OBJECTIVES To assess the effect of a point of care (POC) device for testing lipids and HbA1c in addition to testing by community laboratory facilities (usual practice) on the completion of cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk assessments in general practice. METHODS We conducted a pragmatic, cluster randomised controlled trial in 20 New Zealand general practices stratified by size and rurality a...

Some aspects of RF remote plasma enhanced CVD including the main features of the technique, possibilities of overcoming disadvantages typical for conventional plasma processes, and possible directions to improve the remote plasma method are discussed.

In recent decades, metal halide perovskites have attracted much attention after showing great potential in photovoltaic (PV) applications. With the rapid progress of perovskites, various thin-film fabrication methods been studied intensively. However, a film deposition method with controllability, cost efficiency, scalability, and uniformity is required to obtain perovskite films desired morpho...

The electronic spins of the nitrogen-vacancy centers (NV centers) in Chemical-Vapor-Deposition (CVD) grown diamonds form ideal probes magnetic fields and temperature, as well promising qu-bits for quantum information processing. Studying controlling environment NV such high purity crystals is thus essential these applications. We demonstrate optical detection paramagnetic species, hydrogen-rela...

Worldwide, cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a leading cause of death. Endothelial dysfunction is now recognized to be a key platform for the pathophysiological effects of atherosclerosis. It is now well accepted that atherosclerosis is not merely a benign and passive process, but is in fact a dynamic and progressive disease arising from a combination of endothelial damage/dysfunction, inflammati...

The major risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD) relate to intrinsic changes in cholesterol metabolism or blood pressure regulation or to diseases such as diabetes. In addition, it has been found that chemical and pollutant exposure has adverse effects on cardiovascular health. Although we have known about the harmful effects of smoking on heart disease for a long time, recent research s...