PURPOSE: The magnocellular and parvocellular pathways (M and P pathways) are the major
pathways of the visual system, with distinct histologic and physiologic properties that may …

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Recent studies suggest that pediatric subjects as old as 8-years-of-age
may have difficulty with the ISNCSCI examinations. Our aim was to investigate …

Objectives To examine the prognostic influence of hyoid bone invasion in advanced base of
tongue squamous cell carcinoma treated with chemoradiation. Methods We retrospectively …

Abstract:: Purpose: To investigate the time courses of concentration changes using near–infrared
spectroscopy (NIRS) in oxyhemoglobin (oxy–Hb), deoxyhemoglobin (deoxy–Hb), and …

We report here for the first time the occurrence of Mg–Al granulites within the khondalite belt
of the North China Craton and provide robust evidence for extreme crustal metamorphism at …

A positive linkage of schizophrenia with chromosome 1q loci has been reported in Caucasian
patients. This study was designed to evaluate the linkage of schizophrenia with markers of …

… Although the P and N pillars of the DT-SJ VDMOS structure are narrower than those of
the C-SJ SiC VDMOS structure owing to the presence of the DT, the high optimized doping …

Regional metamorphic belts provide important constraints on the plate tectonic architecture
of orogens. We report here a detailed petrologic examination of the sapphirine-bearing ultra-…

This paper relates variation in stock market volatility to regime shifts in stock market returns.
We apply a Markov switching model to market returns and examine the variation in volatility …

The Inner Mongolia Suture Zone (IMSZ) and the Trans-North China Orogen (TNCO) incorporate
the major Paleoproterozoic accretionary orogens in the North China Craton (NCC), with …