Over the last decades the Smart Home development is a continuously evolving field that faces exceptional challenges. However, the recent advances in information and communications technologies have led the Smart Home development in a good level of maturity. A Smart Home is a living environment that incorporates the appropriate technology, called Smart Home technology, to meet the resident goals...

Dr. Friedewald has no conflicts to disclose. Dr Ballantyne has received research grants and honoraria from Amarin Pharma, Inc. and has also received research grants and served as a consultant and speaker for numerous other pharmaceutical companies. Dr. Bays has received research grants and served as an adviser to Amarin Pharma Inc. and has also received research grants and served as a consultan...

Background and Objectives: Capparis decidua is a plant used in herbal medicine. This study was carried out to assess effects of C. decidua hydroalcoholic extract on blood glucose, lipid profile and leptin in male rats with high-cholesterol diets. Materials and Methods: Totally, 40 Wistar-albino male rats with 200–250 g weight were equally divided into one control (C) and three experimental gro...

Ambient Intelligence is a vision of the future information society stemming from the convergence of ubiquitous computing, ubiquitous communication and intelligent user-friendly interfaces. It offers an opportunity to realise an old dream, i.e. the smart or intelligent home. Will it fulfil the promises or is it just an illusion—offering apparently easy living while actually increasing the comple...

The aim of this pilot study was to investigate the possible role of adenovirus infection in etiology of obesity. Antibodies (IgG, IgA, IgM) to adenovirus were determined in a total of 71 Caucasian, apparently healthy, middle aged (mean 45.9 ± 13.6 years), living in urban area, cohort of women including overweight/obese (OW/OB, n = 50) and normal weight (NW, n = 21) group by using serotype non-s...

Abstract Aim Plasma low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) is a unit measure of mass & an estimate circulating LDL-C. LDL-C commonly calculated indirectly by Friedewald equation and not directly with enzymatic method. The underestimates the LDLC compared to direct particularly in patients high Triglycerides (TGL). Recently developed Sampson (2020) also estimates but less dependent on T...