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Aim: To validate a photoacoustic imaging (PAI) system, for the identification of intraplaque hemorrhage, comparing it with MRI and histology (gold standard). Methods: 25 patients with carotid stenosis >70% and clinical indication to tromboendoarterectomy were recruited. Angio-MRI for intraplaque...

To investigate the pulverizing characteristic of wood biomass, the dried woody chip and the wood chip with four different moisture content of 5, 10, 15, 20wt% were chose as the raw materials, a kind of impact mill, the universal mill, was used to pulverize the wood biomass at different feed rates, the...

Introduction: Cardiovascular events are the leading cause of death among firefighters, with the greatest risk occurring during or shortly after fire suppression activity. Increased cardiovascular risk potentially manifests from detrimental changes in ventricular function, vascular load, and their interaction...

Objective: The goal of this study was to characterize the changes in the palm’s blood distribution in response to a decrease in blood pressure due to gravity-induced changes, using thermal imaging. Methods: Thermal hands images were taken from ten healthy volunteers, without any known vascular pathologies,...

A sample of 312 individuals (residents and tourists) in Macao was investigated by completing a survey assessing their gambling expectancy and the gambling intention. The Smallest Space Analysis (SSA) was adopted as the confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) to validate the Chinese version of gambling expectancy...

Obesity is a risk factor for cardiovascular events and is associated with increased arterial stiffness [1,2]. However, the effect of drastic changes in Body Mass Index (BMI) on arterial mechanics has not been fully investigated. Our study aimed at evaluating changes in local carotid PWV (cPWV) in obese...

By observing the responses of participants to exposure to moxa smoke, the safety of clinical application of moxibustion was assessed. Methods: Individuals who had been exposed to moxa smoke for over one month and met the inclusion criteria filled out a questionnaire survey administered by multiple professionals...

Detecting rumors is an important task in preventing the dissemination of false knowledge within social networks. When a post is propagated in a social network, it typically contains four types of information: i) social interactions, ii) time of publishing, iii) content, and iv) propagation structure....

Image classification is one of the important classifications in the field of computer vision, and the development of deep learning models has brought historic breakthroughs to the development of image classification. Transformer model, as a powerful sequence modeling tool, has achieved great success...

Introduction: Clinic blood pressure (BP) is performed by inflation of an upper-arm cuff, but this itself may induce a reactive change in BP that could influence diagnosis. This study aimed to determine if a reactive BP change to cuff inflation occurs. Methods: Cuff BP and beat-to-beat invasive aortic...

Background: Daily assessment of vascular health may predict cardiovascular incidence. Vascular aging index (VAI) calculated from second derivative of photoplethysmogram (SDPTG) is a simple, non-invasive measure possibly reflecting vascular stiffness. However, the effects of daily life events such as...

Sprue is a disease that is often found in daily activities due to infection with the fungus Candida albicans. The community uses betel leaves to treat sprue by chewing the betel leaf until it is crushed, leaving it in the mouth for a while, especially on the affected area. The chemical content of betel...

Background: Large artery stiffening, as indexed by carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity (cfPWV), may vary substantially among individuals. The present study aimed to characterize the arterial mechanical properties of the macro- and microvasculature in subjects with early or healthy vascular aging (EVA,...

Borobudur is one of 10 new Bali programs. Therefore, it is probable that residents around the tourist sites in Borobudur have the opportunity to interact with foreign tourists. With differences in cultural and linguistic backgrounds, it certainly raises the dynamics of intercultural communication between...

Purpose/Background/Objectives: TASK-1 (TWIK-related acid-sensitive potassium) channels conduct background K+ currents in smooth muscle cells of pulmonary arteries suppressing vasocontraction. However, the vasomotor role of TASK-1 channels in systemic arteries as well as their regulation by the endothelium...

The thermo-oxidative degradation behavior of the B-PF was studied using thermal gravimetry analysis (TGA-DTG) method. Compared with the unmodified resin (PF), the temperature at the maximum decomposing rate of the B-PF resin increases by 54 and its oxidative residues yield at 1000 enhances by 17.99 percent....

Background: Preeclampsia is a common pregnancy disease characterized by hypertension and kidney failure. Recent studies have shown that even in the case of successful delivery, preeclampsia could induce long-term effects in the offspring. Nevertheless, the effects of preeclampsia on the cardiovascular...

A field trial with 2 kinds of humic acid fertilizers (i.e., humic acid and weathered coal) being added to the balance use of nitrogenous, phosphorus and potassium fertilizers for 3 years was carried out to test effects of tea's yield, nutritional quality and soil fertility in a tea garden. And 4 treatments...

Background: Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is a manifestation of atherosclerosis. Adipose tissue (AT) and skeletal muscle (SM) are endocrine organs with vascular effects. The objective is to compare the quantity and function of AT and SM between two groups: intermittent claudication (IC) and critical...

This study investigates the compaction characteristics of fragmented gangue in residual mining areas, addressing stability challenges during upward mining of abandoned coal resources in China. Through confined compression tests using a WES-1000B electro-hydraulic servo testing machine, we examined the...

In order to solve the problem of inflexible parameter settings in traditional dynamic channelization structure, a weighted overlap-add (WOLA) filter bank is proposed to implement dynamic channelization structure. The filter bank is deduced and emulated through MATLAB. The simulation results show that...

In having good teaching-learning process and result in foreign language classes, students need to meet their being comfortable in doing all the learning process. In this situation, learner autonomy becomes one significance aspect to be considered especially since the learning process was held online....

This study aims to determine the effect of the Problem Based Learning method and exsperiment method and the ability to think logically of student to the learning outcomes on natural sciences of student of elementary school. The study was conducted at the grade IV SDN 10 Sapiran. Research design using...

The glycosylation with O-linked-N-acetylglucosamine (O-GlcNAc) is an enzymatic process found on nuclear and cytoplasmic proteins. Augmented levels of O-GlcNAc-modified proteins have been associated to cardiovascular disease (CD) in male. However, the association of O-GlcNAc and CD in females it’s not...

This research aims to develop sound wave interference props to support sound wave interference learning in high school. This study uses the research and development method with the ADDIE model which consists of 5 stages, namely analyze, design, develop, implementation, and evaluation. The props is intended...

Based on the geographical data construction requirements of digital city management, current situation of fundamental geographical data and city management resources, and demands for such kind of data from land and planning department in Zhengzhou, we presented an integrative process for constructing...

Purpose/Background/Objectives: Tissue transglutaminase (TG2) is a highly expressed protein especially in endothelial cells. TG2 has several functions including transamidation activity which is important in several processes such as extracellular matrix remodeling [1]. TG2 activity takes place in aortic...

In standard runoff plots with 10° and 15° slope croplands in purple soil areas, the paper studies influences of plant hedge on slope water and soil loss for slope croplands in purple soil areas under the natural rainfall conditions comprehensively and analyzes control actions of plant hedge’s intervals...

Pulse wave velocity (PWV) has been used to evaluate arterial stiffness of large arteries. Here, we examine the feasibility of radial-digital PWV (RD-PWV) as a measure of stiffness of smaller arteries, and its response to changes in local mean arterial pressure. In 29 healthy subjects, we used Complior...

This study examines long-term cultural shifts in individualism and collectivism by analyzing English word frequencies in the Google Books Ngram corpus (1800–2022). Five pairs of individualism–collectivism words (I–we, me–us, get–give, self–obligation, choose–obey) were used to construct a composite individualism–collectivism...

Phenol is the major organic compound of coking wastewater. It is of biochemical toxicity, difficult processing, difficulty to be degraded and high cost in the treatments. Microbial fuel cell (MFC) is a new type of fuel cell. It can produce electron in the process of metabolism of electricigens and export...

The objective of this study is to assess the relationship between alcohol taxation changes and drinking initiation among adolescents and young adults (collectively “youth”) in Thailand (a middle-income country). Using a survey panel, this study undertook an age-period-cohort analysis using four large-scale...

Background: Increased risk for cardiovascular diseases is associated with diabetes, can be partially attributed to endothelial dysfunction. However, the cumulative factors leading to endothelial dysfunction in Type 2 DM are not clear. In the current study, a novel attempt was made to understand factors...

Genetic algorithm (GA) is a search algorithm based on the theory of Darwin. For the purpose of improving the convergent rate and maintaining the population diversity in GA, this paper presents a new genetic operator called trisecting group and directional selection mechanism (TDGA), in which the worst...

To fully grasp complex concepts like the heart, the digestive system, and other challenging systems, it is essential for medical students to rely on visual representations alongside written materials. Currently, students who wish to study the anatomy of different organs must rely on visual representations...

The Moral Nihilism is a practical problem in the process of modernization in China, the main connotation of which is the negation and nihilization to all moral norms and moral values.(Yang Jinhua 10) This problem has many negative influences on the stability, harmony, development and progress of our...

Objectives: Central pulse pressure (cPP) is responsible for vital organ hemodynamics, [1,2] and its monitoring is important for cardiovascular disease prevention. [3] Excess sodium intake and (micro)albuminuria, a manifestation of renal microvascular damage, are also known as strong predictors of cardiovascular...

Large particle size limestone (CaCO3) is an important raw material used in many branches of industry. For lacking of reaction parameters of large particle size limestone, numerical analysis method is used to study the decomposition reaction kinetics of limestone to understand the thermal decomposition...

The fire tests included fire load and fire temperature had been conducted to nine reinforced concrete frame structures with ISO834 standard heating up curve. Furthermore, the static load tests had also been done under room temperature to the above nine structures after cooling and one reinforced concrete...

The prevalence rates of β-thalassemia (β-thal) and Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) in Saudi Arabia are considered one of the highest compared to surrounding countries in the Middle East (0.05% and 4.50%, respectively). In this study, Secondary data analysis was obtained from the premarital screening and genetic...

A technique has been developed to diagnose the plasma column generated with Surface-Wave sustained plasma (SWP) source under different conditions. Principal physical properties, ion density and electron temperature were studied. Influence of several factors, such as the microwave power, the gas pressure...

Introduction: The skin may protect against the adverse haemodynamic effects of dietary salt by storing excess sodium in an osmotically inactive form, bound to glycosaminoglycans. However, this novel pathway has not been comprehensively studied in humans. Methods: 85 healthy volunteers (37 m, 48 f) <50...

Transparent conductive thin films of aluminum-doped zinc oxide (ZAO) were prepared by radio-frequency magnetron sputtering with ZAO (98 wt% ZnO, 2 wt% Al2O3) as the ceramic target. The visible transmittance was investigated by ultraviolet–visible spectroscopy, the carrier concentration and Hall mobility...

Background: Despite a large number of studies linking cardiovascular diseases and periodontitis (Buhlin et al. 2011; Hansen et al. 2016; Pussinen et al. 2003), few studies make it possible to draw accurate conclusions on the link between periodontitis and arterial stiffness. Endothelial cells maintain...

Objective: Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is characterized by noticeable neuropsychiatric symptoms and cognitive decline [1]. In addition, cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a known etiological hallmark of AD pathogenesis [2]. Recent epidemiological evidence suggests an interplay between arterial stiffness (AS)...

In this work, an intermediate product DOPO-A was firstly synthesized through an addition reaction between triethoxyvinylsilane and 9,10-dihydro-9-oxa-10-phosphaphenanthrene-10-oxide (DOPO). Then DOPO-A was hydrolyzed to form DOPO-A' (silanol of DOPO-A) and the surface of expandable graphite (EG) was...

To expose the existence of hidden message, this paper presents a steganalysis method for LSB (Least signify-cant bit) matching steganography in wav audio based on multi-order Markov feature. Noise sequences are extracted respectively based on two methods of local correlation and 5/3 wavelet de-noising,...

Background: Combination of insulin with oral antidiabetic drugs is a valid option, but oral combination therapy emerged as an alternative treatment in type 2 diabetes (T2DM). However, the effects on blood pressure (BP) and vascular function of such combination therapies is less clear. Methods: In this...

Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) including device-associated HAI (DA-HAI) are a serious patient safety issue in hospitals worldwide, affecting 5–10% of hospitalized patients and deadly for patients in intensive care units (ICUs). (Vincent, 2003; Al-Tawfiq et al., 2013; Hu et al., 2013). DA-HAIs...

High-speed high-precision data acquisition applications in modern industrial control field is very wide. The reasons of Environmental and circuit, the interference signal is introduced into the collection process inevitably, resulting in loss of precision and sampling error rate increases. When improving...