BACKGROUND The association of preawake (difference between pre- and postwaking blood pressure (BP)) and sleep-through surge (difference between sleeping nadir and postwaking BP) with cardiovascular events is unclear. Examination of factors associated with surge may provide novel insights. We examined the association of race, which associates with nocturnal dipping, and plasma renin activity (PR...

To avoid co-surge the mass flows should be kept balanced. Still co-surge can occur when operating close to the surge line due to disturbances between the two mass flows. In that case the control system needs to detect the co-surge oscillation and take proper actions. The simulation model is used to evaluate detection and control algorithms, which are then tested in vehicle. −0.25 0 0.25 0.5 0.7...

Until now, clinicians have been relying solely on LH activity-dependent triggering of final oocyte maturation and thus taken it for granted that the natural midcycle FSH surge is biologically redundant. However, it is time to question this paradigm. Evidence from clinical studies hint that in a yet-to-be-defined subset of patients, dual LH and FSH surge is advantageous compared with LH-only sur...

This paper presents a new analysis of the effects of ambient temperature variations on the surge characteristics of turbo heat pumps. To this end, an analytical model capable of predicting unsteady behavior of surge in turbo heat pumps has been developed. In compression systems, surge is mostly caused by the compressor work exceeding the mechanical inertia of the system. In refrigeration system...

In sheep, the surge mode of gonadotropin secretion is sexually differentiated, i.e. the LH surge is present in the female, but not in the male. The present study tested the hypothesis that sexual differentiation of the LH surge mechanism reflects a sex difference in the pattern of GnRH, and that prenatal androgens abolish the surge mode of GnRH secretion. We monitored the pattern of GnRH secret...

The optimal time period for intrauterine insemination (IUI) in relation to either luteinizing hormone (LH) surge or human chorionic gonadotrophin (HCG) administration leading to the best pregnancy rates has not been determined. In this study, 856 consecutive human menopausal gonadotrophin (HMG)-stimulated and 49 natural unstimulated IUI cycles carried out at a reproductive medicine unit affilia...

This paper describes the structural design of the SUR-II spherical underwater robot. A spherical shape was adopted due to its outstanding shock resistance and flexibility. We designed and developed vectored water-jet thrusters to implement 4-degreesof-freedom (4-DOF) underwater motion while saving energy. Because each thruster provided 2-DOF motion, three were sufficient for 4-DOF motion. There...

In the present study we investigated how the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) controls the E(2)-induced PRL surge in female rats. First, the role of vasopressin (VP), a SCN transmitter present in medial preoptic area (MPO) projections and rhythmically released by SCN neurons, as a circadian signal for the E(2)-induced PRL surge was investigated. Using a reverse microdialysis technique, VP was admi...