To evaluate the reactivity to psychological stress in patients with essential hypertension we investigated hemodynamic and endocrinologic changes during a mental arithmetic task (MAT) and a mirror drawing test (MDT) in 10 hypertensive subjects. Hemodynamic changes were assessed continuously using an ambulatory radionuclide cardiac detector. There were significant increases in systolic blood pre...

We present a novel sensorized mat for monitoring infant's posture through the measure of pressure maps. The pressure-sensitive mat is based on an optoelectronic technology developed in the last few years at Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna: a soft silicone skin cover, which constitutes the mat, participates in the transduction principle and provides the mat with compliance. The device has a modular s...

This paper describes a novel approach to generating a multi-block decomposition of 2-D domains into high quality quad sub-regions using the medial axis transform (MAT). Bunin's continuum theory for unstructured mesh generation [1] is used as a means of understanding how the information contained in the MAT can be used to find effective positions for mesh dislocations.

Insights into the three-dimensional (3D) structure of the enzyme, Methionine S-adenosyltransferase (MAT). can throw light on its role in humans and help in evolving se lectivity attributes of inhibitors targeted at bacterial MAT. We report here a 30model of human MAT, using the X-ray structure of MAT from the rat as a template, by comparative protein modeling principles. The resulting model has...

Known and unknown behaviors of three nonlinear systems are described in this paper. The power harvesting project is mentioned where the power generation mat using piezoelectric elements was experimented and demonstrated in Tokyo station of Japan Railways east (JR-east) company in 2006 and 2008 respectively. The commuters and passengers generate electric power by passing the power generation mat...

Prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii infection in pregnant women in Grenada is considered high. Little is known of the epidemiology of T. gondii infection in Caribbean Islands. Serum samples of 750 food animals in Grenada and Carriacou were tested for antibodies to T. gondii by the modified agglutination test (MAT). Antibodies to T. gondii (MAT, 1∶25 or higher) were found in 23.1% of 247 pigs, 44.1%...

Hydrogen may accumulate to micromolar concentrations in cyanobacterial mat communities from various environments, but the governing factors for this accumulation are poorly described. We used newly developed sensors allowing for simultaneous measurement of H2S and H2 or O2 and H2 within the same point to elucidate the interactions between oxygen, sulfate reducing bacteria, and H2 producing micr...

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Leptospirosis is a worldwide zoonosis caused by Leptospira interrogans. This study was conducted toevaluate serologic and bacteriologic findings of leptospirosis in clinically-suspected cows. 380 sera and 33urine samples were collected from 6 industrial dairy farms in Tehran suburb, from December 2004 to June2005. The prevalence of disease was determined by microscopic agglutination test (MAT),...

OBJECTIVE To determine the seroprevalence of Leptospira and the serovars responsible for Leptospira exposure in rats in Grenada in order to assess rats as a reservoir host for human infection. DESIGN AND METHODS Rattus norvegicus rodents were collected from each of the six parishes on the island of Grenada. Serum from 237 rats was tested by the microscopic agglutination test (MAT) and an Immu...