suma/atrophy

Soil acidification due to exogenous nitrogen (N) deposition has been received sufficient attention in the past several decades. Whether the N-induced soil acidification is modulated by the altering precipitation regimes remains unclear. In this study, based on a five-year (2013-2017) manipulative

Chronic heart failure is an increasing cause of hospital admission in the Netherlands and Belgium. Despite numerous medical treatment modalities, the mortality remains high. Recent placebo-controlled randomized studies suggest that the addition of beta-blockers in stabilized, optimally pretreated

In addition to raising the blood pressure dietary salt is responsible for several other harmful effects. The most important are a number which, though independent of the arterial pressure, also harm the cardiovascular system. A high salt intake increases the mass of the left ventricle, thickens and

In this study, we prepared calcium silicate at different molar ratios (Ca:Si=1:3, 1:6, and 1:9 refer to CAS-30S, CAS-60S, and CAS-90S, respectively) with water addition. The adsorbent characteristics (specific surface area, pore volume, mean pore diameter, and elemental analysis) were measured and

We reported two cases of early structural valve degeneration (SVD) with Mitroflow prosthesis in aortic position in patients above the age of 65 years. Microscopic aspects have been analysed to investigate the intrinsic mechanism of SVD. New techniques to improve the structure and the preservation of

An altered ambulatory blood pressure (BP) and heart rate (HR) profile is related to chronic kidney disease (CKD) and cardiorenal syndrome. In this study, we examined the effects of aliskiren, when added to angiotensin II type 1 receptor blockers, on ambulatory BP and cardiorenal function in CKD.

We present an approach to implementing three-input addition and subtraction of quaternary base numbers in the optical domain using multiple non-degenerate four-wave mixing (FWM) processes in a single highly nonlinear fiber (HNLF) and differential quadrature phase-shift keying (DQPSK) signals. By

Combination therapy has been recommended for the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). However, there is scant information on combination therapy after failure of monotherapy, particularly in patients with scleroderma-associated PAH (PAH-SSD). From a group of 82 consecutive patients

Despite enormous development on variable selection approaches in recent years, modeling and selection of high dimensional censored regression remains a challenging question. When the number of predictors p far exceeds the number of observational units n and the outcome is censored, computations of

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the lubricating ability in osteoarthritic (OA) stifle joints. DESIGN: An experimental study in rabbit stifles in vitro. BACKGROUND: The lubricating ability in OA joints, and the effects of the application of hyaluronic acid (HA), a drug for OA, to the osteoarthritic joints

Despite many attempts to improve the survival after surgery of patients with malignant astrocytoma the prognosis is poor. We have used natural IFN-alpha in 16 patients with malignant astrocytoma treated between 1987 and 1990; 6 for recurrent tumors. Radiation therapy was given in 2 Gy fractions

BACKGROUND Tuberculosis is generally curable with chemotherapy, but there is controversy in the literature about the need for surgical intervention in the one to two per cent of people with tuberculosis of the spine. OBJECTIVE To compare chemotherapy plus surgery with chemotherapy alone for treating

BACKGROUND Tuberculosis is generally curable with chemotherapy, but there is controversy in the literature about the need for surgical intervention in the one to two per cent of people with tuberculosis of the spine. OBJECTIVE To compare chemotherapy plus surgery with chemotherapy alone for treating

In the context of screening for diabetes, we examined levels of central haemodynamics among individuals with different levels of diabetes risk and analysed the impact of glycated haemoglobin A (HbA1c) and HbA1c changes on central haemodynamics. A Danish population-based stepwise screening programme

Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a neuromuscular disease causing the most frequent genetic childhood lethality. Recently, nusinersen, an antisense oligonucleotide (ASO) that corrects SMN2 splicing and thereby increases full-length SMN protein, has been approved by the FDA and EMA for SMA therapy.