BACKGROUND Novel parameters derived from peak maximal oxygen uptake (VO2) and exercise arterial blood pressure, such as peak circulatory power (CP) and exercise cardiac power (ECP), can be used in the risk assessment of cardiovascular disease and stroke. However, the determinants of these factors are poorly characterized in the general population. METHODS We assessed peak arterial blood press...

BACKGROUND Thrombin generation has been shown to reflect coagulation potential and factor VIII (FVIII) levels in patients with hemophilia A. We hypothesize that thrombin generation in the presence of thrombomodulin reflects plasma FVIII levels better. DESIGN AND METHODS Plasma FVIII levels were determined chromogenically and thrombin generation was measured with and without thrombomodulin in ...

We study the dynamic susceptibility chi_{T}(Q,t) of deeply supercooled water by means of quasielastic neutron scattering and molecular dynamics simulations. Both techniques show an increase in the peak height of chi_{T}(Q,t) as the temperature is lowered toward the dynamic crossover temperature T_{L} . Below T_{L} , the peak height decreases steadily. We attribute this phenomenon to the change ...

Wearing high heels alters walking kinematics and kinetics and can create potentiallyadverse effects on the body. Our purpose was to determine how heel height affects frontalplane joint moments at the hip, knee, and ankle, with a specific focus on the external kneemoment due to its importance in medial loading and knee osteoarthritis. Fifteen womencompleted overground walking tri...

Abstract. We investigate the bulk behaviour of auroral structures and peak emission height as a function magnetic local time (MLT). These data are collected from Fennoscandian Lapland Svalbard latitudes seven identical all-sky cameras (ASC) over about one solar cycle. The analysis focusses on green emission, which is where morphology most clearly visible number images highest. typical blue auro...