicts, who takes high doses of the drug, however, its relation to heroin abusing remains unclear. Pronounced desynchronization is observed in acute heroin withdrawal, and spectral power characteristics tend to normalize almost completely during several weeks of abstinence
Energy level calculations in Davydov model
No full textTitle of program: ENERGY LEVELS IN DAVYDOV MODEL
Catalogue Id: ABOE_v1_0
Nature of problem
The program is designed to calculate collective excitations and energy level ratios with the Davydov model in terms of the three parameters alpha, mu and gamma0.
Versions of this program held in the CPC repository in Mendeley Data
ABOE_v1_0; ENERGY LEVELS IN DAVYDOV MODEL; 10.1016/0010-4655(71)90012-9
This program has been imported from the CPC Program Library held at Queen's University Belfast (1969-2019
The Sacramental Theory in John 19:26-27
Get PDFAbout the author: Father Theodore Koehler, S.M., of the Seminaire Marianiste at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland, studied under Father Neubert
Christian Insight
Get PDFVery Rev . John A. Elbert, S.M., is Graduate Dean of Arts and Sciences, Professor of Philosophy, creator of the Interdisciplinary Seminar, former President of the University of Dayton. He is the author of a number of books
Mary and American Protestants
Get PDFAbout the author: Father William Cole, S.M., is Professor and director of graduate work in Theological Studies at the University of Dayton. He has long been associated with the Marian Library
Overcoming the Obstacles to Counselling Research
Get PDFThe author of this article, Brother Marion F. Belka, S.M., is Vice President of St. Mary\u27s University in San Antonio, Texas, and President of the National Catholic Guidance Conference
In Vivo Acticity of Bupropion at the Human Dopamine Transporter as Measured by Positron Emission Tomography
No full textArticle title: In vivo acticity of bupropion at the human dopamine transporter as measured by positron emission tomography. Reference: BPS7603 Journal title: Corresponding author: Dr. S.M. Learned-Coughlin First author: Dr. S.M. Learned-Coughlin Citation</p
Direct numerical simulation of the flow around a wing section at moderate Reynolds numbers
No full textA three dimensional direct numerical simulation has been performed to study the flow around the asymmetric NACA-4412 wing at a moderate chord Reynolds number (Rec = 400, 000) with an angle of attack of 5◦ . The flow case under investigation poses numerous challenges for a numerical method due to the wide range of scales and complicated flow physics induced by the geometry. The mesh is optimized and well resolved to account for such varying scales in the flow. An unsteady volume force is used to trip the flow to turbulence on both sides of the wing at 10% chord. Full turbulent statistics are computed on the fly to further investigate the complicated flow features around the wing. The present simulation shows the potential of high-order methods in simulating complex external flows at moderately high Reynolds numbers
Unity of the World of Men
Get PDFVery Reverend John A. Elbert, S.M., is the former Provincial Superior of the Cincinnati Province of the Society of Mary and was President of the University of Dayton from 1938 until 1944. He is the author of half a dozen books and numerous articles, several of which have appeared in this review
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