Decompression Sickness

Known as: Divers' palsy or paralysis, choking, AEROBULLOSIS 
A condition occurring as a result of exposure to a rapid fall in ambient pressure. Gases, nitrogen in particular, come out of solution and form… (More)
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2006
Highly Cited
2006
Channel plasmon subwavelength waveguide components including interferometers and ring resonators
Photonic components are superior to electronic ones in terms of operational bandwidth, but the diffraction limit of light poses a… (More)
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2005
Highly Cited
2005
The Finite Element Method: Its Basis and Fundamentals
Description: The Finite Element Method: Its Basis and Fundamentals offers a complete introduction to the basis of the finite… (More)
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Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
On the fragility of skilled performance: what governs choking under pressure?
Experiments 1-2 examined generic knowledge and episodic memories of putting in novice and expert golfers. Impoverished episodic… (More)
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1999
Highly Cited
1999
Stable propagation of synchronous spiking in cortical neural networks
The classical view of neural coding has emphasized the importance of information carried by the rate at which neurons discharge… (More)
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Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Coupled-resonator optical waveguide: a proposal and analysis.
We propose a new type of optical waveguide that consists of a sequence of coupled high-Q resonators. Unlike other types of… (More)
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1998
Highly Cited
1998
Room-temperature transistor based on a single carbon nanotube
The use of individual molecules as functional electronic devices was first proposed in the 1970s (ref. 1). Since then, molecular… (More)
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1996
Highly Cited
1996
High Transmission through Sharp Bends in Photonic Crystal Waveguides.
We demonstrate highly efficient transmission of light around sharp corners in photonic ba gap waveguides. Numerical simulations… (More)
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Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
RELATION BETWEEN INTERATRIAL SHUNTS AND DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS IN DIVERS
The prevalence of right-to-left interatrial shunts was determined by contrast echocardiography in a blind comparison of 61 divers… (More)
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Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
Choking under pressure: self-consciousness and paradoxical effects of incentives on skillful performance.
Choking under pressure is defined as performance decrements under circumstances that increase the importance of good or improved… (More)
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1983
Highly Cited
1983
Dictionary of protein secondary structure: pattern recognition of hydrogen-bonded and geometrical features.
For a successful analysis of the relation between amino acid sequence and protein structure, an unambiguous and physically… (More)
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