Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the first leading cause of death and disability globally. China facing greatest challenge CVD worldwide due to rapid urbanization, industrialization changing lifestyles in recent decades.1Zhou M. Wang H. Zeng X. et al.Mortality, morbidity, risk factors its provinces, 1990-2017: a systematic analysis for Global Burden Disease Study 2017.Lancet. 2019; 394: 1145-115...

aerosol formation due to ions in the atmosphere is not well understood, although it seems to play an important role in cloud formation. the ions in the atmosphere can enhance cloud formation and can increase nucleation as well as impeding the evaporation from the surfaces of the droplets. recently there has been some experimental work to find the relation between ions concentrations and cloud i...

The objective of this study was to develop a method that could be applied to investigations of soil/environmental factors influencing the spatial and temporal variability of carbofuran hydrolysis in field soils. Two factors were considered: (i) soil handling and pesticide application, and (ii) the method of data summarization. Three soil handling/pesticide treatments were evaluated: (i) sieved ...

Loss of pesticide efficacy resulting from enhanced rates of microbial degradation has been observed with several pesticides including the insecticide carbofuran (2,3-dihydro-2,2-dimethyl-7-benzofuranyl methylcarbamate). Soils in which this phenomenon occurs are often referred to as "problem soils." Several previous studies have documented the temporal aspects of the conversion of a nonproblem s...

ACUTE lung injury (ALI) and adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) are characterized by the tendency of peripheral air spaces to collapse, particularly in dependent lung areas. The application of a positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) and an appropriate tidal volume (VT) is thought to prevent and reverse the collapse of airways and respiratory units in such patients. Other means to recru...

Stretchcam is a thin camera with a lens capable of zooming with small actuations. In our design, an elastic lens array is placed on top of a sparse, rigid array of pixels. This lens array is then stretched using a small mechanical motion in order to change the field of view of the system. We present in this paper the characterization of such a system and simulations which demonstrate the capabi...

mately 7 to 10% of the area available for loblolly pine production (Schultz, 1997), optimum nutrition may beCommercial timber production is increasingly reliant on long-term come strategically important to meet global demand for fertilization to maximize stand productivity, yet we do not understand loblolly derived forest products (Albaugh et al., 1998). the extent to which this practice homoge...

Enterococcal bloodstream infection (BSI) is associated with high morbidity and mortality. Interestingly, enterococcal BSI central-line (CLABSI) or intravascular devices (catheter-related BSI, CRBSI) has shown an increasing incidence proportion [[1]Novosad S.A. Fike L. Dudeck M.A. Allen-Bridson K. Edwards J.R. Edens C. et al.Pathogens causing central-line-associated infections in acute-care hosp...

background: breast cancer is one of the most important diseases in females. malaysian women have not excluded. according to the malaysian oncology society [1], about 4% of women (who are 40 years old and above) have involved by breast cancer. masses and microcalcifications are two important signs for breast cancer diagnosis on mammography. according to our estimation, radiologists could diagnos...

Complex measurements of atmospheric ions and submicron aerosol particles were performed in Southern Finland during March-April 2000, at the annual maximum of the new particle burst occurrence. Experiments with a systematic charger/no charger arrangement for the ultrafine aerosols and with the supporting extensive atmospheric ion measurements were performed for the first time. Very distinct even...