In acute myocardial ischemia, regional blood flow and function are proportionally reduced. With prolongation of ischemia, function further declines at unchanged blood flow. We studied the involvement of an inflammatory signal cascade in such progressive dysfunction and whether dysfunction is intrinsic to cardiomyocytes. In 10 pigs, ischemia was induced by adjusting inflow into the cannulated le...

INTRODUCTION Iodine is considered to be an essential micronutrient in pregnant women. Iodine placental transport to the embryo-fetus is essential for hormone synthesis and is crucial for nervous system development. However, the relationship between iodine intake and placental weight and its potential implications for the newborn have not been studied. MATERIAL AND METHODS Iodine intake was an...

The aim of this study is to compare the physical wedge (PW) with enhanced dynamic wedge (EDW) to determine the difference in the dose distribution affecting the treated breast and the contralateral breast, lungs, heart, esophagus, spine, and surrounding skin in the radiotherapy of breast cancer. Computed tomography (CT) data sets of 30 breast cancer patients were selected from the database for ...

Radiosonde humidity data provide the longest record for assessing changes in atmospheric water vapor, but they often contain large discontinuities because of changes in instrumentation and observational practices. In this study, the variations and trends in tropospheric humidity (up to 300 hPa) over China are analyzed using a newly homogenized radiosonde dataset. It is shown that the homogeniza...

In acute myocardial ischemia, regional blood flow and function are proportionally reduced. With prolongation of ischemia, function further declines at unchanged blood flow. We studied the involvement of an inflammatory signal cascade in such progressive dysfunction and whether dysfunction is intrinsic to cardiomyocytes. In 10 pigs, ischemia was induced by adjusting inflow into the cannulated le...

Hashimoto, Takeshi, Naoshige Kambara, Ryuji Nohara, Masayuki Yazawa, and Sadayoshi Taguchi. Expression of MHCand MCT1 in cardiac muscle after exercise training in myocardial-infarcted rats. J Appl Physiol 97: 843–851, 2004. First published May 7, 2004; 10.1152/japplphysiol.01193.2003.—To evaluate the hypothesis that increasing the potential for glycolytic metabolism would benefit the functionin...

Plastics have become an essential part of our daily lives, and global plastic production has increased dramatically in the past 50 years. This significantly amount garbage produced. Researchers recently been interested using trash recyclable plastics concrete as ecologically acceptable building material. A large number publications published that describe behavior concrete, containing waste rec...

Four model plasma coatings obtained with selected parameters and precursors (acetylene, acrylic acid, maleic anhydride) were developed for the preparation of adhesive joints a metal/elastomer assembly. One these layers, pulsed wave (PW), is thin highly functionalized, while another continuous (CW) coated same thickness less functionalized but crosslinked. The other two layers (CW × 2, CW + PW),...

and Applied Analysis 3 Remark 1.5. In Theorem 1.2 setting α z constant zero and P z,w a polynomial in variable w that vanishes exactly on a finite set of holomorphic functions S, we obtain Corollary 1.6 which generalizes the famous Montel’s criterion that a holomorphic family omitting 2 or more values is normal. Corollary 1.6. Let F be a family of holomorphic functions on a domain D. Let S be a...

BACKGROUND Fractures pose a major worldwide challenge to public health, causing tremendous disability for the society and families. According to recent studies, many in vivo and in vitro experiments have shown the positive effects of PW LLLT on osseous tissue. OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to evaluate the outcome of infrared pulsed wave low-level laser therapy (PW LLLT) on the fracture...