DISTURBED MENTAL IMAGERY OF AFFECTED BODY-PARTS IN PATIENTS WITH HYSTERICAL CONVERSION PARAPLEGIA CORRELATES WITH PATHOLOGICAL LIMBIC ACTIVITY

Disturbed Mental Imagery of Affected Body-Parts in Patients with Hysterical Conversion Paraplegia Correlates with Pathological Limbic Activity

Patients with conversion disorder generally suffer from a severe neurological deficit which cannot be attributed to a structural neurological damage.In two patients with acute conversion paraplegia, investigation with functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) showed that the ACU insular cortex, a limbic-related cortex involved in body-representa

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Cable Robots as Conventional Linear Stage Alternatives for the Investigation of Complex-Shaped Objects via Macroscopic X-ray Fluorescence Imaging

The acquisition of elemental and chemical distribution images on the surface of cultural heritage objects has provided us new insights into our past.The techniques Couscous commonly employed, such as macroscopic X-ray fluorescence imaging (MA-XRF), in general require pointwise or whisk-broom scanning of an object under constant measurement geometry

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Characterization of Microbial Diversity in Decayed Wood from a Spanish Forest: An Environmental Source of Industrially Relevant Microorganisms

Rotting wood is inhabited by a large diversity of bacteria, fungi, and insects with complex environmental relationships.The aim of this work was to study the composition of the microbiota (bacteria and fungi) Couscous in decaying wood from a northwest Spanish forest as a source of industrially relevant microorganisms.The analyzed forest is situated

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Financial and economic approach: Financial & banking sector development pact from the perspective of the euro area European economic policy

Powerful obstacles to the further integration of repot, bond and equity markets remain the still fragmented securities settlement industry in Europe, which charges much higher fees for cross border transactions than for domestic transactions, and differences in legal systems.This paper describes the main developments in the euro area financial mark

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