BACKGROUND Despite greater risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality in patients with a history of incarceration, little is known about how prisons manage CVD risk factors (CVD-RF) to mitigate this risk. METHODS We conducted in-depth interviews with individuals with CVD-RF who had been recently released from prison (n = 26). These individuals were recruited through community flyers and a...

Background Evaluation of myocardial fibrosis has been identified as an important part of studying remodeling processes and arrhythmogenesis. While focal fibrosis associated with tissue necrosis is more likely found in those with prior cardiovascular disease (CVD), whether diffuse fibrosis (associated with cellular apoptosis and other pro-fibrotic processes) is also increased is unknown. We used...

Both TaNx and WNxare candidates for copper liner applications. A thermal CVD process for the deposition of WNxliners, as well as both thermal CVD and plasma-assisted CVD processes for the deposition of TaNx, have been developed, all of which are carried out at wafer temperatures under 425°C. The basic material properties, conformality, thermal stability, and integration and diffusion barrier pr...

ABSTRACT          Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is one of the most important causes of mortality worldwide. Several risk factors have been proposed to be associated with CVD. The main risk factors include family history, smoking, hypertension, history of diabetes, hyperlipidemia and obesity. However, new factors have been recently proposed to be assoc...

A carbon nanotube (CNT) is a miniature cylindrical carbon structure that has hexagonalgraphite molecules attached at the edges. Nanotubes look like a powder or black soot, but they'reactually rolled-up sheets of graphene that form hollow strands with walls that are only one atom thick.Carbon nanotube has been one of the most actively explored materials in recent year(s) due to...

Magnesium (Mg) is an essential dietary element for humans involved in key biological processes. A growing body of evidence from epidemiological studies, randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and meta-analyses have indicated inverse associations between Mg intake and cardiovascular diseases (CVD). The present review aims to summarize recent scientific evidence on the topic, with a focus on data fr...

Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD) methods significantly augment the capabilities of traditional surface modification techniques for designing polymeric surfaces. In CVD polymerization, the monomer(s) are delivered to the surface through the vapor phase and then undergo simultaneous polymerization and thin film formation. By eliminating the need to dissolve macromolecules, CVD enables insoluble po...