Regular thermal therapy, using saunas or hot baths, has the potential to improve impaired insulin sensitivity and boost endothelial expression of the "constitutive" isoform of nitric oxide synthase--effects, analogous to those of aerobic training that should promote vascular health. Previous clinical reports suggest that hot tubs may be beneficial for diabetic control, and that sauna therapy ca...

Abstract We investigate the heat transport properties of a three-level system coupled to three thermal baths, assuming model based on superconducting circuit implementations. The system-bath coupling is mediated by resonators which serve as frequency filters for different qutrit transitions. Taking into account finite quality factors resonators, we find rectification and circulation effects not...

ABSTRACT Objectives: to compare tympanic and axillary body temperature values of critical patients before after the traditional dry bed bath. Methods: this is a randomized, open crossover clinical trial conducted with 50 adult patients. All received both types bathing. The were measured at beginning end baths. Wilcoxon test or paired Student’s t was used. Results: elderly male predominated. The...

We study time dependence of exchange symmetry properties of Bell states when two-qubits interact with local baths having identical parameters. In case of classical noise, we consider a decoherence Hamiltonian which is invariant under swapping the first and second qubits. We find that as the system evolves in time, two of the three symmetric Bell states preserve their qubit exchange symmetry wit...

We obtain an exact Green–Kubo type linear response result for the heat current in an open system. The result is derived for classical Hamiltonian systems coupled to heat baths. Both lattice models and fluid systems are studied and several commonly used implementations of heat baths, stochastic as well as deterministic, are considered. The results are valid in arbitrary dimensions and for any sy...

We report a case of sudden unexpected death of a young woman who was found in a bathtub of hot water. The autopsy concluded that all possible causes of sudden loss of consciousness, except cardiac origin, could be excluded. However, the heart did not show any obvious pathological changes. We used next-generation DNA sequencing (NGS) to examine 73 genes and detected 3 rare, potentially pathogeni...

We simulate sodium chloride currents through the gramicidin A channel using the spectral element method to solve the three-dimensional Poisson–Nernst– Planck (PNP) equations. Using the spectral element method, we are able to simulate the entire channel, plus large enough portions of the lipid bilayer and baths to ensure that all boundary conditions are realistic. In these simulations, we rely o...

This study examined whether hydrotherapy per formed in bubble baths improves knee range of motion in patients who have undergone total knee arthroplasty. The subjects included 11 patients (two males and nine females) who underwent unilateral total knee arthroplasty. In this study, we measured knee range o f motion test results preand post-bubble bath. The mean di fference in range o f motion te...

There is considerable interest in the use of mesoporous structures (e.g. zeolites and metal organic frameworks) for hydrogen storage but little is known about the molecular interactions and the dynamics of molecules inside the cages of these structures. In order to determine these properties we have measured the nuclear magnetic spin-lattice and spin-spin relaxation times of HD molecules trappe...

This work aims at the development of a dynamic model for the mathematical description of facilitated transport separation processes carried out in membrane contactors where mass transport phenomena are coupled with chemical reactions. A general model that takes into account the description of all possible mass transport steps and interfacial chemical reactions is initially presented, allowing i...