background: left ventricular (lv) twist is due to oppositely directed apical and basal rotation and has been proposed as a sensitive marker of lv function. we sought to assess the impact of chronic pure mitral regurgitation (mr) on the torsional mechanics of the left human ventricle using tissue doppler imaging. methods: nineteen severe mr patients with a normal lv ejection fraction and 16 non-...

ab initio calculation at hf/6-31g* level of theory for geometry optimization and mp2/6-31g*//hf/6-31g* for a single point total energy calculation are reported for the important energyminimumconformations and transition-state geometries of of cyclodeca-1,2,3-triene (1). the mostfavorable conformation of 1 is a unsymmetrical twist-chair (1-tc) structure. degenerateinterconversion of 1-tc with it...

The brightness and contrast ratio of bistable twisted nematic displays are studied using the parameter space approach. By plotting the contrast ratio as a function of the twist angle and birefringence of the display, regions where the bistable twisted nematic display shows the best contrast ratio are clearly shown. We also studied the switching mechanisms of such displays.

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Ab initio calculation at HF/6-31G* level of theory for geometry optimization and MP2/6-31G*//HF/6-31G* for a single point total energy calculation are reported for the important energyminimumconformations and transition-state geometries of of cyclodeca-1,2,3-triene (1). The mostfavorable conformation of 1 is a unsymmetrical twist-chair (1-TC) structure. Degenerateinterconversion of 1-TC with it...

We explore that two ferromagnetic insulator slabs host a strong twist-induced near-field radiative heat transfer in the presence of twisted magnetic fields. Using formalism fluctuational electrodynamics, we find existence large thermal switch ratio damping condition and nonmonotonic twist manipulation for small condition, associated with different effects nonreciprocal elliptic surface magnon-p...

BACKGROUND Despite initial indications that the transcription factor Twist could be used as a breast cancer prognostic marker, there still exists some controversy about its reliability. Thus, the aim of the present study was to assess the relationship between Twist expression and prognosis in breast carcinoma. MATERIALS AND METHODS We identified eligible studies that reported an association b...

PURPOSE To evaluate Fourier Analysis of Stimulated echoes (FAST) and CSPAMM for the quantification of left ventricular (LV) systolic and diastolic function and compare it with the previously validated FAST+SPAMM technique. MATERIALS AND METHODS LV short-axis tagged images were acquired with CSPAMM and SPAMM in healthy volunteers (n = 13). The FAST method was used to automatically estimate LV ...

background: metastasis is one the most leading cause of death from cancer. the chemokine receptor of cxcr4 has an important role in cell migration and cancer metastasis. additionally, metastasis is always associated with the process of epithelial-mesenchymal transition (emt). in this study the correlation between expression of cxcr4 and emt-tfs has been examined. methods: the expression of cxcr...