BACKGROUND The ankle brachial index (ABI) is a known measure of lower-limb peripheral artery disease (PAD), as well as a marker for other cardiovascular disease events. OBJECTIVE Our goal was to compare the prevalence of abnormal ABI scores (ABI <or= 0.9) between: consecutive patients with acute ischaemic stroke (IS), primary care patients with refractory hypertension (rHT), and patients at i...

The suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) harbors an endogenous oscillator generating circadian rhythms that are synchronized to the external light/dark cycle by photic information transmitted via the retinohypothalamic tract (RHT). The RHT has recently been shown to contain pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide (PACAP) as neurotransmitter/neuromodulator. PACAPergic effects on cAMP-mediate...

Objective To create an improved planning method for pediatric regional hyperthermia (RHT) using the SIGMA-30 applicator (SIGMA-30).Materials and Methods An electromagnetic model of was generated use with finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method. Applying special MATLAB-based algorithms, voxel models a patient pelvic rhabdomyosarcoma were created from Computed-Tomography (CT) contours FDTD (F...

Genotype-environment interaction (GxE) has a great impact on wheat physiology, morphology and grain yield (GY). We evaluated an association mapping panel of spring advanced lines for chlorophyll content, canopy temperature (CT), yield-related traits under three different watering regimes in two consecutive growing seasons. Genome-wide identified 457 SNPs, with significant effects that varied th...

Abstract The aims of this paper are to comprehensively explore both the dynamic mechanical properties and crack evolution characteristics coal rock during impact failure. First, experimental specimens prepared from seam, direct roof strata floor in same area highlight correlations between test pieces. Second, a strain gauge high-speed (HS) camera adopted reflect stress wave signal evolution. Th...

In mammals, circadian rhythms are controlled by a master clock localized in the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) and entrained to 24 h by external cues. These signals are conveyed by three main afferences: the retinohypothalamic tract (RHT), the geniculohypothalamic tract (GHT) and the serotonergic tract. Photic factors during the night, leading to glutamate release from the RHT and c-Fos and cloc...