Metabolic rate reduction has been considered the mechanism by which sleep conserves energy, similar to torpor or hibernation.This mechanism of energy savings is in conflict with the known upregulation (compared to wake) of diverse functions during sleep and neglects a potential role in energy conservation for partitioning of biological operations b
We propose an enhanced method to accurately retrieve time-activity curves (TACs) of blood and tissue from dynamic 2-deoxy-2-[18F]fluoro-D-glucose ([18F]FDG) positron emission tomography (PET) cardiac images of mice.The method is noninvasive and consists of using a constrained nonnegative matrix factorization algorithm (CNMF) applied to the matrix (
The present study deals with some changes identifiable on the level of folk religion, i.e., of the religious expression of ordinary people.Its premises are that folk religion is a subsegment of religion, fulfilling specific functions which official or elite religion fail to satisfy.The paper lies on a theoretical grounding stemming mainly from the
Efficient power delivery is crucial for power distribution systems, prompting utilities to consistently seek out new technologies to improve their performance.Managing power loss and cost efficacy stands out as a critical concern, directly impacting systems efficiency.Hence, this study provides an innovative method for the performance enhancement o
The findings from neuroscience have shaped our understanding in the past decade regarding the way we perceive psychiatric illness.In addition to the more conventional theories that are based solely on the psychological and sociocultural factors to explain psychiatric disorders, there is growing evidence supporting a multifactorial etiology with gen