Exosomes are nanometer-sized microvesicles formed in multivesicular bodies (MVBs) during endosome maturation. Exosomes are released from cells into the microenvironment following fusion of MVBs with the plasma membrane. During the last decade, skeletal muscle-secreted proteins have been identified with important roles in intercellular communications. To investigate whether muscle-derived exosom...

Nowadays, sustainable End-of-Life vehicle (ELV) management has been recognized as the most important issue to overcome environmental and economic challenges for most companies. Hence, sustainable ELV strategies evaluation plays a crucial rule in order to improve the sustainability performance of companies. In this paper, an evaluation model based on the Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) an...

We report the characterization of a novel class of lipid mediators termed elovanoids (ELVs) (ELV-N32 and ELV-N34), which are dihydroxylated derivatives of 32:6n3 and 34:6n3, respectively. The precursors of ELVs are made by elongation of a 22:6n3 fatty acid and catalyzed by ELOVL4 (elongation of very-long-chain fatty acids-4). The structure and stereochemistry of ELVs were established using synt...

BACKGROUND Effective lung volume (ELV) for gas exchange is a new measure that could be used as a real-time guide during controlled mechanical ventilation. The authors established the relationships of ELV to static end-expiratory lung volume (EELV) with varying levels of positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) in healthy and surfactant-depleted rabbit lungs. METHODS Nine rabbits were anestheti...

PURPOSE To evaluate the clinical feasibility and diagnostic accuracy of three-dimensional (3D) quantitative magnetic resonance (MR) imaging for the assessment of total lesion volume (TLV) and enhancing lesion volume (ELV) before and after uterine artery embolization (UAE). MATERIALS AND METHODS This retrospective study included 25 patients with uterine fibroids who underwent UAE and received ...

Improved recycling of end-of-life vehicles (ELVs) may serve as an important strategy to address resource security risks related to increased global demand for scarce metals. However, in-depth knowledge of the magnitude and fate of such metals entering ELV recycling is lacking. This paper quantifies input of 25 scarce metals to Swedish ELV recycling, and estimates the extent to which they are re...

This study aims at evaluating the environmental impacts stemmed from End-of-Life Vehicle (ELV) treatment system in Korea, using Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) method. In the process of the assessment, not only the environmental burdens originated from ELV dismantling processes and recycling processes but also the environment benefits obtained from the avoided effects of recycled materials on the e...

INTRODUCTION: Dynamic-Susceptibilty-Contrast Magnetic Resonance Imaging (DSC-MRI) has been established as a reliable method to investigate hemodynamic changes in cerebral perfusion. Compared to PET and SPECT, DSC-MRI often overestimates of the amount of cerebral blood flow (CBF) and cerebral blood volume (CBV), which is due to the high sensitivity of DSC-MRI to large vessels [1]. To improve the...

OBJECTIVE The present study was designed to investigate the relationship between left ventricular elastance (ELV), arterial elastance (EA), parameters of vascular stiffness and the influence of gender in a population of hypertensive individuals at high cardiovascular (CV) risk. DESIGN AND METHOD Seventy eight subjects participated in the study. Trans-thoracic cardiac ultrasound exam and param...

A cost and benefit analysis of future end-of-life vehicle glazing recycling in France: a system dynamics approach, " Resources, Conservation and Recycling, Each year, the lives of 8 million vehicles in Europe come to an end, of which France has a share of 1.8 million (ADEME 2008). Glass represents 2.9% of the weight of the typical European End of Life Vehicle (ELV) (ADEME 2007). It is a compone...