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Background: Aortic pulse wave velocity (aPWV) has been found to be increased in preeclampsia when compared to normal pregnancy. Preeclampsia is associated with increased risk of later cardiovascular disease and, as such, study of the aortic stiffness in pregnancy, and its hypertensive disorders, is important...

The globalization of medical research and global health’s increasing popularity worldwide have resulted in greater geographic, ethnic, and socioeconomic diversity of studies published in the scientific literature. Yet the geographic distribution, authorship representation, and subject trends among Low-/Low-Middle-Income...

Filgrastim, a granulocyte-colony stimulating factor (G-CSF), is used in patients with neutropenia caused by chemotherapy, bone marrow transplant, radiation poisoning, or any unknown etiology. It stimulates the bone marrow to increase the production of neutrophils. Although it has a good safety and efficacy...

We evaluated dendrobine for its potential effect on Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) progression using the intestinal epithelial Caco-2/RAW264.7 macrophage co-culture cell model. The results showed that dendrobine maintained the tight junction (TJ) proteins in co-cultured Caco-2 cells, suggesting its...

A regular gradient-holonomic approach to studying the Lax type integrability of the Ablowitz–Ladik hierarchy of nonlinear Lax type integrable discrete dynamical systems in the vertex operator representation is presented. The relationship to the Lie-algebraic integrability scheme is analyzed and the connection...

Background: Pulse Wave Velocity (PWV) is a measure of arterial stiffness which predicts cardiovascular risk independently of blood pressure. Local PWV can be measured non-invasively in the ascending aorta of adults by means of Ultrasound (US), using successive recordings of Diameter (D) and the velocity...

Background: Arterial stiffness is known marker of poor cardiovascular prognosis. The aim if the study was to assess the incidence of valve calcification (VC) in patients with end- stage renal disease (ESRD) and its associations with clinical parameters of arterial stiffness. Methods: In 68 adults with...

Background: Central pulse pressure (PP) is an independent predictor of cardiovascular outcomes. However, a Doppler echocardiographic parameter reflecting central PP and arterial stiffness is not known yet. The aim of this study was to evaluate whether the left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT) flow deceleration...

Objective: The aims of this study in children were to 1) evaluate two brachial oscillometric devices for estimating central augmentation index (AIx) and reflection magnitude (RM), and 2) test whether AIx or RM are associated with left ventricular mass index (LVMI). Methods: Intra-aortic (IA) AIx was...

Objectives: To determine the association between PAD and DAC in patients treated by haemodialysis in the waiting list for renal transplantation and to assert the influence of that association on prognosis and clinical management. Methods: 1246 renal transplant candidates underwent coronary angiography....

Objectives: Left ventricular contraction produces longitudinal strain in the proximal aorta. As a result, aortic stiffening may impair optimal mechanical ventricular-vascular coupling and left ventricular (LV) systolic function, particularly in the long axis. LV global longitudinal strain (GLS) has recently...

Objective: To investigate if invasively measured aortic pulse wave velocity (PWV) is accurately estimated by non-invasive methods purporting to assess it. Methods: One-hundred and two patients (30% female, age 65 ± 13 years) planned to undertake coronary angiography were evaluated with the following...

Background: Arterial stiffness (AS) is a highly prognostic risk factor of cardiovascular diseases. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationships between cardio-ankle vascular index (CAVI) and eGFR in patients under the risk of cardiovascular disease. Methods: This was a retrospective study...

Introduction: Peak prevalence of multiple sclerosis (MS) is approaching 60 years of age, suggesting an aging patient population compared to past reports. Aging is independently associated with increased cardiovascular disease risk. Additionally, arterial function is compromised with aging. Carotid artery...

This research lays out the conception and functions of developed Commercial Film Production Support System (CFPSS). The research then explains the results of a viewing experiment that utilized CFPSS. In this experiment where commercial films of beer were utilized, the following findings were obtained:...

Consideration of e-health record systems in Australia started in 2000. Based on the effort to develop stand-alone and state-wide systems, the national Personally Controlled Electronic Health Record system was released on July 1,2012. However this system has been widely criticised, although stakeholders...

A group invariant solution for a steady two-dimensional jet is derived by considering a linear combination of the Lie point symmetries of Prandtl's boundary layer equations for the jet. Only two Lie point symmetries contribute to the solution and the ratio of the constants in the linear combination is...

Despite it is now used in many technical and industrial areas, Risk Analysis is sometimes still considered by many plant managers as a methodology too complex and too timeconsuming to be of practical use. Conversely, it will be shown that Risk Analysis can often provide very useful information on the...

Multiplicative-binomial distribution is one of the distributions that allows for over-dispersion and under-dispersion relative to the standard binomial distribution. It will be shown that the multiplicative-binomial distribution can be a very useful model for these situations. Moreover, the confidence...

Background: Acute systemic inflammation or infection transiently increases risk of cardiovascular events, but the underlying mechanisms are not fully understood. Although observational studies suggest that inflammation is positively associated with arterial stiffness and blood pressure, the causal relationship...

Background: The cold pressor test (CPT) has been used to detect vasospastic angina, but its sensitivity for predicting vasospasm is low. The aim of this study was to determine if the estimation of coronary flow reserve capacity in the left anterior descending coronary artery using transthoracic Doppler...

This paper introduces a new intuitionistic fuzzy hierarchical group decision-making (IFHGDM) model for the cross-docking location selection problem. The model is based on intuitionistic fuzzy modified group complex proportional assessment and group order preference by similarity to ideal solution, structuring...

Zaria is the educational hub of northern Nigeria. It is a developing city with a pollution level high enough to be ranked amongst the World Health Organization’s (WHO) most polluted cities. The study appraised the influence of outdoor air pollution on the respiratory well-being of a population in a limited...

Until now, an estimate quotes that 1100 healthcare facilities were damaged and over 100,000 livestock lost in the two earthquakes that occurred in April and May of 2015 in Nepal. Threats of infectious diseases, mostly zoonoses, could affect Nepal’s economy, trade, and tourism, and reaching the targets...

In the present paper an attempt has been made to study the inter–and intra-block estimation of treatment effects contrasts with random block effects in the context of balanced ternary designs. The analysis is illustrated through examples.

Background: Increase in central blood pressure is more predictive of future cardiovascular disease than increased brachial blood pressure. Arterial stiffness causes an early return of the reflected pressure wave to the aorta, with subsequently augmented central systolic pressure. It has been reported...

Introduction: The Cardio-Ankle Vascular Index (CAVI) was established as a parameter of atherosclerosis that does not depend on a subject’s blood pressure, and is now used in many centers. However, it remains unclear whether the CAVI can predict the development and outcome of cardiovascular disease. Methods:...

Background: Vascular calcification is frequently found in hemodialysis patients. Fetuin-A is a well-characterized circulating inhibitor of calcification. Several other bone-associated proteins, such as the matrix Gla protein (MGP), osteoprotegerin (OPG), and osteopontin (OPN), are also presumed to inhibit...

In this work, a fuzzy clustering algorithm is proposed based on the asymmetric loss function instead of the usual symmetric dissimilarities. Linear Exponential (LINEX) loss function is a commonly used asymmetric loss function, which is considered in this paper. We prove that the negative likelihood of...

Quadrotor is a type of unmanned aerial vehicle that has been widely used in many applications, such as, policing, surveillance, aerial photography and agriculture. Conventionally, the control of quadrotor flight direction is accomplished by varying speeds of rotors or manipulating torques. In this paper,...

A cross-sectional study was conducted in 2015 for the case of students at a high school in Mexico City; the sample size was N = 302. The aim of the study was to assess the level of hazard awareness, risk perception, and the negative emotion related to fear during earthquakes. Some of the main findings...

In terms of a 3-Lie algebra and the classical Poisson bracket {Bn,L} of the dKP hierarchy, a special 3-bracket {Bm,Bn,L} is proposed. When m = 0 or m = 1, the 3-lax equation ∂L∂t={Bm,Bn,L} is the dKP hierarchy and the corresponding proof is given. Meanwhile, for the generalized case (m,n), the generalized...

Introduction: Ascending aorta aneurysm and dissection are the most common cardiovascular complications affecting Marfan syndrome patients (MFS). Recent large increase in life expectancy of MFS driven the growing prevalence of descending aorta (DAo) dilation and dissection. Despite local abnormal vortices...

Background and Aims: Arterial volume compliance is a major determinant of cardiac afterload. More than 50% of the arterial volume compliance resides in the proximal aorta. Researchers often use area compliance for the estimation of volume compliance, assuming an invariant vessel length over pressure...

Vascular calcification (VC) is linked to post-transplant cardiovascular events in the long term. We aimed to evaluate whether pretransplant chest X-ray based aortic arch calcification (AoAC) or pulse wave velocity measurement can better predict post- transplant cardiovascular or cerebrovascular events,...

Individuals with Down syndrome (DS) experience premature aging. Arterial stiffness increases with advancing biological age and predicts cardiovascular disease. However, only limited studies investigated arterial function in individuals with DS. Thus, the impact of DS on vascular function still remains...

Objectives: Vascular aging results from endothelial dysfunction and increased arterial stiffness, a independent determinant of cardiovascular (CV) events, that is amplified by the presence and progression of arterial hypertension (AH). Age related changes in hemodynamic variables1 may predict negative...

Purpose/ Background/ Objectives: We have shown that aortic stiffness improves as early as 3 months post-kidney transplantation (KTx). Aortic stiffness index β0, a blood pressure independent parameter, has been proposed to be a better indicator of vascular wall property. This study was designed to examine...

Changes in central hemodynamics and arterial stiffness are associated with augmented cardiovascular risks and have been reported in obese adults with metabolic syndrome. It is unclear whether this observation may also be present in young healthy obese adults with normal metabolic profile. Objectives:...

We propose a Drawing-Frequency based Layered (DFL) Canvas approach to reduce a synchronization delay in collaborative web applications. The synchronization delay consists of a network delay and a drawing delay. The network delay is well-argued topic by various researches. We focus on the drawing delay,...