White coat hypertension (WCH) is common in referred hypertensive patients. Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) is not free from the white coat syndrome. We examined the use of the elevation of the first and last measurements of ABPM for diagnosis of WCH in a hypertensive population that had been referred to a hospital-based hypertension unit. Data were obtained on 1350 patients for clin...

BACKGROUND The prevalence of excess weight, including overweight and obesity, is increasing with a high cost on health in society. METHODS Consecutive cases with excess weight, aged between 50 and 70 years and desiring weight loss, were divided into two subgroups according to wishes of patients about whether they prefer medication or just a diet. Metformin at a daily dose of 2,550 mg was give...

As significant physical carriers of hydraulic science and technology, water cultural heritage (WCH) structures might exert positive effects on the economy, society, environment. However, it is challenging to develop a scientific conservation plan due lack comprehensive cognition value assessment criteria for vast majority WCH structures. In this study, analytic hierarchy process (AHP) geographi...

PURPOSE OF REVIEW Hypertension is a leading cause of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality, affecting nearly 80 million individuals in the United States alone. Accurate measurement of blood pressure (BP) is the crucial first step to reduce the associated cardiovascular risk of hypertension. For decades, clinicians have relied on office BP measurements for the diagnosis and subsequent managemen...

A major effort is put into the production of green energy as a countermeasure to climatic changes and sustainability. Thus, industry currently betting on offshore wind energy, using turbines with fixed floating platforms. This technology can benefit greatly from interventive autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) assist in maintenance control structures. wireless charger system extend time AUV r...

Forest operations often enhance runoff and soil loss in roads skid trails, where cut slopes fill are the most important source of sediment. This study evaluated effectiveness four erosion control treatments applied to slope segments forest different ages Hyrcanian northern Iran. The treatment combinations, each replicated three times, included classes mulch cover (bare [BS], wood chips [WCH], s...

Background and study aim. The purpose of this was to determine the relative contribution energy systems in a freestyle (FS) Greco-Roman (GR) wrestling match, quantity quality obtained scores, competition efficiency winners 2017 Wrestling World Championships (WCh) through analysing recorded videos all matches event.
 Material method. materials present were 295 FS 266 GR WCh, multimedia play...

BACKGROUND Understanding the complex hierarchical topology of functional brain networks is a key aspect of functional connectivity research. Such topics are obscured by the widespread use of sparse binary network models which are fundamentally different to the complete weighted networks derived from functional connectivity. NEW METHODS We introduce two techniques to probe the hierarchical com...

Materials and methods We designed a cross-sectional study of consecutive individuals (n=108; females 74%; 52.8±12.7 yrs.; mean±SD) from the Diabetes Clinic of a university hospital. MS was defined by the International Diabetes Federation criteria. BP was measured at office and its circadian variation was determined by 24-h ambulatory BP monitoring, after withdrawal from anti-hypertensive medica...