We have previously demonstrated that catheter-based renal sympathetic denervation (RSD) could suppress atrial fibrillation (AF) in canines with short-time rapid right atrial pacing (RAP). However, the role of renal denervation on atrial remodeling is unclear. The aim of the present study was to explore the long-term effect of RSD on the atrial remodeling during prolonged RAP. Twenty mongrel dog...

Während der Literaturrecherche für Haus-, Bachelor- und Masterarbeiten, aber auch im privaten Umfeld, hat man es heutzutage mit einer Vielzahl von Informationsquellen unterschiedlicher Qualität zu tun. Gleichzeitig ist schwer alle Quellen auf Authentizität Seriosität beurteilen können. Dabei kann CRAAP-Test helfen. Es gibt Schemata Kriterien, anhand derer sich die Quelle schnell lässt. Mit oder...

HotCRP, a web-based conference submission and review package designed for flexibility and ease of use during reviewing, was initially written in summer 2006 as the submission system for HotNets V, which I co-chaired with Greg Minshall. It currently consists of about 20,000 lines of PHP plus 500 lines of Javascript, 1200 lines of CSS, and some others, and has been used for two SIGCOMMs, two USEN...

Refractory angina, also described as chronic refractory angina pectoris (CRAP), classically occurs in patients with advanced, often diffuse coronary artery disease (CAD) that failed to be completely revascularized by percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and/or coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) with remaining angina pectoris symptoms despite maximized pharmacological intervention. In the m...

In the paper we present some methods of constructing cryptosystems utilising chaotic dynamical systems that has been extensively developed last years. We start with a brief review of algorithms based on both the theory of continuous and discrete systems. Then we show our approach where the essence of chaos (that is the sensitivity of the trajectories of discrete chaotic dynamical systems to the...

To assess the effect of micro-organisms on the reduction of wax appearance temperature (WAT) of waxy crude oil, some appropriate strains were obtained from contaminated samples exposed to hydrocarbon compounds for a long time. By conducting some screening tests, four strains were chosen and aerated in a bioreactor; they were then grown in some hydrocarbon environments in order to produce biolog...

Surgical removal of body fat (lipectomy) triggers compensatory increases in nonexcised white adipose tissue (WAT), thus restoring adiposity levels in many species, including Siberian hamsters. In Siberian hamsters, when their lipectomized WAT is transplanted to another site (autologous grafts, no net change in body fat), healthy grafts result, but the lipectomy-induced compensatory increases in...