Arterial stiffness is a growing epidemic associated with increased risk of cardiovascular events, dementia, and death. Decreased compliance of the central vasculature alters arterial pressure and flow dynamics and impacts cardiac performance and coronary perfusion. This article reviews the structural, cellular, and genetic contributors to arterial stiffness, including the roles of the scaffoldi...

BACKGROUND Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is emerging as a public health menace among low and middle income countries. It has particularly affected the poorest. However, there is paucity of information about CVD risk factors profile among Nepalese rural communities where the majority of people live in poverty. Therefore, this study aimed to identify the prevalence of cardiovascular health risk be...

The sense of taste is one of the important oral chemical senses that play a critical role in human life. The taste threshold increases by number of factors such as age, local and systemic disease like diabetes, consumption of alcohol, smoking. The aim of the present study was to assess the relationship between taste threshold in type 1 diabetics and non diabetics for four basic taste modalities...

UNLABELLED A solid polymer electrolyte system based on poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) and poly(3,4-Etylenedioxythiophene):poly(styrenesulfonate) ( PEDOT PSS) complexed with magnesium bromide (MgBr2) salt was prepared using solution cast technique. The ionic conductivity is observed to increase with increasing MgBr2 concentration. The maximum conductivity was found to be 9.89 × 10(-6) S/cm for opti...

BACKGROUND Alcohol misuse among young people is a global phenomenon. In many countries, young people engage in heavy drinking and this exacerbates risky sexual behaviour. In Nigeria, alcohol held multiple roles in the traditional era but was mainly consumed by adult males for pleasure. Adult females and young people were culturally constrained from drinking in most communities. In contemporary ...

Complexes 11, 22 and 33 were synthetized according to adapted published protocols. Tris(3,3′,3′′-phosphinidynetris(benzenesulfonato)palladium(0) nonasodium salt nonahydrate] (complex 4), bathophenanthrolinedisulfonic acid disodium salt , bathocuproin disulfonic acid disodium, 2,2′-Biquinoline-4,4′-dicarboxylic acid dipotassium salt, triphenylphosphine-3,3′,3′′-trisulfonic acid trisodium salt li...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES To identify dietary practice patterns for Japanese adults and investigate the links between health behaviours and these patterns. METHODS AND STUDY DESIGN A random sample, stratified according to area, sex, and age, of 4570 adults aged 20-80 years completed a survey conducted in 2011 in a city, in Yamagata Prefecture, Northeast Japan. RESULTS Cluster analysis of 16...

Subject Index Adipose tissue, lipid metabolism in portacaval shunt and transposition 444 Age factor in the level of serum alpha-foetoprotein 97 Alcohol and porphyrin synthesis 136 Alcohol, ethyl, effect on pancreatic secretion in rats 425 Alcohol, induction of the ALA synthetase in the rat’s liver 136 Aldosterone, chronic effects on bile secretion in rabbits 438 Alphafetoprotein level in the se...

The thermostabilization of some enzymes by amidination with dimethylsuberimidate was surveyed. In the enzymes investigated, a moderate increase of thermostability in glucose oxidase and invertase, and prominent increase in lactate dehydrogenase, alcohol dehydrogenase and ascorbate oxidase were observed. The increase of thermostability by amidination was suggesting the synergism of the enhanceme...