AIMS Transmural extent (TME) of myocardial scar, contractile reserve, and perfusion all predict improvement in regional myocardial function after coronary revascularization. We sought their association with regional remodelling after infarction. METHODS AND RESULTS We studied 89 patients (age 62 +/- 10 years) with left ventricular (LV) dysfunction, at least 1 month post infarction. Viability ...

in this report, experimental investigation of waste water treatment by reverse osmosis to enable its reuse in cooling tower is presented. a polyamide spiral wound ro membrane followed by three filters as ro pretreatment (two activated carbon and one cartridge filter) and samples of tehran refinery treated waste water have been used. the effect of operating conditions such as pressure difference...

If global trade were fair, it is argued, then international aid would be unnecessary and inequalities inherent to the economic system would be justifiable. Here, we argue that while global trade is unfair, in part because richer countries set the rules, we believe that additional interventions must go beyond trade regulation and short-term aid to redress inequalities among countries that will p...

Second harmonic generation (SHG) from membrane-bound chromophores can be used to image membrane potential in neurons. We investigate the biophysical mechanism responsible for the SHG voltage sensitivity of the styryl dye FM 4-64 in pyramidal neurons from mouse neocortical slices. SHG signals are exquisitely sensitive to the polarization of the incident laser light. Using this polarization sensi...

STARZL, THOMAS E., GEORGE W. BUTZ, JR., WILLIAM H. MEYER, JR., ELIZABETH E. TOROK, AND RALPH E. DOLKART. E e c t in dogs of various portal vein shunts on response to imulin. Am. J. Physiol. 203(2): 275-277. 1962.-Surgical alterations of portal drainage patterns were made in dogs in order to determine the effect of redistribution of endogenous and injected insulin. With an Eck fistula, progressi...

Array redistribution is required very often in programs on distributed memory parallel computers. It is essential to use e cient algorithms for redistribution, otherwise the performance of the programs may degrade considerably. In this paper, we focus on automatic generation of communication routines for multidimensional redistribution. The principal advantage of this work is to gain the abilit...

This paper uses a laboratory experiment and real world data to explore individuals' motivations for redistribution. The laboratory results show that as income uncertainty diminishes, participants become more extreme in their preferences for redistribution. The findings suggest that for most people, the motivation for redistribution is financial self-interest---namely as insurance against future...