OBJECTIVE To investigate whether hypo-adiponectinemia is present in ischemic stroke patients. METHODS This comparative study was carried out in the Biochemistry Department, Ziauddin University, Karachi, Pakistan in 2008. In this study, plasma adiponectin concentration was measured by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay in subjects with and without ischemic cerebrovascular disease (CVD). RE...

AIMS To examine the relations between genetic loci, plasma lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)] levels, and cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk among diabetic patients and compare with the observations in the general population. METHODS AND RESULTS In two prospective cohorts of patients with type 2 diabetes (n= 2308) from the Nurses' Health Study and the Health Professional Follow-Up Study, we performed (i) ...

Coated powder particles composed of a ceramic core and a metallic coating are being considered for plasma spray applications. The goal of using these powders is to produce particulate-reinforced metal-matrix composite coatings. In this work, the feasibility of plasma spray processing in producing these composite coatings is evaluated. A numerical model is presented to analyze the in-flight ther...

BACKGROUND Plasma calprotectin is a potential biomarker of cardiovascular disease (CVD), insulin resistance (IR), and obesity. We examined the relationship between plasma calprotectin concentrations, CVD manifestations and the metabolic syndrome (MetS) in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in order to evaluate plasma calprotectin as a risk assessor of CVD in diabetic patients without...

Experimental studies of gas-phase nanoparticle coating by photoinduced chemical vapor deposition (photoCVD) have shown that silica coatings can be produced with controllable thicknesses on different nanoparticle cores for a variety of applications. This study presents a chemical reaction sequence for the photo-CVD process to describe the production of silica coatings from the decomposition of t...

We propose an innovative process coupling powder bed additive manufacturing by Electron Beam Melting (EBM) with Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD) and Atomic Layer (ALD) to develop 3D Ti-6Al-4V structures covered AlN coating. Despite of the high reactivity nitrogen, thick (~10 ?m) conformal films are deposited CVD on substrates surface roughness. An under-layer ALD is necessary mitigate reaction b...

We present here an original route for the manufacturing of SiC ceramics based on 3D printing, polymer impregnation and pyrolysis chemical vapor deposition (CVD). The green porous elastomer structures were first prepared by fused modeling (FDM) 3D-printing with a composite polyvinyl alcohol/elastomer wire soaking in water, then impregnated allylhydridopolycarbosilane preceramic polymer. After cr...

Diamond-like carbon (DLC) is a metastable form of amorphous carbon having large sp 3 bonding. DLC films have unique properties such as high hardness, low-friction, good transparency in IR region, chemical inertness and biocompatibility. To have better performance of the coating one should have proper selection of different parameters for deposition. In the present study, DLC films were deposite...