Objectives Varicocele is an abnormal dilation in the testicular vein, which can cause hypoxia, reactive oxygen species accumulation, elevation in testicular temperature, and promote apoptosis and increase proinflammatory cytokine production. According to the varicocele pathophysiology, it is possible that a group of cytosolic receptors called nucleotide oligomerization domain (NOD)-like recepto...

779 March 2014 In Reply: We thank Dr. Zeng for the thoughtful comments regarding our article. We totally agree that estimating effective lung volume (ELV) by the capnodynamic method may offer an early detector for loss in lung volume. In the lavage-depleted lung model, we mimic a heterogeneous lung, a condition that is often encountered in pediatric clinical practice. Although we agree that neo...

BACKGROUND We undertook this study to investigate the variation relationship of sperm associated antigen 11 (Spag11) mRNA expression and SPAG11E protein in the epididymis and spermatozoa of experimental left varicocele (ELV) rats. These findings could contribute to the understanding of the role of epididymal proteins in sperm functions and the mechanism of male infertility induced by varicocele...

The treatment of End-of-Life Vehicles (ELVs) and the environmental impact of discarding the resulting residues are subjects of worldwide concern. Automobile Shredder Residue (ASR) is the waste generated during the vehicle hulk shredding process, and its efficient processing represents a major concern, especially in Japan. This paper focuses on the ASR recycling process in the Japanese legislati...

BACKGROUND Bedside assessment of lung volume in clinical practice is crucial to adapt ventilation strategy. We compared bedside measures of lung volume by helium multiple-breath washout technique (EELVMBW,He) and effective lung volume based on capnodynamics (ELV) to those assessed from spiral chest CT scans (EELVCT) under different PEEP levels in control and surfactant-depleted lungs. METHODS...

BACKGROUND There is a well-established relationship between obesity, as measured by body mass index (BMI), and overall health risk. The presence of body fat is a known limitation to ultrasound, but it is unknown whether any decrease in quality due to obesity limits the interpretability of focused bedside echocardiography (FBE). OBJECTIVES To correlate obesity, as measured by BMI, with image q...

The growing global demand for new cars has resulted in a rise end-of-life vehicles (ELV), both with usable and non-usable parts. Malaysia faces particularly pressing issue of abandoned (AVs), as the country currently lacks comprehensive legislation managing ELV. On other hand, countries such US, Japan, Belgium, Korea, China have well-established ELV management policies. In light this, pilot stu...

Objective(s): Varicocele is an abnormal dilation in the testicular vein, which can cause hypoxia, reactive oxygen species accumulation, elevation in testicular temperature, and promote apoptosis and increase proinflammatory cytokine production. According to the varicocele pathophysiology, it is possible that a group of cytosolic receptors called nucleotide oligomerization domain (NOD)-like rece...

BACKGROUND We investigated correlations between lung volume collapsibility indices and pulmonary function test (PFT) results and assessed lobar differences in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients, using paired inspiratory and expiratory three dimensional (3D) computed tomography (CT) images. METHODS We retrospectively assessed 28 COPD patients who underwent paired inspiratory...

Background Few studies have focused on the clinical features of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) with enlarged left ventricle (ELV). Methods In this study, participants were patients HCM (n=170), who divided into two groups [ELV and normal (NLV)] according to size. Age at diagnosis, sex, complications, electrocardiogram (ECG), symptoms, drug treatment, echocardiographic parameters compared bet...