Heart failure provokes alterations in the expression of nucleocytoplasmic transport-related genes. To elucidate the nucleocytoplasmic transport-linked functional network underlying the two major causes of heart failure, ischemic cardiomyopathy (ICM) and dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM), we examined global transcriptome profiles of left ventricular myocardium tissue samples from 31 patients (ICM, n ...

OBJECTIVE To determine the risk factors associated with polyhydramnios, and assess the maternal and perinatal outcome in these patients. METHODS A prospective study of all deliveries complicated with polyhydramnios in Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Sultanate of Oman between January 2005 and April 2006. Polyhydramnios was divided into mild and moderate to severe based on the amniotic fluid...

Evans and Levinson’s (2009) article claims that the assumption of Chomskyan generative linguistics that knowledge of natural language draws on a small inventory of principles with fixed parametric variation (i.e., Universal Grammar) is empirically untenable. We agree that the authors point out prima facie limitations of that approach, and we leave it to others to assess howwell their criticisms...

The relation between serum vitamin A measurements made at baseline examination (1971-1975) and subsequent development of prostate cancer was examined in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey I Epidemiologic Follow-up Study (1981-1984). The analytic cohort consisted of 2440 men 50 years of age or older who were followed for a median of 10 years. A total of 84 men developed prostat...

Cardiac muscle responds to increased afterload by developing hypertrophy. During the early stages of hypertension, the heart can be transiently, but frequently, exposed to increased afterload. This study was designed to test the hypothesis that left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) assessed by electrocardiography (ECG) can be used to predict future development of hypertension.Sokolow-Lyon voltage ...

In this work, we construct 36 tetraquark configurations for the $1S$-, $1P$-, and $2S$-wave states, make a prediction of mass spectrum $ss\overline{s}\overline{s}$ system in framework nonrelativistic potential quark model without diquark-antidiquark approximation. The parameters are well determined by our previous study strangeonium spectrum. We find that resonances ${f}_{0}(2200)$ ${f}_{2}(234...

In this work, we construct 36 tetraquark configurations for the $1S$-, $1P$-, and $2S$-wave states, make a prediction of mass spectrum $ss\overline{s}\overline{s}$ system in framework nonrelativistic potential quark model without diquark-antidiquark approximation. The parameters are well determined by our previous study strangeonium spectrum. We find that resonances ${f}_{0}(2200)$ ${f}_{2}(234...

Colloidal suspensions of nanoparticles (e.g., metals and oxides) have been considered as a promising working fluid in microreactors for achieving significant process intensification. Existing examples include their uses microflow catalysts enhancing the reaction efficiency, or additives to mix with base (i.e., form so-called nanofluids) heat/mass transfer Thus, hydrodynamic characterization suc...

Back to the Basic: Measuring QRS Voltage-Interval in Left Ventricular Hypertrophy To the Editor: The electrocardiographic patterns of left ventricular hypertrophy or left ventricular strain have received considerable attention for investigators in the last half a century. A variety of ECG measurements, involving QRS voltage ( V or mV) and timeinterval, have been used to define left ventricular ...