Publications by authors named "Erika Jackson"
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- * A study analyzed 21 individuals with ALPK3tv, revealing they typically present symptoms at an older age (average 57.25 years) and exhibit less severe heart thickening compared to 132 control patients with other HCM-related genetic variants.
- * ALPK3tv patients show a lower occurrence of obstructive HCM and a higher rate of apical aneurysms, suggesting milder hypertrophy but an increased risk for arr
Body segment parameters are inputs for a range of applications. Participant-specific estimates of body segment parameters are desirable as this requires fewer prior assumptions and can reduce outcome measurement errors. Commonly used methods for estimating participant-specific body segment parameters are either expensive and out of reach (medical imaging), have many underlying assumptions (geometrical modelling) or are based on a specific subset of a population (regression models).
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- Scientists have found a cool way to make terahertz (THz) radiation using special crystals that change laser light into THz pulses.
- They created a new layered structure of materials to help reduce the loss of light that gets reflected away, which helps make more THz radiation.
- Their research shows that this new structure can boost the amount of THz radiation produced by nearly 50%!
We present the structural and THz generation characteristics of the molecular salt crystal (E)-2-(4-(dimethylamino)styryl)-1,1,3-trimethyl-1H-benzo[e]indol-3-ium iodide (P-BI) using optical rectification with IR pump wavelengths. P-BI shows a peak-to-peak field ∼6 times greater than inorganic crystal GaP, and a broader THz spectrum. Data were obtained from 0-6 THz showing a significant dip in generation at 1.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA pilot study of health and wellness coaching for fibromyalgia.
BMC Musculoskelet Disord
November 2016
Background: The purpose of this study was to test the hypothesis that a health and wellness coaching (HWC)-based intervention for fibromyalgia (FM) would result in sustained improvements in health and quality of life, and reductions in health care utilization.
Methods: Nine female subjects meeting American College of Rheumatology criteria for a diagnosis of primary FM were studied. The HWC protocol had two components, which were delivered telephonically over a twelve-month period.