BACKGROUND Chronic heart failure (CHF) is a serious public health problem associated with high rates of morbidity and mortality. Cardiac resynchronisation therapy (CRT) is a well established treatment for selected patients who do not respond to optimal drug treatment of CHF. AIM To assess the impact of CRT on the physical ability and quality of life (QoL) of patients with CHF. METHODS The s...

Purpose: Exoskeletons have been developed for rehabilitation of patients with walking impairment due to neurological disorders. Recent studies have shown that the voluntary-driven exoskeleton HAL® (hybrid assistive limb) can improve walking functions in spinal cord injury and stroke. The aim of this study was to assess safety and effects on walking function of HAL® supported treadmill therapy i...

BACKGROUND Closed head injury results in a diverse pattern of anatomical and biochemical changes in the brain, reflected in 1H magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) [1]. The categorization of these changes is often complicated by the presence of underlying macromolecules and lipids, especially in severe cases of non-accidental injury in infants [2]. Continuous wavelet transform methods have bee...

Modeling of thermal-hydraulic calculations for the AP1000 core to predict reactor pressure vessel (RPV) temperature has been carried out. The reactor’s primary coolant system transfers heat produced in fuel during operation steam generator. Part will also be transferred from and pipe. This paper presents calculation result RPV prediction normal operation. Calculations were performed using COBRA...

The aim of this study was to observe the changes in mechanical withdrawal threshold (MWT) and thermal withdrawal latency (TWL) in a rat model of incisional pain with nicotine dependence and withdrawal. Twelve Wistar rats were randomly divided into a control and a withdrawal group, with 6 rats per group. In the control group, the rats were raised in normal conditions for 7 days without any treat...

Abstract Introduction The Maintenance of Wakefulness Test (MWT) has been used as an objective measure the ability to stay awake and can be assess effectiveness treatment. There are no universally accepted guidelines for assessing effective treatment or driving readiness in adolescents with narcolepsy there is only limited data published on use MWT children. purpose this study present a single-c...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE To determine associations between stenosis, measures of plaque burden, and compositional features of carotid atherosclerosis, including high-risk features of intraplaque hemorrhage (IPH) and surface disruption. METHODS Institutional Review Board approval and informed consent for all participants were obtained before study initiation. Patients with either carotid stenosi...

BACKGROUND Solid evidence shows that cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) improves prognosis, physical capacity and quality of life in selected groups of patients with chronic heart failure (CHF). Nonetheless, marked percentage of patients seem not to benefit from CRT. MATERIAL AND METHODS Sixty consecutive patients (aged 66.3 +/- 8.7 years, 57 men - 95%, 3 women - 5%) with CHF (71.7% with...