RATIONALE This study aims to evaluate the diagnostic value of beta-endorphin (β-EP) and brain natriuretic peptid (BNP) plasma concentrations for the early diagnosis of acute left heart failure and atrial fibrillation. PATIENT CONCERNS A total of 45 patients were included. These patients comprised 23 male and 22 female patients,and 20 healthy subjects who underwent physical examinations in the...

In this paper, we study the properties of the generalized harmonic numbersHn,k,r(α, β). In particular, by means of the method of coefficients, generating functions and Riordan arrays, we establish some identities involving the numbers Hn,k,r(α, β), Cauchy numbers, generalized Stirling numbers, Genocchi numbers and higher order Bernoulli numbers. Furthermore, we obtain the asymptotic values of s...

In this article, the role of cultural capital in strengthening social trust in Iran has been studied. Social trust is one of the most important components of social development. It is one of the important aspects of social relations. Cultural capital, which is an indicator of cultural development, is used objectively and the scientific and cultural qualities of a person can affect social trust....

Latino day laborers (LDLs) are at elevated risks for disease and injury because of the environments in which they work. Despite this recognition, a comprehensive examination of factors related to LDLs' health service use remains unexamined. Using the Andersen model, the current exploratory study examined predisposing (age, education level, location of educational training, legal status, and mar...

Generalized hyperbolic Lévy motions constitute a broad subclass of Lévy processes which are generated by generalized hyperbolic (GH) distributions. GH distributions were introduced in [1] in connection with a project with geologists. The Lebesgue density of this 5-parameter class can be given in the following form dGH(λ,α,β,δ,μ)(x) = a(λ, α, β, δ, μ)(δ + (x− μ)2)(λ− 1 2 )/2 × Kλ− 2 (α √ δ2 + (x...

The possibility of resolving the tension between trust as a psychological condition and trust as a general organizing principle depends on assumptions about the convergence of expressed and perceived trust relations. In empirical organizational research these assumptions are frequently left implicit and only rarely modeled directly. Using data that we have collected on trust relations within th...

the aim of this study was to identify the model of the effect of brand communities based on social media on value creation practices, brand trust and brand loyalty. the statistical population consisted of all members of sport brand communities of social media in mazandaran province and 115 subjects were selected as the sample. for data collection, brand communities (laroche et al., 2012) questi...

in the present work, the electronic properties of titanium were studied in three phases of α, β and ω using the density function theory (dft). the full potential augmented plane wave plus local orbital (flapw+lo) method was applied using the generalized gradient approximation. the calculated total energies showed that omega phase was more stable than the two other phases. the largest electrical...