INTRODUCTION The measurement of flow-mediated dilatation (FMD) via ultrasound has been established as a reliable non-invasive measurement of endothelial function. However, the guidelines mention nothing regarding diurnal variation of FMD. Thus, we investigated the FMD in healthy people and diurnal variation of FMD. METHODS Twenty-five apparently healthy persons participated in this study. All...

New outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) occurred in cattle herds in Nigeria during 2007-2009. The objectives of the study reported here were: (i) to identify current FMD virus strains circulating in cattle herds and (ii) to identify exposure factors associated with a seropositive diagnosis of FMD in cattle herds. This study provides evidence that FMD virus serotypes O, A and SAT-2 were co...

Safe operation of electrochemical capacitors (supercapacitors) is hindered by the flammability commercial organic electrolytes. Non-flammable Water-in-Salt (WIS) electrolytes are promising alternatives; however, they plagued limited voltage window (typically ≤2.3 V) and inherent corrosion current collectors. Herein, a novel deep eutectic solvent (DES)-based electrolyte which uses formamide (FMD...

Objective: The study was conducted with single objective, to understand effect of foot and mouth disease (FMD) on secondary sex ratio (SSR) in dairy animals including cattle (Bos indicus, Tharparkar; Bos indicus + Bos taurus, Vrindavani) and Murra buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) maintained at Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar. Design: Retrospective data for six years of IVRI, Izatnagar ...

OBJECTIVE It is unknown whether endothelial dysfunction precedes atrial fibrillation (AF) development. The objective of this study was to examine the association of brachial flow-mediated dilation (FMD) with incident AF. APPROACH AND RESULTS A total of 2936 participants (mean age, 61±9.9 years; 50% women; 66% nonwhites) from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis with available ultrasound ...

foot and mouth disease (fmd) is highly contagious disease among cloven-hoofed animals. fmd virus has structural and non-structural proteins. vp1 is the most immunogenic structural peptides of fmd virus, applied for major vaccine studies. objective: construction of pet28-vp1 cassette for fmd virus type o/irn/2010 and expression vp1 peptide as the most immunogenic antigen was the aim of this stud...

INTRODUCTION Fibromuscular dysplasia (FMD) is an infrequent non-inflamatory disease of unknown etiology that affects mainly medium-size arteries. The prevalence of FMD among patients scheduled for endovascular treatment of carotid artery stenosis is unknown. AIM To evaluate the prevalence and treatment options of carotid FMD in patients scheduled for carotid artery stenting (CAS). MATERIAL ...

Japan regained the status of freedom from foot and mouth disease (FMD) without vaccination in September 2000 and the Republic of Korea likewise obtained this status in September 2001. However, new outbreaks of FMD caused by the pan-Asian topotype have occurred in pigs in the Republic of Korea since May 2002. Taipei China has not experienced an outbreak of FMD since February 2001 and the country...

F ibromuscular dysplasia (FMD) is a nonatherosclerotic disease of medium-sized vessels that can present with arterial stenosis, beading, dissection, and aneurysm. While the most common sites of FMD are the renal and extracranial carotid and vertebral arteries, FMD has been reported in most arterial segments. FMD does not affect the venous system. During the past decade, there has been a resurge...