Patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) are at a particularly high risk for cardiovascular disease. Vascular calcification (VC) is considered a cardiovascular risk marker, so in CKD patients screening for the presence of VC is suggested in current guidelines. VC is the result of both passive and active processes that involve a variety of proteins and factors. In the CKD population, numerous ...

BACKGROUND The SCN5A encoded sodium current (I(Na)) generates the action potential (AP) upstroke and is a major determinant of AP characteristics and AP propagation in cardiac myocytes. Unfortunately, in cardiac myocytes, investigation of kinetic properties of I(Na) with near-physiological ion concentrations and temperature is technically challenging due to the large amplitude and rapidly activ...

The prior Venture Capital research (VC) has examined the micro processes of syndication and alliance formation. However, a macro more systemic view is lacking, where past neglected global VC-ecosystem. Using qualitative method an abductive approach, we combine integrate two strands research, on VC ecosystems, to shed light crucial dynamics in industry. We provide VC-ecosystem definition portray...

organic fertilizers such as vermicompost (vc) are an undeniable source of required nutrients of plants. this field experiment performed as split plot arrangement based a randomized complete block design with three replications in 2008. the main factors (vermicompost treatments) added to soil at six levels including 20 and 40 ton.ha-1, 20 and 40 ton.ha-1 plus (1/2) chemical fertilizer, chemical ...

We propose a new delay-based scheduler called as RD-VC (Relative Delay VirtualClock). Since it performs a delay-based service differentiation among flow aggregates, the quality at microflow level is the same as that at aggregate level. This is not easily achievable when the service differentiation is bandwidth-based or loss-based. Unlike the EDF (Earliest Deadline First) scheduler [1], our prop...

Effect of vitamin C (VC) on biochemical, hematological and cortisol profile of growing Holstein calves during summer was investigated. Eighteen calves between 14 and 16 weeks of age were divided equally into two groups. One group received a diet supplemented with VC (20 g/d) for 60 days, while other non-supplemented diet fed group served as a control (CON). The temperature humidity index (THI) ...

Changes in vascular conductance (VC) are required to counter changes in muscle perfusion pressure (MPP) to maintain muscle blood flow (MBF) during exercise. We investigated the recruitment of VC as a function of peak VC measured in three body positions at two different work rates to test the hypothesis that adaptations in VC compensated changes in MPP at low-power output (LPO), but not at high-...

0. INTRODUCTION I. THE OBJECT OF THE DISCUSSION 1. The Story of the Chalice of Solomon (StorCal) according to the Vita Constantini (VC) 2. A Greek witness of StorCal: StorCal-ES 3. Two Commented Church Slavic witnesses of StorCal (Tolk1 and Tolk2): a the witnesses 4. b The differences between StorCal-Tolk1 and StorCal-Tolk2: a the narrative frame, b the commentary, g the integration into the ho...

BACKGROUND A higher slow vital capacity (VC) compared with forced vital capacity (FVC) indicates small airway collapse and air trapping. We hypothesized that a larger difference between VC and FVC (VC-FVC) would predict impaired exercise capacity in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). METHODS Pulmonary function and incremental cardiopulmonary exercise responses were as...