UNLABELLED The purpose of this study was to set reference values for spot blood pressure and its derivatives among Makerere university undergraduate students. STUDY DESIGN This was a cross- sectional study. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 183 undergraduates including 63 females and 120 males participated in the study. Blood pressure was measured, with the respondent seated, using a sphygmo...

A wide pulse pressure (PP) may constitute an independent predictor of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. We assessed the reference values of brachial clinic PP, according to age and gender in a nonselected population (61,724 subjects) who were undergoing a routine systematic health examination. According to mean values, 50 mm Hg is likely the reference value for clinic PP in both men and w...

Hydrocephalus is a condition characterised by enlarged cerebral ventricles, which in turn affects intracranial pressure (ICP); however, the mechanisms regulating ICP are not fully understood. A nonlinear signal processing approach was applied to ICP signals measured during infusion studies from patients with two forms of hydrocephalus, in a bid to compare the differences. This is the first stud...

BACKGROUND It is suggested that disturbed CSF dynamics are involved in the pathophysiology of idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (INPH). The pulsatility curve describes the relationship between intracranial pressure (ICP) and the amplitude of cardiac related ICP pulsations. The position of baseline ICP on the curve provides information about the physiological state of the CSF dynamic syst...

pore pressure is an important parameter, in exploration and production of hydrocarbon resources. lack of accurate knowledge about pore pressure, before drilling phase, leads to serious dangers in drilling process. accurate knowledge about distribution of pore pressure in a field, leads to reduce risks in drilling, improve well planning and mud weight calculations. during burial, normally pressu...

In order to determine reference values for the ambulatory blood pressure, a population sample of 328 subjects, aged 20-81 years, who reported themselves to be in good health, was investigated. The ambulatory blood pressure was recorded over 24 h, taking measurements at 20 min intervals from 8 am to 10 pm, and at 45 min intervals from 10 pm to 8 am. Blood pressure was also measured by trained ob...

Experiments were conducted with containerized ;Tahiti' lime (Citrus latifolia Tan.) trees in order to define conditions needed to induce flowering. Cyclical or continuous water stress for 4 to 5 weeks induced flowering. Moderate (-2.25 megapascals, midday) or severe (-3.5 megapascals, midday) water stress as measured by leaf xylem pressure potential, for as little as 2 weeks induced flowering, ...

Hossein Hassanian-Moghaddam*, Fereshteh Ghadiri , Maziar Shojaei , Nasim Zamani a,b a Toxicological Research Center, Department of Clinical Toxicology, Loghman-Hakim Hospital, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran b Excellence Center of Clinical Toxicology, Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Tehran, Iran Department of Neurology, Loghman-Hakim Ho...

In this study, we derive new expressions for the probability of outage where a mobile unit receives a Nakagami desired signal and multiple, cochannel, independent Nakagami interferers. Unlike some previous results, the expressions are usable when the Nakagami fading parameter, m , is not necessarily an integer. An exact formula is also derived for the outage probability when the desired signal ...