Abstract A 53-old male with arterial hypertension, obesity (BMI 32) and gout presented to our Emergency department symptomatic for dyspnea, complaining about reduced functional capacity (NYHA III), gain of weight e increased abdominal circumference. In the days after we discovered a history potus (2 liter wine/day). At first physical examination confirmed clinical features heart failure pulmona...

caffolds that hold up membrane proteins in red blood cells also support the channels needed for neuronal signaling, as shown by Lacas-Gervais et al. on page 983. Neurons fire when sodium channels clustered at the axonal initial segment (AIS) open. This depolarization is propagated by more channels clustered along axons in the Nodes of Ranvier (NR). The structure of these compartments is now sho...

MDR1 P-glycoprotein (Pgp 170), a member of the adenosine triphosphate (ATP) binding cassette transporters, acts as an efflux pump for various hydrophobic agents, particularly for xenobiotics such as benzo(a)pyrene. It has also been shown to regulate cell-volume activated chloride channels. Pgp 170 could, therefore, be of particular importance in cellular mechanisms of defence in the airways and...

By using Rough Set Theory and the concept of attribute significance, the paper analyzes the approximate and detail component at different scales got by the wavelet transform of the original image, then adopts a knowledgereduction-based algorithm according to its importance in the signal classification, finally extracts the wavelet energy which is the most sensitive to signal characteristics in ...

Psychodrama is only one of many approaches developed by J. L. Moreno in his lifetime. Rather than being thought of as a single method, his work would be best served if recognized and utilized as potentially separate components. Although the effectiveness of these individual components might be increased by using them in concert, there are many situations in which they can be applied in their ow...