[Basic principles of interpretation of hepatocellular hypertrophy in risk assessment in Japan].

Risk Perception of Pregnancy Promotes Disapproval ofGestational Surrogacy: Analysis of a Nationally Representative Opinion Survey in Japan

Risk Estimation of Hepatocellular Carcinoma due to Exposure to Aflatoxins in Maize from Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Background: Besides their mutagenic, carcinogenic, and teratogenic effects, Aflatoxins (AFs) also act as the main contributor to hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) which is known as the most common primary liver cancer worldwide. The main aim of this study was risk estimation of HCC due to exposure to aflatoxins in maize from Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Methods: As a model, maize samples were taken fro...

Detection of Cardiac Hypertrophy by RVM and SVM Algorithms

The meaning of the hypertropy word is the increasing size.Heart hypertropy is symptoms of increase the thickness of the heart muscle that the left ventricular hypertrophy of them is the most common.The causes of hypertrophy heart disease are high blood pressure , aortic valve stenosis and sport activities respectively. Assessment of that by using ECG signal analysis is essential Because the ris...

Prolonged QT interval in the infants of diabetic mothers

Background: The prevalence of gestational diabetes mellitus is rising. Myocardial hypertrophy is the most common cardiac disorder in the infants of diabetic mothers, which hypothetically can cause fatal arrhythmias. This study investigated prolonged QT in the newborns of diabetic mothers in Afzalipour Hospital in Kerman City, in 2015. Methods: This case-contro...

Toxicity due to 2- and 13-wk inhalation exposures of rats and mice to N, N-dimethylformamide.

In order to better characterize the toxicity of N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF) and to provide its basic toxicity data for risk assessment of workers exposed to DMF, F344 rats and BDF1 mice of both sexes were exposed by inhalation (6 h/d x 5 d/wk) to 100, 200, 400, 800 or 1,600 ppm DMF for 2 wk, and 50, 100, 200, 400 or 800 ppm DMF for 13 wk. Three male and 7 female rats died during the 2-wk exposu...