Hypertension Management: Ripe for Disruption

Hypertension Management: Ripe for Disruption

I n 1994, Jeff Bezos began to sell books online. With the virtual bookstore that would eventually become Amazon.com, he engaged customers more often than brick-and-mortar bookstores and delivered books to the customers’ destinations of choice, commonly the customers’ homes. Books were chosen as the initial offering in the delivery of this virtual service in part because of the large number of b...

Traditional Persian Medicine for the Management of Hypertension

Hypertension is a major risk factor for the cardiovascular diseases. One of the factors contributing to blood pressure is peripheral vascular resistance. Vascular stiffness plays a key role in developing the hypertension, leading to increased systolic blood pressure and pulse pressure. from Avicenna s perspective, the blood pressure caused by 1- Increased blood volume 2- Warm heart dystemperame...

Floating microspheres encapsulating carvedilol for the effective management of hypertension

Carvedilol (CVD) is an antihypertensive agent with a short half-life, pH-dependent solubility, and narrow absorption window. The purpose of this research was to prepare a floating-drug delivery-system of carvedilol to increase its half-life. The present study investigates the preparation of carvedilol-floating microspheres, evaluates the floating-drug delivery-system (FDDS) (by scanning electro...

A Fuzzy Based Decision Support System For Supply Chain Disruption Management

Among the supply chain risk types, disruptions that result from natural disasters, sanctions, transportation problems and equipment failure can seriously disrupt or delay the flow of material, information and cash. The aim of this research was to propose a hybrid model for disruption management, which is the process of achieving plans or strategies to reduce the expenses incurred by the disrupt...

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