Neurophysiological data acquisition using multi-electrode arrays and/or (semi-) chronic recordings frequently has to deal with low signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of neuronal responses and potential failure of detecting evoked responses within random background fluctuations.Conventional methods to extract action potentials (spikes) from background nois
Spiritual distress may ascend from unmet spiritual needs.The use of instruments to measure spiritual distress seems to facilitate the approach to spirituality, such as the Spiritual Distress Scale (SDS) that has been used worldwide.No instrument to assess spiritual distress in cancer patients is currently available in Portugal.This study aims to co
The skin provides one of the most visual aging transformations in humans, and premature aging as a consequence of oxidative stress and DNA damage is a frequently seen effect.Cells of the human skin are continuously exposed to endogenous and exogenous DNA damaging factors, which fr5299 can cause DNA damage in all phases of the cell cycle.Increased l
The concept of thermal rectification was put forward decades ago.It is a phenomenon in which the heat flux along one direction varies as the sign of temperature gradient changes.In bulk materials, thermal rectification has been realized at contact interfaces by manufacturing asymmetric effective contact areas, electron transport, temperature depend
Internet addiction, which is one of the handicaps seen as a result of modern lifestyle and technological development, can be defined as the inability dv0426-301 to prevent the desire to use the internet excessively and the need for more and more time spent on the internet.Rather than banning the internet entirely, controlling its use is a more appr