In recent years, numerous groups of investigators have reported primary aldosteronism (PAL) to be much more common than previously thought.1–4 This has followed recognition of the aldosterone/renin ratio (ARR) as an improved, more sensitive method of screening for PAL and the application of ARR testing to a wider population, to include normokalemic, as well as hypokalemic, hypertensive subjects...

Among the disadvantages of catheter mounts in common use is that, as generally manufactured, they have sharp interior angles militating against laminar flow. The diagram illustrates the longitudinal section of a plastic variant in which the narrowing has been chamfered off. It has been found satisfactory in practice, and seems to be standing up robustly to use. It has the additional advantage o...

Panoramic cameras have become popular because they provide impressive and immerse experience of the scene and allow several interesting applications. Among the large variation of panoramic camera systems, we have focused on concentric panoramic imaging with a frame camera. In order to establish the concentric image acquisition, the camera mount must be calibrated so that the projection centre o...

Luca Lambertini1,2, Men-Jean Lee3, Carmen J. Marsit4 and Jia Chen1,5,6 1Department of Preventive Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, 2Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Science, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, 3Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis, 4Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Dart...

by new advancements in vehicle manufacturing vehicle quality evaluation and assurance has become a more critical issue. in present work, the vibration transfer path analysis and vibration path ranking of a car interior has been performed. the method is similar to classical multilevel tpa methods but has distinct differences. the method is named vivs which stands for vehicle interior vibration s...

background: trichomonas vaginalis is a parasitic protozoan with a predilection for human urogenital tract and causative agent for vaginitis, cervicitis and urethritis in females. t. vaginalis is known as a cofactor in transmission of human immunodeficiency virus and may lead to adverse outcomes in pregnant women. the goal of this study was to determine the prevalence of t. vaginalis infection i...

In this research, vibration control of national engine (EF7) using active mounts is studied for two different mounting layouts. The first layout is based on the current engine mounting of national engine (system of three passive mounts), but the hydraulic mount is substituted by an active mount. The other mounting layout contains 4 mounts, 2 of which are active ones and the others are passive m...