BACKGROUND Previous studies have reported worse outcomes in children with nondilated cardiomyopathy (CMP) listed for heart transplant compared with children with dilated CMP. We sought to compare wait-list and posttransplant outcomes in these groups in the current era. METHODS AND RESULTS We analyzed all children <18 years of age with a diagnosis of CMP listed for heart transplant in the Unit...

BACKGROUND Cardiac amyloidosis due to amyloid fibril deposition in the heart results in cardiomyopathy (CMP) with heart failure (HF) and/or conduction disturbances. Immunoglobulin light chain-related CMP (AL-CMP) features rapidly progressive HF with an extremely poor prognosis compared with a CMP due to the deposition of mutant (ATTR) amyloidosis or wild-type (senile systemic amyloidosis, SSA) ...

Microbes capable of degrading pollutant such as 1,4-dioxane were selected from the seawater samples of four coastal areas of Okinawa located in the most southern islands of Japan using the developed method and a seawater-charcoal perfusion apparatus. Specifically, aerobic culture in the apparatus led to the selection of candidate 1,4-dioxane degraders. Among these, strain RM-31 and KY-3 exhibit...

Graphene-based materials have emerged as new potential adsorbents for the adsorption and removal of persistent pollutants, and they could play a key role in the remediation of 1,4-dioxane. In this framework, a quantum chemistry study was carried out to rationalize the sorption properties of oxidized graphene (GO) and Si-doped graphene (SiG) nanosheets for use in 1,4-dioxane removal, taking into...

From e.m.f measurements of cells (C-1) and (C-2) it has been established that modified Davies equation is valid in dioxane-water media at least upto 30% dioxane by weight. E0m values Hg | Hg2Cl2(s), Cl- electrode having 10, 20 weight the corresponding thermodynamic parameters have determined 288.15, 298.15, 308.15 318.15 0K. (Pt),H2 ( l atm ) HCl(m1) x% Dioxane (100-x)% H2O, Hg2Cl2(s) … BaCl2(m...

CMP is a planarization technique for multilevel VLSI metallization processes. CMP fills are inserted as a design for manufacturability (DFM) methodology to improve pattern-dependent post-CMP topography, i.e., to improve interconnect planarity. Design-driven fill synthesis seeks to optimize CMP fill with respect to objectives beyond mere density uniformity. Design-driven fill synthesis minimizes...

The bacterium Pseudonocardia dioxanivorans CB1190 grows on the cyclic ethers 1,4-dioxane (dioxane) and tetrahydrofuran (THF) as sole carbon and energy sources. Prior transcriptional studies indicated that an annotated THF monooxygenase (THF MO) gene cluster, thmADBC, located on a plasmid in CB1190 is upregulated during growth on dioxane. In this work, transcriptional analysis demonstrates that ...

OBJECTIVE To assess current studies on the relationship between cell-derived microparticles (cMP) and recurrent miscarriages (RM) and pre-eclampsia (PE), and review the relationships between cMP and inflammatory and clot pathways, antiphospholipid antibodies (aPL), cytokines, and pregnancy complications. DESIGN Systematic and comprehensive review of the literature from January 2000 to January...

In this study, a self-designed simultaneous crossflow electrocoagulation/electrofiltration (EC/EF) treatment module was evaluated for its overall reatment performance by treating chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) wastewaters including Cu-CMP wastewater and oxide-CMP wastewater. he critical electric field strengths for Cu-CMP and oxide-CMP wastewaters were determined to be 35 and 30 V/cm, resp...

This work studies the effect of 3-D Chip Multiprocessor (CMP) integration on Amdahl’s law. The influence of vertical communication and thermal gradients on CMP performance and scalability is studied from Amdahl’s law perspective. We find that a fast vertical connectivity enabled by 3-D implementation shifts the optimum CMP configuration towards the larger number of lighter cores, thus improving...