We present a unique 2 h ground-based observation of concurrent magnetospheric hiss, chorus, VLF triggered emissions as well as ELF/VLF signals generated locally by the High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP) facility. Eccentricity of observed wave polarization is used as a criteria to identify magnetospheric emissions and estimate their ionospheric exit points. The observations o...

BACKGROUND The severity of the injury is the most important factor to return to work (RTW) when it comes to hand injuries. The purpose of our study is to examine the relationship between the initial anatomic severity, evaluated by the Hand Injury Severity Scoring (HISS) system, and probability of RTW in occupational hand injured patients. METHODS In this retrospective cohort study, 140 patien...

BACKGROUND Blast injuries of the hand represent a demanding surgical emergency for the reconstructive hand surgeon. Commercially available fireworks are often regarded as less dangerous compared to combat ammunition, but the following examples demonstrate their real potential for devastating hand injuries. Some of the closed injuries can represent a pitfall for correct assessment of trauma seve...

Insulin resistance, hyperglycemia, hyperinsulinemia, hyperlipidemia and oxidative stress are risk factors related to cardiovascular diseases including congestive heart failure, myocardial infarction, ventricular hypertrophy, endothelial nitric oxide impairment in systemic blood vessels and the heart, atherosclerosis, and hypercoagulability of blood. The traditional focus on insulin sensitivity ...

A series of in vivo and in vitro studies using animal and human models in the past 15 years have demonstrated that approximately 55% (~66% in humans) of the glucose disposal effect of an i.v. injection of insulin in the fed state is dependent on the action of a second hormone, hepatic insulin sensitizing substance (HISS), which is released from the liver and stimulates glucose uptake in muscle,...

Health information system services (HISS) have the potential to improve well-being of employees which, in turn, leads to a reduction of days of sickness absence and an increase in individual and organizational performance. However, low participation rates indicate a need to better understand incentives that motivate employees not only to join but also to stick to HISS-supported health promotion...

We present a random forests machine learning model for prediction of plasmaspheric hiss spectral classes from the Van Allen Probes dataset. The provides accurate obtained by self organizing map (SOM) unsupervised classification technique. high predictive skill is largely determined distinct and different locations given class (“no hiss”, “regular “low-frequency hiss”) in (MLAT, MLT, L) coordina...

We review evidence that the AMIS (Absence of Meal-induced Insulin Sensitization) syndrome describes a paradigm fundamental to development of obesity. The hypoglycemic response to a pulse of insulin is doubled after a meal as a result of Hepatic Insulin Sensitizing Substance (HISS), released from the liver to act selectively on muscle, heart and kidney. In the absence of HISS action, the hypogly...