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Risks of Simultaneous Coinfection of Dengue and COVID-19 in Bangladesh: Challenges and Recommendations
Md. Sahidur Rahman, Tazrina Rahman
Pages: 137 - 139
The current global Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is compounding on populations susceptible to tropical illnesses such as dengue in different developing countries such as Bangladesh. The growing concern is that Bangladesh is a dengue-endemic zone and the peak transmission occurs in the...
Journal: Artery Research
Conference Abstract
P3.10 REACTIVITY TO LOW-FLOW IN THE BRACHIAL ARTERY: A POTENTIAL DETERMINANT FOR FLOW-MEDIATED DILATORY RESPONSE
K. Aizawa, S. Elyas, D. Adingpu, A. Shore, D. Strain, P. Gates
Pages: 138 - 138
Journal: Artery Research
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1.3 PROGNOSTIC VALUE OF CAROTID-FEMORAL PULSE WAVE VELOCITY FOR CARDIOVASCULAR EVENTS: AN IPD META-ANALYSIS OF PROSPECTIVE OBSERVATIONAL DATA FROM 14 STUDIES INCLUDING 16,358 SUBJECTS
Y. Ben-Shlomo, M. Spears, C. Boustred, M. May, S. Anderson, P. Boutouyrie, J. Cameron, C.H. Chen, J.R. Cockcroft, K. Cruickshank, S.J. Hwang, E. Lakatta, S. Laurent, J. Maldonado, C.M. McEniery, G. Mitchell, S. Najjar, A. Newman, M. Ohishi, B. Pannier, T. Pereira, T. Shokawa, K. Sutton-Tyrell, D. Webb, T. Willum-Hansen, S. Zoungas, I.B. Wilkinson
Pages: 138 - 139
Journal: Artery Research
Conference Abstract
P3.9 METABOLOMIC SIGNATURE OF ARTERIAL STIFFNESS IN PATIENTS WITH PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASE
M. Zagura, J. Kals, K. Paapstel, K. Kilk, M. Serg, P. Kampus, J. Eha, U. Soomets, M. Zilmer
Pages: 138 - 138
Journal: Artery Research
Conference Abstract
P4.12 A COMPARISON OF DIFFERENT METHODS TO DETERMINE AORTIC PULSE WAVE VELOCITY IN ANEURYSMATIC AND CONTROL MICE
B. Trachet, R. Fraga-Silva, F.J. Londono-Hoyos, P. Segers, N. Stergiopulos
Pages: 138 - 139
Introduction: Accurate determination of aortic pulse wave velocity (PWV) in mice is not straightforward, due to the high resolution needed in both time and space. We compared different techniques in control and aneurysmatic mice.
Methods: N=30 male, 18 weeks-old C57Bl/6 mice were included. N=20 animals...
Journal: Artery Research
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1.2 DIFFERENTIAL IMPACTS OF HYPERTENSION AND TYPE 2 DIABETES MELLITUS ON ARTERIAL DISEASE AND CARDIOVASCULAR OUTCOMES: THE STRONG HEART STUDY
M. Roman, B. Howard, J. Kizer, E. Lee, L. Best, R. Devereux
Pages: 138 - 138
Journal: Artery Research
Conference Abstract
P3.8 ACUTE EFFECTS OF CONTRAST MEDIA ON CENTRAL HEMODYNAMICS, ARTERIAL STIFFNESS, INFLAMMATORY AND KIDNEY INJURY BIOMARKERS
K. Paapstel, M. Zilmer, J. Eha, J. Kals
Pages: 138 - 138
Journal: Artery Research
Conference Abstract
P4.11 SERUM UREA IS A NEW BIOMARKER OF CELLULAR AND VASCULAR AGING
V. Pykhtina, I. Strazhesko, D. Akasheva, A. Kruglikova, E. Plokhova, O. Isaykina, O. Tkacheva, S. Boytsov
Pages: 138 - 138
Objective: Large arteries stiffness is a feature of arterial aging and a predictor of cardiovascular diseases. The length of telomere (TL) in leukocytes is widely considered as a biomarker for cellular aging, cardiovascular aging and cardiovascular diseases. High concentrations of urea is known to increase...
Journal: Artery Research
Conference Abstract
1.1 PROGNOSTIC VALUE OF COMBINED ASSESSMENT OF AORTIC STIFFNESS AND CALCIFICATION IN DIALYSIS PATIENTS: OUTCOME DATA OF THE CALCIFICATION OUTCOME IN RENAL DISEASE (CORD) STUDY
F. Verbeke, W. Van Biesen, E. Honkanen, B. Wikström, P.B. Jensen, J.M. Krzesinski, M. Rasmussen, R. Vanholder, P.L. Rensma
Pages: 138 - 138
Journal: Artery Research
Conference Abstract
P3.7 IMPEDANCE MISMATCHING BETWEEN CENTRAL AND PERIPHERAL ARTERIES FAILS TO EXPLAIN CENTRAL PRESSURE AUGMENTATION: AORTIC RESERVOIR CHARACTERISTICS MAY BE THE PREVAILING FACTOR
M. Schultz, J. Davies, A. Hughes, J. Sharman
Pages: 138 - 138
Journal: Artery Research
Conference Abstract
P4.09 DIFFERENT EFFECTS OF 7-NITROINDAZOLE AND L-NAME ADMINISTERED INDIVIDUALLY AND/OR TOGETHER ON CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM OF ADULT WISTAR RATS
Kristek Frantisek, Malekova Magdalena, Cacanyiova Sona
Pages: 138 - 138
Objectives: We evaluate the effect of NG-nitro-L-arginine methylester (L-NAME) and 7-nitroindazole (7NI) administered individually and/or together on cardiovascular system of adult Wistar rats.
Methods: L-NAME (50 mg/kg/day in tap water) and 7NI (10 mg/kg/day in pellets) was administered to Wistar rats...
Research Article
Dynamic Model and Motion Control of a Robotic Manipulator
Jinho Kim, Kevin Chang, Brian Schwarz, Andrew S. Lee, S. Andrew Gadsden, Mohammad Al-Shabi
Pages: 138 - 141
This paper presents the dynamic modeling and motion control of a three-link rotary robotic manipulator, also known as an RRR robot. The Kinect motion capture system by Microsoft is used in conjunction with the manipulator. A camera is used to capture the motion of a user’s arm and tracks certain angles...
Research Article
An Ant Colony-based Text Clustering System with Cognitive Situation Dimensions
Yi Guo, Yan Li, Zhiqing Shao
Pages: 138 - 157
In order to build human cognition features into the procedure of clustering, this paper introduces a novel text clustering system, CogTCA (Cognitive Text Clustering with Ants), which (1) represents texts according to four cognitive situation dimensions in form of cognitive situation matrices and vectors...
Research Article
On a Class of Non Self-Adjoint Quantum Nonlinear Oscillators with Real Spectrum
Emanuela Caliceti, Sandro Graffi
Pages: 138 - 145
We prove reality of the spectrum for a class of PT - symmetric, non self-adjoint quantum nonlinear oscillators of the form H = p2 + P(q) + igQ(q). Here P(q) is an even polynomial of degree 2p positive at infinity, Q(q) an odd polynomial of degree 2r - 1, and the conditions p > 2r, |g| 0 hold.
Research Article
Action-Angle Analysis of Some Geometric Models of Internal Degrees of Freedom
Barbara Gołubowska
Pages: 138 - 144
We derive and discuss equations of motion of infinitesimal affinely-rigid body moving in Riemannian spaces. There is no concept of extended rigid and affinely rigid body in a general Riemannian space. Therefore the gyroscopes with affine degrees of freedom are described as moving bases attached to the...
Research Article
A New Nonparametric Test for Two Sample Multivariate Location Problem with Application to Astronomy
Soumita Modak, Uttam Bandyopadhyay
Pages: 136 - 146
This paper provides a nonparametric test for the identity of two multivariate continuous distribution functions when they differ in locations. The test uses Wilcoxon rank-sum statistics on distances between observations for each of the components and is unaffected by outliers. It is numerically compared...
Research Article
Estimating Quantiles of Two Exponential Populations with a Common Location Parameter Using Censored Samples
Adarsha Kumar Jena, Manas Ranjan Tripathy
Pages: 136 - 145
Estimation of quantiles of two exponential populations is considered assuming equality of location parameters using censored samples from a decision theoretic point of view. Sufficient conditions for inadmissibility of estimators in certain classes have been derived. Consequently some complete class...
Journal: Artery Research
Short Communication
Hemodynamic impacts of entrainment of heart rate and stride rate
Mandeep S. Dhindsa, Jun Sugawara, Hirofumi Tanaka
Pages: 136 - 140
Synchronization of heart rate and step rate has been hypothesized to create a hemodynamically favorable situation where heart motion and bodily motion are in constant harmony so that stroke volume and cardiac output enhanced and oxygen delivery to the tissues is increased. The primary aim of the present...
Research Article
Closed form Solutions to the Integrable Discrete Nonlinear Schrödinger Equation
Francesco Demontis, Cornelis van der Mee
Pages: 136 - 157
In this article we derive explicit solutions of the matrix integrable discrete nonlinear Schrödinger equation by using the inverse scattering transform and the Marchenko method. The Marchenko equation is solved by separation of variables, where the Marchenko kernel is represented in separated form, using...
Research Article
Initial-boundary value problem for the two-component Gerdjikov-Ivanov equation on the interval
Qiaozhen Zhu, Jian Xu, Engui Fan
Pages: 136 - 165
In this paper, we apply Fokas unified method to study initial-boundary value problems for the two-component Gerdjikov-Ivanov equation formulated on the finite interval with 3×3 Lax pairs. The solution can be expressed in terms of the solution of a 3×3 Riemann-Hilbert problem. The relevant jump matrices...
Journal: Artery Research
Conference Abstract
P3.6 AGE-DEPENDENT DIFFERENCES IN CAROTID ARTERY CIRCUMFERENTIAL STRAIN MEASUREMENTS, INDEPENDENT OF BLOOD PRESSURE, AEROBIC FITNESS CAPACITY, GENDER AND CONVENTIONAL NON-INVASIVE PARAMETERS OF VASCULAR STIFFNESS
A. Rosenberg, A. Lane, R. Kappus, T. Wee, T. Baynard, B. Fernhall
Pages: 137 - 137
Journal: Artery Research
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P3.5 URINARY PROTEOMICS AND VASCULAR PHENOTYPING IN A COHORT OF TYPE 2 DIABETIC PATIENTS AT HIGH CARDIOVASCULAR RISK
G. Currie, M. Friar, C. Brown, J. Flynn, W. Mullen, H. Mischak, C. Delles
Pages: 137 - 137
Journal: Artery Research
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P4.08 INSULIN RESISTANCE IS THE MAIN TARGET IN PREVENTING ACCELERATING ARTERIAL AGING
I.S. Strazhesko, O.N. Tkacheva, D.U. Akasheva, A.S. Kruglikova, E.V. Plokhova, O.U. Isaykina, M.S. Poktovskaya, V.A. Vygodin, V.S. Pykhtina, S.A. Boytsov
Pages: 137 - 138
Objectives: Increased arterial stiffness (AS) is the most prominent feature of arterial aging. It has been shown an association of AS not only with age, but also with insulin resistance (IR). Leukocyte telomere length (TL) has been proposed as an independent predictor of CVD. The origin of the association...
Journal: Artery Research
Conference Abstract
LARGE ARTERY REMODELLING AND STIFFENING IN MODERATE CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE
Marie Briet
Pages: 137 - 137
Journal: Artery Research
Conference Abstract
P3.4 FUNCTIONAL CHANGES IN THE CAROTID ARTERY ASSOCIATED WITH AN ACUTE BOUT OF RESISTANCE EXERCISE
J. Black, K. Stone, M. Stembridge, D. Newcombe, E. Assasie, E. Stӧhr, J. Esformes
Pages: 137 - 137
Journal: Artery Research
Conference Abstract
P4.07 EFFECTS OF ANTI-HYPERTENSIVE TREATMENT ON FUNCTIONAL AND STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS OF LARGE ARTERY STIFFNESS IN A RODENT MODEL OF TYPE I DIABETES
E. Salum, A.P. Avolio, J. Kals, P. Kampus, M. Butlin
Pages: 137 - 137
Objectives: Diabetes is associated with cardiovascular risk and increased arterial stiffness. Whether large artery stiffness is associated with diabetes per se or concomitant hypertension is currently unknown.
Methods: Male, Wistar rats (6 weeks) were divided into control (n=8), control with anti-hypertensive...
Journal: Artery Research
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P3.3 CARDIAC 82RB-PET/CT REVEALS MICROVASCULAR DYSFUNCTION IN ASYMPTOMATIC PATIENTS WITH TYPE 2 DIABETES
T. Hansen, B. Scholten, P. Hasbak, T. Christensen, A. Ghotbi, A. Kjaer, P. Rossing
Pages: 137 - 137
Journal: Artery Research
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P4.06 ARTERIAL STIFFNESS CORRELATES WITH VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY IN HYPERTENSIVE PATIENTS WITH STAGE 3 CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE INDEPENDENTLY OF BLOOD PRESSURE
Rodilla Sala Enrique, Costa Muñoz José Antonio, Taverner Marta, Pascual Izuel José María, Malek Marín Tamara
Pages: 137 - 137
Objectives: To assess the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency and hyperparathyroidism as well as their relationship to blood pressure and arterial stiffness in hypertensive patients with stage 3 chronic kidney disease (CKD).
Methods: Cross-sectional study that included 134 treated hypertensives (76 women,...
Research Article
MLSA: a static bugs analysis tool based on LLVM IR
Hongliang Liang, Lei Wang, Dongyang Wu, Jiuyun Xu
Pages: 137 - 144
Program bugs may result in unexpected software error, crash or serious security attack. Static program analysis is one of the most common methods to find program bugs. In this paper we present MLSA -- a static analysis tool based on LLVM Intermediate Representation (IR), which can analyze programs written...
Research Article
Recurrence Relations for Moments of Generalized Order Statistics for Inverse Weibull Distribution and Some Characterizations
Saman Hanif Shahbaz, Mohammad Ahsanullah, Muhammad Qaiser Shahabaz
Pages: 137 - 149
We present recurrence relations for single, inverse, product and ratio moments of Generalized Order Statistics when sample is available from an Inverse Weibull Distribution. These relations enable computation of higher order moments using corresponding lower order moments. Some Characterizations of the...
Research Article
Time Limit of the Probabilistic Risk for Natural Disaster
Jun Guo, Chongfu Huang
Pages: 137 - 145
Since natural disaster risk is a feature of the future and is also dynamic, the result of probabilistic risk analysis for natural disaster has its own time limit. Considering that risk is for the future and meanwhile dynamic, the result of probabilistic risk analysis in natural disaster could just represent...
Research Article
A new multidimensional model with text dimensions: definition and implementation
Maria J. Martin-Bautista, Carlos Molina, Elizabet Tejeda, Maria-Amparo Vila
Pages: 137 - 155
We present a new multidimensional model with textual dimensions based on a knowledge structure extracted from the texts, where any textual attribute in a database can be processed, and not only XML texts. This dimension allows to treat the textual data in the same way as the non-textual one in an automatic...
Research Article
Agents and rough sets
Germano Resconi, Chris Hinde
Pages: 137 - 157
Rough set theory gives approximation models of complex knowledge structure. Agents are not present in the definition of the rough sets. Now we will show that a set of conflicting agents or active set can be used to model inconsistent decision in rough set theory. Agent models give us the logic structure...
Research Article
Towards a Monitoring Framework for the Automatic Integration of the Access Control Policies for Web Services
Mohammed Alodib
Pages: 137 - 149
Cloud computing is an emerging model of business computing that can be used to maintain configurable resources such as processors, networks, storage, operating systems, databases, and servers. Service oriented Architecture (SoA) is one of most successful paradigms deployed over the Cloud; is a layered...
Research Article
Asymptotic symmetries of difference equations on a lattice
Giuseppe Gaeta, Decio Levi, Rosaria Mancinelli
Pages: 137 - 146
It is known that many equations of interest in Mathematical Physics display solutions which are only asymptotically invariant under transformations (e.g. scaling and/or translations) which are not symmetries of the considered equation. In this note we extend the approach to asymptotic symmetries for...
Short Communication
Conditional Symmetry of Equations of Nonstationary Filtration and of the Nonlinear Heat Equation
Alla Vorobyova
Pages: 137 - 140
Conditional symmetry of the nonlinear gas filtration equation is studied. The operators obtained enabled to constract ansatzes reducing this equation to ordinary differential equations and to obtain its exact solutions.
Research Article
Interchannel Soliton Collisions in Periodic Dispersion Maps in the Presence of Third Order Dispersion
Francisco J. Diaz-Otero, Pedro Chamorro-Posada
Pages: 137 - 143
We study the effects of third order dispersion (TOD) on the collision of wavelength division multiplexed solitons in periodic dispersion maps. The analysis is based on a proposed ODE model obtained using the variational method which takes into account third order dispersion. The impact of TOD on the...
Journal: Artery Research
Research Article
ADVANCES IN ARTERIAL STIFFNESS ASSESSMENT
Evelien Hermeling
Pages: 137 - 137
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Research Article
INFLAMMATION AND LARGE ARTERIES
Kaisa Maki-Petaja
Pages: 137 - 137
Research Article
A Problem in the Classical Theory of Water Waves: Weakly Nonlinear Waves in the Presence of Vorticity
Robin Stanley Johnson
Pages: 137 - 160
The classical water-wave problem is described, and two parameters (ε-amplitude; δ-long wave or shallow water) are introduced. We describe various nonlinear problems involving weak nonlinearity (ε → 0) associated with equations of integrable type (“soliton” equations), but with vorticity. The familiar...
Research Article
Integration of Systems of First-Order Equations Admitting Nonlinear Superposition
N. H. Ibragimov
Pages: 137 - 147
Systems of two nonlinear ordinary differential equations of the first order admitting nonlinear superpositions are investigated using Lie’s enumeration of groups on the plane. It is shown that the systems associated with two-dimensional Vessiot–Guldberg–Lie algebras can be integrated by quadrature upon...
Research Article
A survey of hypertension prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control in health screening camps of rural central Punjab, Pakistan
Salman T. Shafi, Tahir Shafi
Pages: 135 - 140
Hypertension is a global public health problem with increasing prevalence. There is limited updated information on the prevalence of hypertension in the Pakistani population. This is a cross-sectional study based on data collected during multiple health screening camps held at multiple locations in rural...
Research Article
An updated global picture of cigarette smoking persistence among adults
Jonathan P. Troost, David A. Barondess, Carla L. Storr, J. Elisabeth Wells, Ali Obaid Al-Hamzawi, Laura Helena Andrade, Evelyn Bromet, Ronny Bruffaerts, Silvia Florescu, Giovanni de Girolamo, Ron de Graaf, Oye Gureje, Josep Maria Haro, Chiyi Hu, Yueqin Huang, Aimee N. Karam, Ronald C. Kessler, Jean-Pierre Lepine, Herbert Matschinger, Maria Elena Medina-Mora, Siobhan O’Neill, Jose Posada-Villa, Rajesh Sagar, Tadashi Takeshima, Toma Tomov, David R. Williams, James C. Anthony
Pages: 135 - 144
Background: Cross-national variance in smoking prevalence is relatively well documented. The aim of this study is to estimate levels of smoking persistence across 21 countries with a hypothesized inverse relationship between country income level and smoking persistence.
Methods: Data from the World...
Research Article
Nosocomial pathogens associated with the mobile phones of healthcare workers in a hospital in Anyigba, Kogi state, Nigeria
E.O. Nwankwo, N. Ekwunife, K.C. Mofolorunsho
Pages: 135 - 140
Background: Mobile phones of healthcare workers (HCWs) could be colonized by potential bacteria pathogens. The aim of this research is to evaluate the bacterial contamination and antibiotic sensitivity pattern of isolates from mobile phones of HCWs in Grimad hospital.
Method: A total of 112 swab samples...
Research Article
Patients’ Satisfaction after Primary Health Care Centers’ Integration with Ministry of Health Hospitals, Jeddah
Mashal Mesfer Alsayali, Abdullah Al-Sahafi, Najlaa Mandoura, Hassan Bin Usman Shah, Ola Akram Abdul Rashid, Khalid AlSharif, Amany Hamed Abo Zayed, Adel Ibrahim, Abdullah Al-Zahrani, Fatima Al-Garni, Mahmoud Madani Alali, Abdullah Al-Garni, Mohammed Assiri, Assiri Ibrahim Mohammad
Pages: 135 - 142
In today’s competitive and media-influenced health care environment, resource utilization is driven by patient outcome. A key criterion to evaluate the quality of health care services is to assess patients’ satisfaction. The objectives of this study were to compare patients’ satisfaction in the first...
Research Article
A Training Method for the Speech Controlled Environmental Control System Based on Candidate Word Discriminations
Taro Shibanoki, Masaki Watanabe, Go Nakamura, Takaaki Chin, Toshio Tsuji
Pages: 135 - 138
This paper proposes a concept of a training system for the speech controlled environmental control system: Bio-Remote based on candidate word discriminations. The proposed system can provide three-types of voice signal training: (1) volume, (2) tempo/timing and (3) candidate word which are important...
Research Article
A Qualitative Study of Factors Influencing the Onset of Hookah Smoking among Iranian Men with Turkmen Ethnicity
Shirin Shahbazi Sighaldeh, Fatemeh Zarghami, Abdurrahman Charkazi, Reza Negarandeh
Pages: 135 - 142
Introduction: Hookah smoking has grown considerably among Iranian Turkmen in the past two decades. The reasons for this increase in the consumption of hookah are unclear. Therefore, this study was conducted with the aim of determining the factors related to the start of hookah smoking in men with Turkmen...
Research Article
The Modified Korteweg-de Vries Equation on the Half-Line with a Sine-Wave as Dirichlet Datum
Guenbo Hwang, A. S. Fokas
Pages: 135 - 157
Boundary value problems for integrable nonlinear evolution PDEs, like the modified KdV equation, formulated on the half-line can be analyzed by the so-called unified transform method. For the modified KdV equation, this method yields the solution in terms of the solution of a matrix Riemann-Hilbert problem...
Journal: Artery Research
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P3.2 IMPAIRED SYSTOLIC FUNCTION IS ASSOCIATED WITH ALTERED FORWARD WAVE INTENSITY
B. Hametner, T. Weber, S. Parragh, B. Eber, S. Wassertheurer
Pages: 136 - 136
Journal: Artery Research
Conference Abstract
P4.05 POLYCYSTIN DEFICIENCY RESULTS IN COMPLETE LOSS OF NO SYNTHESIS DURING SUSTAINED FLOW-MEDIATED DILATATION OF CONDUIT ARTERIES IN AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT POLYCYSTIC KIDNEY DISEASE: POSSIBLE REVERSAL BY DOPAMINE
A. Lorthioir, R. Joannidès, I. Rémy-Jouet, C. Fréguin-Bouilland, M. Iacob, C. Monteil, D. Lucas, M.P. Audrezet, D. Guerrot, V. Richard, C. Thuillez, M. Godin, J. Bellien
Pages: 136 - 137
Objectives: Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) is due to mutations in genes PKD1 and PKD2 encoding polycystin-1 and -2, which transduce flow variations into cellular signals in the renal epithelium but also in vascular endothelium. However, the impact of polycystin deficiency on the...