Background—Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography (CCTA) is an accurate test for the identification of coronary artery disease (CAD), yet the impact of the CCTA results upon subsequent medical therapy and risk factors has not been widely reported. Methods and Results—We identified consecutive patients >18 years of age without prior CAD who underwent CCTA from 2004 – 2011 and had complete data...

Available online xxxx Smallholder livestock keepers represent almost 20% of the world population and steward most of the agricultural land in the tropics. Observed and expected increases in future demand for livestock products in developing countries provide unique opportunities for improving livelihoods and linked to that, improving stewardship of the environment. This cannot be a passive proc...

BACKGROUND Initiation of antiretroviral therapy (ART) in early HIV infection demonstrates clinical benefits including enhanced CD4 T-lymphocyte recovery and minimization of the latent HIV reservoir. Whether ART intensification with CCR5 blockade provides additional benefits is unknown. TRIAL DESIGN This randomized controlled trial evaluated the impact of maraviroc (MVC) intensification in per...

The maximum deepening rate per cyclone track is determined by the maximum height drop at the center of the cyclone (500-hPa low) on the basis of all the 6-h successive steps in its life cycle. The geopotential height gradient is calculated over the entire low area and the calculation continued with the variation of the gradient in the successive steps. The maximum intensification rate per cyclo...

OBJECTIVE To determine the feasibility of, compliance with, and long-term survival with intensification treatment regimens for patients with advanced, resectable, previously untreated head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. DESIGN Prospective phase 2 clinical trial (3 similar, consecutively evolved trials). SETTING Comprehensive Cancer Center-Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. So...

For many years electronics has been engaged in the problems of amplifying very weak currents and voltages. In rece~t years, partly owing to the stimulus of teleuision, a new branch of,electronies, that"'is, the intensification. of light, has ·emerged. The original object of this development was the conversion of long-wave; into short-wave light ("wavelength-transformation") which was investigat...

Agricultural intensification is linked to reduced species richness and may limit the effectiveness of predators in agricultural systems. We studied the abundance, diversity, and species composition of wood-nesting ants and frequency of parasitism of poneromorph ants in coffee agroeco systems and a forest fragment in Chiapas, Mexico. In three farms differing in shade management and in a nearby ...

Agricultural intensification through increasing fertilization input and cropland expansion has caused rapid loss of semi-natural habitats and the subsequent loss of natural enemies of agricultural pests. It is however extremely difficult to disentangle the effects of agricultural intensification on arthropod communities at multiple spatial scales. Based on a two-year study of seventeen 1500 m-r...

lots of papers has been written about iran’s military strategy explain military strategy of iran is deterrence, but there is a little paper that explain why iran chose this strategy? the paper tries to answer this question. two hypotheses are presented as probable answers to the question: 1-chang of balance power in the middle east 2- intensification of u.s pressure on iran for regime change.lo...

The aim of this study was to test the sensitivity of; performance in the countermovement vertical Jump (CMJ); the Recovery and Stress Questionnaire for Athletes (RESTQ-Sport); the Total Quality Recovery Scale (TQR) and the creatine kinase (CK) to the deliberate intensification of volleyball training loads. For this purpose 8 athletes underwent a training period (FP) of 11 days of deliberate tra...