OBJECTIVE In a previous exploratory analysis, intracoronary near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) found the majority of culprit lesions in ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) to contain a maximum lipid core burden index in 4 mm (maxLCBI4mm) of >400. This initial study was limited by a small sample size, enrollment at a single center, and post hoc selection of the maxLCBI4mm ≥400 thre...

BACKGROUND Environmental pollution exposes humans to toxic substances. Herein we present 5 family members aged20-54 years that were poisoned by liquid mercury. CASE REPORTS Case 1 presented to our clinic with cough, fever, and night sweats. The patient had neutropenia, anemia,and pneumonia, rapidly developed acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), and died on day 4 of hospitalization.Her ...

Background and Objectives: Extended-pulse dye lasers (EPDL) are commonly used to treat a variety of vascular lesions. This study evaluated whether differences in pulse formats and cooling methods might affect outcome in the treatment of small facial telangictasia. Study Design/Materials and Methods: Ten subjects presenting with symmetric, bilateral facial telangiectasia were studied. Each side ...

Purpose Second harmonic generation signals (SHG) are emitted preferentially from collagenous tissue structures and have been used to evaluate photochemically-induced (CXL) crosslinking changes in the cornea. Since therapeutic tissue crosslinking (TXL) using sodium hydroxymethylglycinate (SMG) of the sclera is a potential treatment for high myopia, we explored the use of SHG microscopy to evalua...

Lateral and longitudinal resistance of ballasted track are two main indicators for the stability quantification. Aiming at improving lateral resistance, nailed sleeper is studied with single push tests (SSPTs) discrete element modelling (DEM). The SSPTs were applied to study how much can improve, considering different nail lengths (100, 200, 400 mm), also used calibrate validate DEM models. Wit...

One-sided surface charred European beech wood (Fagus sylvatica L.) was studied. Radial and tangential specimens of dimensions 50 × 25 350 mm were one-sided at 200, 250, 300, 350, 400 °C for various times using a contact heating system. Specimens mm3 prepared treatment intensity analysis its effect on wettability. Density profiles the radial determined X-ray densitography with resolution 0.05 mm...

Salinity is an important abiotic stress factor that negatively affects plant growth and yield. The study, the effect of microbial fertilizer containing Bacillus subtilis bacteria, commercially named Subtima, on salt in pepper was observed. Two different saline solutions (100 mM 200 mM) were prepared to create growing medium. solution applied plants 4 concentrations (300, 400, 500 600 ppm) from ...

Results characterizing GaAs pþ-i-nþ mesa photodiodes with a 10 mm i layer for their spectral response under illumination of X-rays and beta particles are presented. A total of 22 devices, having diameters of 200 mm and 400 mm, were electrically characterized at room temperature. All devices showed comparable characteristics with a measured leakage current ranging from 4 nA/cm to 67 nA/cm at an ...