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BACKGROUND Implantation is a complex initial step in the establishment of a successful pregnancy. Although embryo quality is an important determinant of implantation, temporally coordinated differentiation of endometrial cells to attain uterine receptivity and a synchronized dialog between maternal and embryonic tissues are crucial. The exact mechanism of implantation failure is still poorly un...

P atients with low output congestive heart failure have less-than-normal slowing of heart rate during pharmacologic increases of arterial pressure, indicating impairment of the arterial baroreceptor-heart rate reflex.1 The mechanism underlying this abnormality is not fully understood and could involve one or more components of the reflex arc, including an afferent limb (generation and transmiss...

Adhesion-related failures occurs in microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) when suspended elastic members unexpectedly stick to their substrates. This type of device failure is one of the dominant sources of yield loss in MEMS. This paper reviews the physical mechanisms responsible for the failure from both the theoretical and practical stand point. In general, the failure requires two different...

A lthough neurohormonal antagonist and device therapies have improved outcomes in patients with systolic heart failure (HF), residual morbidity and mortality remain high. Novel HF therapeutic approaches thus remain an unmet clinical need of pressing urgency. Such approaches depend, in turn, on keener understanding of the molecular pathways underlying HF pathogenesis. Although a number of novel ...

GaAs devices exhibit some general failure modes that can be attributed to a defined failure mechanism. The most common failure modes are observed via degradation of the MMIC parameters such as IDSS, gain, POUT, and others. The degradation observed in MMIC devices is normally a function of the material interactions and the environmental conditions during test or operation. The importance of a pa...

BACKGROUND & AIMS Acute liver failure (ALF) is a condition with high mortality and morbidity. Fibrosis in chronic liver disease was extensively researched, whereas fibrosis and underlying mechanism in acute liver failure remains unclear. METHODS Hepatitis B virus related ALF patients were recruited to investigate if there was ongoing fibrosis by liver histology and liver stiffness measurement...

polyunsaturated fatty acids (pufas) particularly ω-3 pufas showed great assure in prevention of cardiovascular diseases (cvd). the evidence for cv benefits of pufa comes from eicosapentaenoic acid (epa) with or without docosahexaenoic acid (dha) in primary prevention, after myocardial infarction (mi), with heart failure (hf). the epidemiologic studies and trials showing the benefits of pufa, sp...

objectives: anemia is prevalent in heart failures and is an independent risk factor for adverse clinical outcomes in patients with chf. the aim of the present study was to determine the prevalence of anemia in elderly with systolic heart failure hospitalized in alborz hospital of karaj in 2009. methods & materials: this is a descriptive retrospective study that reviewed 154 medical records of e...