Platinum-containing stents are commonly used in humans with hypercholesterolemia, whereas preclinical stent evaluation has been performed healthy animal models, providing inadequate information about performance under hypercholesterolemic conditions. In this investigation, we an ApoE−/− mouse model to test the impact of hypercholesterolemia on neointima formation platinum-containing implants. W...

The role of intraluminal thrombus (ILT) in the rupture abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA) is controversial, and it unclear whether increases or decreases risk rupture. This research aims to find a clear answer this question. Previous computer modelling suggests that an ILT lowers oxygen dissemination AAA wall, contributing wall thinning. methodology used study determines amount reaching aneurysm ...

background, aims, methods, results) max 200 words: Low frequency vertical accelerations can provoke motion sickness and nausea in ships and aeroplanes and probably, combined with horizontal (lateral) acceleration, also in cars and buses. However, tilting trains and banking aeroplanes generate roll motions, which may provoke motion sickness in motion sickness sensitive humans. Some seventy healt...

Aim of this study: is a) to detect informal structures (power and position in structures of targeting of verbal aggression) among higher education students, b) to analyze determinants of these structural properties, and c) to propose a typology of verbal aggression targets. Complete network analysis was applied on a sample of a 53 students in Physical Education Faculty, Thessaly University, Gre...

BACKGROUND Grass and birch pollens are known to induce asthma. However there are few reports about other pollen-induced asthma. Japanese cedar is the most common allergen in rhinitis in Japan but is controversial on whether it can provoke asthma. METHODS To clarify Japanese cedar pollen-induced asthma, we studied adult patients who were sensitized only to the Japanese cedar (CAP-RAST > = 2) a...