background & aim : pulse oximetry is a frequently used and standard non-invasive method for monitoring oxygen (o2)-saturation in blood. many factors including dark skin and pigmentation may effect on rate of saturation of the blood oxygen absorbed by pulse oximetry. the effect of nail polish and/or henna color on blood oxygen has not been yet identified and the present study has been carried ou...

These ruminations are based on based on UTR 25 (Unicode and Mathematics), revision 7, section 2.11 (Geometric Shapes) in particular. The conclusions are-(i) a plea for more consistency when naming characters; (ii) a request that characters based on abstract shapes should have some indicator of the size of the character relative to the rest of the font; (iii) that the code chart entry for U+2023...

OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to evaluate ethnic differences in left ventricular (LV) remodeling between highly-trained athletes of African/Afro-Caribbean (black) and Caucasian (white) athletes. BACKGROUND The upper limits of left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) are established in white athletes and aid the differentiation of physiologic LVH from hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). Ho...