This study aims to test the usability of the transthoracic impedance cardiogram (ICG) for assessment of the quality of myocardial contractions in atrial fibrillation (AFIB) vs. sinus rhythm (SR), using signals recorded via defibrillation pads during external cardioversion (ECV). Data from 88 patients with persistent AFIB who received planned ECV are processed. AFIB is treated with cardioverter/...

The demand for new DRAM technologies with smaller ground rules leads to new challenges for inline metrology. This paper addresses inline monitoring of structural dimensions like depths and critical dimension (CD), excluding defect density monitoring and advanced process control techniques. Qimonda pursues the deep trench (DT) capacitor concept A main module in DRAM manufacturing comprises DT et...

AIMS In rats post-myocardial infarction (MI), activation of angiotensinergic pathways in the brain contributes to sympathetic hyperactivity and progressive left ventricle (LV) dysfunction. The present study examined whether angiotensin III (Ang III) is one of the main effector peptides of the brain renin-angiotensin system controlling these effects. METHODS AND RESULTS After coronary artery l...

BACKGROUND Double-triggering (DT) is a frequent type of patient-ventilator asynchrony and has potentially severe consequences, such as alveolar overdistention or the generation of intrinsic PEEP. However, the first breath of DT could be patient-triggered (DT-P), auto-triggered (DT-A), or ventilator-triggered (DT-V). OBJECTIVE To differentiate DT-P, DT-A, and DT-V using airway pressure or flow...

BACKGROUND The landmark Randomized Evaluation of Mechanical Assistance for the Treatment of Congestive Heart Failure (REMATCH) trial first demonstrated that implantation of left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) as destination therapy (DT) can provide survival superior to any known medical treatment in patients with end-stage heart failure who are ineligible for transplantation. In the present...

and Applied Analysis 3 Definition 2.2 see 6 . A subset S of a BCI-algebra X is called subalgebra of X if x ∗ y ∈ S whenever x, y ∈ S. For a BCI-algebra X, we denote x ∧ y y ∗ y ∗ x for all x, y ∈ X 6 . For more details we refer to 3, 5, 6 . 3. t-Derivations in a BCI-Algebra/p-Semisimple BCI-Algebra The following definitions introduce the notion of t-derivation for a BCI-algebra. Definition 3.1....

background routine screening for distress is internationally recommended as a necessary standard for good cancer care given its high prevalence and negative consequences on quality of life. this study attempts to support validation of distress thermometer (dt) in shiraz, iran and in the second step to investigate privilege/priority of dt over other referent criterion measures. material and meth...

Olfaction is dependent on respiration for the delivery of odorants to the nasal cavity. Taking advantage of the time-locked nature of inspiration and olfactory processing, electroencephalogram dipole modeling (EEG/DT) has previously been used to identify a cascade of inspiration-triggered neural activity moving from primary limbic olfactory regions to frontal cortical areas during odor percepti...

Autoradiography and light microscopy were used to study the effects of lymphocyte culture supernatants, prepared under a variety of conditions, on the course of intracellular Toxoplasma gondii infection in human monocyte-derived macrophages in vitro. Supernatants prepared by incubating lymphocytes of dye test- (DT) positive subjects with T. gondii lysate antigen (TLA), lymphocytes of DT/negativ...

In this paper, a single-switch ZVZCS quasi-resonant CLL isolated DC-DC converter for driving a low-ower (less than 100 W) 32” LED backlighting liquid crystal display television (LCD TV) is proposed. The proposed converter exhibits both forward and flyback operational characteristics. All semiconductors are activated and deactivated under the soft switching conditions during the switching transi...