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Gastropericardial fistula
Vian Azzu
Sep 29, 2016
BACKGROUND: Gastropericardial fistula is a rare life-threatening condition, being reported only 65 times in modern literature. CASE PRESENTATION: A 67 year-old man who presented with weight loss, chest pain and epigastric pain...
Riparian buffers can help mitigate biodiversity declines in oil palm agriculture
NJ Deere, JE Bicknell, SL Mitchell, A Afendy, EL Baking, H Bernard, AYC Chung, RM Ewers, H Heroin, N Joseph, OT Lewis, SH Luke, S Milne, AH Fikri, JM Parrett, M Payne, SJ Rossiter, CS Vairappan, CV Vian, CL Wilkinson, J Williamson, ABH Wong, EM Slade, ZG Davies, MJ Struebig
Jun 07, 2022
Estimation of Vs30 Bounds From Limited Soil Data Considering Uncertainty
Saha Dauji
Jan 01, 2022
According to design standards, uncertainty of dynamic foundation parameters are accounted in soil structure interaction (SSI) analysis by considering best estimate, upper and lower bounds. Site specific variability (coefficient...
Published by: IGI Global Scientific Publishing
Agreement between fingertip-capillary and antecubital-venous appetite-related peptides
Benjamin Paul Green, Javier Thomas Gonzalez, Kevin Thomas, Emma Stevenson, Penny Louise Sheena Rumbold
Dec 01, 2014
This study examined the agreement between fingertip-capillary and antecubital-venous measures of appetite-related peptides. Simultaneous fingertip-capillary and antecubital-venous blood samples were collected from 19...
Adipose Tissue-Liver Cross Talk in the Control of Whole-Body Metabolism
Adipose tissue and the liver play significant roles in the regulation of whole-body energy homeostasis, but they have not evolved to cope with the continuous, chronic, nutrient surplus seen in obesity. In this review, we detail...
Adipose Tissue Fatty Acid Flux metabolism Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease adipokines Adipose Tissue Adiposity Animals Blood Glucose Energy Metabolism Humans Hyperglycemia Inflammation Mediators Insulin Resistance Liver non-alcoholic fatty liver disease obesity Prognosis Risk Factors Signal Transduction
Analysis and design for constant current/constant voltage multi-coil wireless power transfer system with high EMF reduction
Abstract: The investigation on the constant current (CC)/constant voltage (CV) charging for the electric vehicle wireless power transfer (WPT) system has been widely conducted. However, the CC/CV performance under misalignment...
Corporate Volunteering Impacts
Institutions such as the European Commission have committed themselves to promote corporate social responsibility (CSR) in their 2020 Strategy for Europe, being that an increasing number of companies are developing corporate...
Published by: IGI Global Scientific Publishing
The Role of SGLT2 Inhibitors in Heart Failure
Vasiliki Tsampasian, Ranu Baral, Rahul Chattopadhyay, Maciej Debski, Shruti S Joshi, Johannes Reinhold, Marc R Dweck, Pankaj Garg, Vassilios S Vassiliou
Aug 27, 2021
Aims. Recent randomised controlled trials (RCTs) have shown a significant prognostic benefit of sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors in the cardiovascular (CV) profile of patients with diabetes. This systematic...
Lower Extremity Joint Angle and Range of Motion are Associated With Cardiovascular Health
Joyann E Oakman
Jan 01, 0001
Joint misalignment and reduced range of motion (ROM) can lead to discomfort during physical activity, thus creating a barrier to exercise. Lack of physical activity is related to cardiovascular (CV) disease and obesity. Studies...
joint angle Range of Motion Cardiovascular health obesity Q angle dorsiflexion Exercise Physiology Life Sciences Medicine and Health Sciences
Published by: Ursinus College
Agreement between fingertip-capillary and antecubital-venous appetite-related peptides
Benjamin Paul Green, Javier Thomas Gonzalez, Kevin Thomas, Emma Stevenson, Penny Louise Sheena Rumbold
Dec 01, 2014
This study examined the agreement between fingertip-capillary and antecubital-venous measures of appetite-related peptides. Simultaneous fingertip-capillary and antecubital-venous blood samples were collected from 19...
Failure of hospital employees to comply with smoke-free policy is associated with nicotine dependence and motives for smoking
Abstract Background Smoke-free policy aims to protect the health of the population by reducing exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS), and World Health Organisation (WHO) guidance notes that these policies are only...
Tobacco Substance Misuse Drug Abuse (NIDA only) Cancer Tobacco Smoke and Health Prevention Clinical Research 3.1 Primary prevention interventions to modify behaviours or promote wellbeing 3 Prevention of disease and conditions and promotion of well-being Cardiovascular Cancer stroke 3 Good Health and Well Being Adult Cross-Sectional Studies Female Guideline Adherence Humans Male Middle Aged Organizational Policy Personnel hospital Surveys and Questionnaires Tobacco Use Disorder United Kingdom
Estimating central blood pressure from aortic flow
Jorge Mariscal-Harana, Peter H Charlton, Samuel Vennin, Jorge Aramburu, Mateusz Cezary Florkow, Arna van Engelen, Torben Schneider, Hubrecht de Bliek, Bram Ruijsink, Israel Valverde, Philipp Beerbaum, Heynric Grotenhuis, Marietta Charakida, Phil Chowienczyk, Spencer J Sherwin, Jordi Alastruey
Oct 26, 2020
Central blood pressure (cBP) is a highly prognostic cardiovascular (CV) risk factor whose accurate, invasive assessment is costly and carries risks to patients. We developed and assessed novel algorithms for estimating cBP from...
Relationship Between Baroreflex and Cerebral Autoregulation in Patients With Cerebral Vasospasm After Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage.
Agnieszka Uryga, Nathalie Nasr, Magdalena Kasprowicz, Karol Budohoski, Marek Sykora, Peter Smielewski, Małgorzata Burzyńska, Marek Czosnyka
Jan 28, 2022
Introduction: Common consequences following aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (aSAH) are cerebral vasospasm (CV), impaired cerebral autoregulation (CA), and disturbance in the autonomic nervous system, as indicated by lower...
Effects of a Short-Term Functional Exercise Program on Cardiac and Vascular Health
Allyson K. Getty
Jan 01, 0001
Cardiovascular (CV) disease is the leading cause of death in the United States. Research consistently shows that those at the highest risk for CV disease are those who are overweight and have low fitness and activity levels....
Cardiovascular Exercise Intervention vascular HEALTH short-term blood pressure Blood Glucose Cholesterol artery wall Cardiology Cardiovascular Diseases Exercise Physiology Medicine and Health Sciences
Published by: Ursinus College
Heat Capacity of Drained Peat Soils
Soil-specific heat capacity (cp) and volumetric heat capacity (Cv) are recognized as a fundamental soil property essential for the accurate prediction of soil temperature and heat flow. This study presents the analysis...
Tomasz Gnatowski, Ewa Ostrowska-Ligęza, Cedric Kechavarzi, Grzegorz Kurzawski, Jan Szatyłowicz
Feb 02, 2022
Maternal Cardiovascular Dysfunction is Associated with Hypoxic Cerebral and Umbilical Doppler Changes.
Giulia Masini, Jasmine Tay, Carmel M McEniery, Ian B Wilkinson, Herbert Valensise, Grazia M Tiralongo, Daniele Farsetti, Wilfried Gyselaers, Sharona Vonck, Christoph C Lees
Sep 11, 2020
We investigate the relationship between maternal cardiovascular (CV) function and fetal Doppler changes in healthy pregnancies and those with pre-eclampsia (PE), small for gestational age (SGA) or fetal growth restriction (FGR)....
Neoplasia in Three Aye-Ayes (Daubentonia madagascariensis).
Tumours diagnosed in three aged captive aye-ayes (Daubentonia madagascariensis), held in two different institutions, are described. A cerebral glioblastoma was diagnosed based on histological and immunohistochemical findings in...
The Smell of Hypoxia
Jonathan RN Lacey, Carlos Kidel, Jildou M van der Kaaij, Paul Brinkman, Edward T Gilbert-Kawai, Michael PW Grocott, Michael G Mythen, Daniel S Martin, Xtreme Everest 2 Research Group
Feb 06, 2019
Electronic nose (e-nose) devices may be used to identify volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in exhaled breath. VOCs generated via metabolic processes are candidate biomarkers of (patho)physiological pathways. We explored the...
Improved cardiovascular risk prediction using targeted plasma proteomics in primary prevention.
Renate M Hoogeveen, João P Belo Pereira, Nick S Nurmohamed, Veronica Zampoleri, Michiel J Bom, Andrea Baragetti, S Matthijs Boekholdt, Paul Knaapen, Kay-Tee Khaw, Nicholas J Wareham, Albert K Groen, Alberico L Catapano, Wolfgang Koenig, Evgeni Levin, Erik SG Stroes
Oct 29, 2020
AIMS: In the era of personalized medicine, it is of utmost importance to be able to identify subjects at the highest cardiovascular (CV) risk. To date, single biomarkers have failed to markedly improve the estimation of CV risk....
The Role of SGLT2 Inhibitors in Heart Failure
Vasiliki Tsampasian, Ranu Baral, Rahul Chattopadhyay, Maciej Debski, Shruti S Joshi, Johannes Reinhold, Marc R Dweck, Pankaj Garg, Vassilios S Vassiliou
Oct 01, 2021
AIMS: Recent randomised controlled trials (RCTs) have shown a significant prognostic benefit of sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors in the cardiovascular (CV) profile of patients with diabetes. This systematic...
Modeling arterial pulse waves in healthy aging
Peter H Charlton, Jorge Mariscal Harana, Samuel Vennin, Ye Li, Phil Chowienczyk, Jordi Alastruey
Sep 11, 2020
The arterial pulse wave (PW) is a rich source of information on cardiovascular (CV) health. It is widely measured by both consumer and clinical devices. However, the physical determinants of the PW are not yet fully understood...
Experimental demonstration of single-shot quantum and classical signal transmission on single wavelength optical pulse
Abstract: Advances in highly sensitive detection techniques for classical coherent communication systems have reduced the received signal power requirements to a few photons per bit. At this level one can take advantage of the...
Examining volumetric gradients based on the frustum surface ratio in the brain in autism spectrum disorder.
Caroline Mann, Tim Schäfer, Anke Bletsch, Maria Gudbrandsen, Eileen Daly, John Suckling, Edward T Bullmore, Michael V Lombardo, Meng-Chuan Lai, Michael C Craig, MRC AIMS Consortium, Simon Baron-Cohen, Declan GM Murphy, Christine Ecker
Feb 15, 2021
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a complex neurodevelopmental disorder that is accompanied by neurodevelopmental differences in regional cortical volume (CV), and a potential layer-specific pathology. Conventional measures of...
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