Advances in the field of vascular biology lead to the identification of endothelial progenitor cells (EPC) and to the development of EPC-based cell therapy to induce new vessel formation in ischemic tissues and to accelerate re-endothelialisation of injured vessels in human and various animals models. However, recent studies have shown that age and other risk factors for cardiovascular diseases...

The electron-phonon coupling (EPC) strength for each phonon mode in superconducting Pb films is measured by inelastic helium atom scattering (IHAS). This surprising ability of IHAS relies on two facts: (a) In ultrathin metal films, the EPC range exceeds the film thickness, thus enabling IHAS to detect most film phonons, even 1 nm below the surface; (b) IHAS scattering amplitudes from single pho...

在 EPC总承包管理中，设计管理是重要组成部分之一，且直接影响着工程项目的整体质量和施工成本。 EPC工程总承包模式下，由于 EPC总承包项目的实施周期长、涉及领域广，对其设计管理水平提出了更高的要求。 设计是将工程中的各项信息进行整理、分析、加工处理后，将其转化为可视化的成果，是整个工程施工中最为重要的 环节之一。由于 EPC工程总承包项目所涉及的领域十分广泛，且具有一定的复杂性，因此设计管理在整个 EPC工程总 承包模式中的地位和作用不容忽视。本文通过对 EPC工程总承包模式下设计管理中存在的问题进行分析研究，并提出 相应优化对策，旨在为提升 EPC项目总承包设计管理水平提供借鉴和参考。

Emerging evidence to support the use of endothelial progenitor cells (EPC) for angiogenic therapies or as biomarkers to assess cardiovascular disease risk and progression is compelling. However, there is no uniform definition of an EPC, which makes interpretation of these studies difficult. Though a hallmark of stem and progenitor cells is their ability to proliferate and give rise to functiona...

Recent research has led to proposals for the model-driven configuration of Enterprise Systems (ES) by the help of configurable reference models. While the proposed Configurable EPCs (C-EPCs) provide adequate conceptual support towards reference model configuration, the issue of translating the configured models towards executable process specifications has not been approached yet. A first step ...

Mouse bone marrow-derived Lin(-)-Sca-1(+) endothelial progenitor cell (EPC) has pluripotent abilities such as supporting neovascularization. Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) receptor 1 (VEGFR1) (Flt1) recognizes various VEGF isoforms and is critically implicated in a wide range of physiological and pathological settings, including vasculogenesis. Mouse EPC expresses two isoforms of VEG...

Radio frequency identification (RFID) uses radio frequency signals to automatically identify objects. RFID is used to pay for gas without going into the store, in automobile immobilizer systems to prevent theft, in toll road systems to automatically pay tolls without stopping, in animal identification, in secure entry cards, and in the supply chain to manage the flow of pallets, cases, and item...

Endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) contribute to postnatal neovascularization. Risk factors for coronary artery disease reduce the number of EPCs in humans. Since EPC apoptosis might be a potential mechanism to regulate the number of EPCs, we investigated the effects of oxidative stress and HMG-CoA-reductase inhibitors (statins) on EPC apoptosis. Atorvastatin, mevastatin, or VEGF prevented EPC...

CHANGES IN VASCULAR MORPHOLOGY and function with increasing age clearly are significant contributors to age-related increases in cardiovascular disease (CVD). In addition, the presence of CVD risk factors, such as hypertension, hyperlipidemia, diabetes, and smoking, have been shown to cause endothelial dysfunction, an early marker of atherosclerosis and CVD. Regular physical activity is not onl...