Pre-eclamptic toxaemia (PET) may be associated with both endothelial dysfunction (ED) and sleep-disordered breathing (SDB). It was hypothesised that females with PET would demonstrate both SDB and ED, and that a correlation between these two would suggest a potential causative association. A total of 17 females with PET and 25 matched females with uncomplicated pregnancy were studied. They unde...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of the current study was to examine prevalence of and relations between a commonly used measure of nighttime breathing problems, the Respiratory Disturbance Index (RDI), and a range of problem behaviors in community children. METHODS Participants were 403 unreferred children aged 6-12 years. Recruitment was completed through public elementary schools. Overnight unattende...

BACKGROUND Gestational hypertension (GH) is a newly recognized risk factor for adverse cardiovascular events later in life. Sleep disordered breathing (SDB) is an established risk factor for adverse cardiovascular events. Recent research has suggested that women with GH may have an increased rate of SDB during pregnancy, but it is not known if this higher rate of SDB persists into the postpartu...

Clustering analysis is the task of partitioning a set of objects O = {O1... On} into C self-similar subsets based on available data. In general, clustering of unlabeled data poses three major problems: 1) Assessing cluster tendency, i.e., how many clusters to seek? 2) Partitioning the data into C meaningful groups, and 3) Validating the c clusters that are discovered. All clustering algorithms ...

A multivitamin and mineral supplementation study of 6 weeks was conducted with male and female mice. The control group received a standard dose of vitamins and minerals of 1× the Recommended Daily Intake (RDI), whereas a second group received 3× RDI. A third group received a high dose of vitamin E (25× RDI), close to the upper limit of toxicity (UL), but still recommended and considered to be h...

Abstract We discuss quantum key distribution protocols and their security analysis, considering a receiver-device-independent (RDI) model. The sender’s (Alice’s) device is partially characterized, in the sense that we assume bounds on overlaps of prepared states. receiver’s (Bob’s) requires no characterisation can be represented as black-box. Our are therefore robust to any attack Bob, such bli...

STUDY OBJECTIVE To compare the severity of sleep apneic events occurring in the supine posture vs the severity of sleep apneic events occurring in the lateral posture in patients with severe obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). DESIGN A retrospective analysis of apneic event variables in a group of 30 OSA patients who underwent a complete polysomnographic evaluation in our sleep disorders unit. P...

OBJECTIVE To assess subjective and objective outcomes in selected patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome who underwent microdebrider-assisted extended uvulopalatoplasty (MEUP). DESIGN Prospective study. SETTING Tertiary referral center. PATIENTS Fifty patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome who had substantial retropalatal obstruction and more than 10 events per hour on the...