BACKGROUND Obesity has been linked with abnormal nocturnal dipping of blood pressure (BP) in adults, which in turn is associated with poor cardiovascular outcomes. There are few data regarding abnormal dipping status in the obese pediatric population. The goal of this study was to further describe the relationship between obesity and non-dipping status on ambulatory blood pressure monitor (ABPM...

We report results of analysis of the ASCA observation of 1993, May 7th of the dipping LMXB source XBT0748-676, and propose a new explanation of the spectral evolution in dipping in this source. The behavior of the source was very unusual in that, in the band 1 3 keV, dipping extended around most of the orbital cycle with almost no non-dip intensity evident and the depth of dipping reached 100%....

Monitoring changes in populations of immature (larvae and pupae) mosquitoes are fundamental to determining mosquito-borne disease risk. Dipping is the most common method used to sample immature mosquitoes, but it can be biased towards particular species and instars. We aimed to assess the generality of the findings of Mori (1989), who showed that stirring the water of artificial containers gave...

Blunting of the normal drop in blood pressure (BP) from day to night is emerging as a strong prognostic indicator of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. This study evaluated the effects of natural menopause on BP dipping in African American and white women. A total of 112 women (62 premenopausal and 50 postmenopausal) took part in the study. Pre- and postmenopausal groups were comparable in...

Is the Atherosclerotic Risk of Extreme Dipping in Youth Partly Explained by Exaggerated Morning Surge? To the Editor: I have read the article by Viera et al demonstrating that disrupted circadian rhythm of blood pressure (BP) in youth was a predictor of coronary calcium levels in younger adults. The study is of great interest because, although an association between normotensive nondippers and ...

OBJECTIVES Cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy (CAN) and abnormal circadian blood pressure (BP) rhythm are independent cardiovascular risk factors in patients with diabetes and associations between CAN, non-dipping of nocturnal BP and coronary artery disease have been demonstrated. We aimed to test if bedtime dosing (BD) versus morning dosing (MD) of the ACE inhibitor enalapril would affect the...

We present a detailed study of ant-dipping among the wild chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes verus) of Bossou, in southeastern Guinea, West Africa. Observations suggest a strong influence of prey (Dorylusspp.) characteristics, including aggressiveness and/or gregariousness, on tool length and technique employed by the chimpanzees. Bossou chimpanzees exhibit two ant-dipping techniques: 1) direct mouth...

BACKGROUND Normal blood pressure (BP) follows a circadian rhythm, with dipping of BP at night. However, knowledge is limited in how the nocturnal dipping in hypertensive patients changes with the seasons. The study aims to examine the pattern of seasonal changes of nocturnal dip in an Irish population and furthermore, to compare it to the pattern observed near the equator where such seasonal va...

BACKGROUND Low levels of adiponectin, an adipocytokine with anti-diabetic, antiatherogenic and cardioprotective properties, is associated with increased risk of coronary disease in young men. Previous studies have demonstrated that smokeless tobacco is linked with a reduction of plasma adiponectin levels. However, the influence of smokeless tobacco (dipping tobacco) on plasma adiponectin levels...

Near-infrared (NIR) Fourier transform (FT) surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) spectra were measured for Langmuir-Blodgett (LB) and dipping films of azobenzene-containing long-chain fatty acids (nAmH, n ) 8, 12, m ) 3, 5) on silver substrates prepared by silver mirror and nitric acid etched silver foil methods. FT-IR spectra were also obtained for some of the films on silver mirror, silver...