600 Assessment of resting perfusion with myocardial contrast echocardiography: a comparison with tecnetium single-photon emission computed tomography and dobutamine echocardiography C. Palagi r, G. Mengozzi 1, L. Rondinini 1, MG. Delle Donne 1, p. Caravelli 1, L. Papi 1, E. De Felice 1, D. Volterrani 2, CR. Bellina e, M. Mariani Cardio-Thoracic Dept., Cisanello Hospital, Pisa, Italy 1, Oncology...

Microchip electrophoresis (MCE) has been recognized as an important separation technique on the research field of micro total analytical systems (μ-TAS) since the first publication on MCE was reported by Manz et al. in 1992 [1]. In MCE, there are several advantages, e.g., high speed analysis in seconds, small amount of sample, high separation efficiency, and high-throughput analysis by using mi...

Purpose: Low-dose dobutamine echocardiography (LDDE) has been demonstrated as an accurate imaging modality to identify viability after acute myocardial infarction (AMI), but LDDE has its limitations. Myocardial contrast echocardiography (MCE) is a good tool to assess microvascular perfusion. This study was undertaken to compare the effect of real-time MCE and LDDE in early assessment of left ve...

OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to compare myocardial contrast echocardiography (MCE) with single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) for the detection of significant coronary artery disease (CAD) in patients with symptoms suggestive of CAD. BACKGROUND Single-photon emission computed tomography is a well-established method of assessing patients with CAD. Myocardial contrast e...

BACKGROUND Colonoscopy visualizes more of the colon than flexible sigmoidoscopy. This study compares the outcomes of an unsedated modified colon endoscopy (MCE) with flexible sigmoidoscopy (FS) in family medicine practice. METHODS We conducted a retrospective chart review of existing clinical data to compare outcomes for 48 patients undergoing MCE and 35 patients undergoing FS at 3 family med...

Hormonal induction of growth-arrested 3T3-L1 preadipocytes triggers a signaling cascade that culminates in adipogenesis. CCAATenhancer-binding protein (CEBP)beta is expressed immediately but gains DNA-binding activity only after a long lag as the cells synchronously begin mitotic clonal expansion (MCE). After MCE, a process required for adipogenesis, CEBPbeta activates expression of CEBPalpha a...

Background. Since myocardial blood flow changes dynamically after reperfusion and since both hyperemia and impairment in microvascular function exist within the acutely reperfused bed, we sought to investigate the role of myocardial contrast echocardiography (MCE) in (1) defining the temporal variability in perfusion patterns after reflow and relating these to microsphere-derived blood flow; (2...

Multi-Car Elevator (MCE) systems, which consist of several independent cars built in the same shaft, are being considered as the elevators of the next generation. In this paper, we present MceSim, a simulator of MCE systems. MceSim is an open source software available to the public, and it can be used as a common testbed to evaluate different control methods related to MCE systems. MceSim was u...

Effects of maternal cytoplasmic environment (MCE) on development rate in rainbow trout were evaluated within a quantitative trait loci (QTL) analysis framework. Previous research had identified QTL for development rate in doubled haploid (DH) progeny produced from a cross between the Oregon State University (OSU) and the Swanson (SW) River rainbow trout clonal lines. In this study, progeny for ...

The sequencing of the complete genome of M. tuberculosis H37Rv has resulted in the recognition of four mce operons in its genome by in silico analysis. In an attempt to understand the significance of the redundancy of mce operons, we analyzed the expression profile of mce operons after different periods of growth in culture as well as during in vivo infection. Our results strongly suggest that ...