Bar-Ilan University

About: Bar-Ilan University is a education organization based out in Ramat Gan, Israel. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Poison control. The organization has 12835 authors who have published 34964 publications receiving 995648 citations. The organization is also known as: Bar Ilan University & BIU.

Efficient generation of the binary reflected gray code and its applications

Abstract: Algorithms are presented to generate the n-bit binary reflected Gray code and codewords of fixed weight in that code. Both algorithms are efficient in that the time required to generate the next element from the current one is constant. Applications to the generation of the combinations of n things taken k at a time, the compositions of integers, and the permutations of a multiset are discussed.

Sonochemical synthesis and characterization of pure nanometer-sized Fe3O4 particles

Abstract: Sonochemical synthesis of pure nanometer-size Fe3O4 powder with particle size of ca 10 nm is reported in this article. Fe3O4 can be simply synthesized by sonication of iron(II)acetate in water under an argon atmosphere. The properties of pure nanometer-size Fe3O4 particles were characterized by X-ray diffraction, Mossbauer spectroscopy, transmission electron microscopy (TEM), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) with an external magnetic field, and quantum design SQUID magnetization measurements. The prepared Fe3O4 nanoparticles are superparamagnetic and its magnetization at room temperature is very low (

The effect of moderate to severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) on different aspects of memory: a selective review.

Abstract: Deficient learning and memory are frequently reported as a consequence of traumatic brain injury (TBI). Because of the diffuse nature of the injury, patients with TBI are not the ideal group for studying brain-behavior relations. Nevertheless, characterization of the memory breakdown following TBI could contribute to the assessment and rehabilitation of this patient population. It is well documented that memory is not a unitary system. Accordingly, in this article I review studies that have investigated the long-term effect of moderate to severe TBI on different memory aspects, including explicit and implicit tests of memory. This review demonstrates that TBI affects a large range of memory aspects. One of the conclusions is that the memory impairment observed in TBI patients could be viewed, at least to some degree, as a consequence of a more general cognitive deficit. Thus, unlike patients suffering from global amnesia, memory in patients with TBI is not selectively impaired. Nevertheless, it is possible to detect a subgroup of patients that do meet the criteria of amnesia. However, the most common vulnerable memory processes following TBI very much resemble the memory deficits reported in patients following frontal lobe damage, e.g., difficulties in applying active or effortful strategy in the learning or retrieval process. The suggested similarity between patients with TBI and those suffering from frontal lobe injury should be viewed cautiously; considering the nature of TBI, patients suffering from such injuries are not a homogeneous group. In view of this limitation, the future challenge in this field will be to identify subgroups of patients, either a priori according to a range of factors such as severity of injury, or a posteriori based on their specific memory deficit characteristics. Such a research approach has the potential of explaining much of the variability in findings reported in the literature on the effect of TBI on memory.