OBJECTIVE An unclear issue is whether gender may influence at cardiac remodeling after myocardial infarction (MI). We evaluated left ventricle remodeling in female and male rats post-MI. METHODS Rats were submitted to anterior descending coronary occlusion. Echocardiographic evaluations were performed on the first and sixth week post-occlusion to determine myocardial infarction size and left ...

Cross-linked quaternised Poly(2,6-dimethyl-1,4-Phenylene Oxide) (QPPO)-based membranes were prepared via Friedel-Crafts reactions using SnCl4 catalyst, 1,3,5-trioxane and chlorotrimethylsilane as environmentally-friendly chloromethylating reagents. New equations to calculate the degree of chloromethylation (DC) cross-linking (CLD) proposed. Ionic conductivity 133 mS cm?1 at 80 °C was obtained, ...

Sodium ion batteries (SIBs) are promising candidates for the applications of large-scale energy storage due to their cost-effective and environmental-friendly characteristics. Nevertheless, it remains a practical challenge to find a cathode material of SIBs showing ideal performance (capacity, reversibility, etc.). We report here a nanocomposite material of amorphous, porous FePO(4) nanoparticl...

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E-M. Ratai, C-G. Joo, J. Bombardier, J. He, L. Annamalai, T. H. Burdo, J. H. Campbell, C. Soulas, P. Autissier, S. V. Westmoreland, K. Williams, and R. G. Gonzalez Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital A.A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Charlestown, MA, United States, New England Regional Primate Research Center, Southborough, MA, United States, Biology Department, Boston College,...

E-M. Ratai, J. Bombardier, C-G. Joo, J. He, L. Annamalai, S. V. Westmoreland, T. H. Burdo, J. H. Campbell, C. Soulas, K. Williams, and R. G. Gonzalez Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital A.A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Charlestown, MA, United States, New England Regional Primate Research Center, Southborough, MA, United States, Biology Department, Boston College, Boston, MA, U...

In spite the significance of consumer engagement that scholars have recognized, there is a gap in understanding influencing factors social networking behaviors. light identity theory, this study considered susceptibility to interpersonal influence (SIPI) and self-expressive brands (SEBs) on Data from our research demonstrated SEBs SIPI were positively related brand attachment, which also impact...

In the current study, the effects of ethanol (EtOH) on toxicokinetics of methamphetamine (MA) and its metabolite amphetamine (AP) were investigated. A single dose of MA hydrochloride at 15 mg/Kg was given intragastrically, either alone (MA group; n = 8) or in conjunction with 3 g/Kg EtOH (MA+EtOH group; n = 8) to rabbits. In placebo group, normal saline only was given (placebo group; n = 4). Pl...

Lack of high-performance cathode materials has become the major barriers to lithium-ion battery applications in advanced communication equipment and electric vehicles. In this paper, we report a versatile interfacial reaction strategy, which is based on the idea of space confinement, for the synthesis of ultradispersed LiV3O8 nanoparticles (~10 nm) on graphene (denoted as LVO NPs-GNs) with an u...

η-Mn3N2 is produced using solvothermal reactions between MnCl2 and LiNH2 in benzene. At 350 °C nanocapsule structures are obtained, whereas at higher temperatures samples consisted of isotropic nanoparticulates. In aqueous KOH solution capacitances of up to 300 F g (2 mV s, potential window 0.3 to -0.6 V vs Hg/HgO), but capacitance fell to relatively low values on cycling. In lithium cells a re...