BACKGROUND Accumulating evidence has shown that chronic cerebral ischemia (CCI) is one of the major causes of vascular dementia (VD) characterized by dysregulated cholesterol homeostasis and lipoprotein disturbances. Positive value of lipid-lowering agents has been widely evaluated for the treatment of VD. In the present study, we investigated whether Daming capsule (DMC) protected against CCI-...

Portable Vis/NIRS are flexible tools for fast and unbiased analyses of constituents with minimal sample preparation. This study developed calibration models for dry matter content (DMC) and carotenoids in fresh cassava roots using a portable Vis/NIRS system. We examined the effects of eight data pre-treatment combinations on calibration models and assessed calibrations on processed and intact r...

Background and Aim Aldosterone is a hormone, belonging to the group of mineralocorticoids, mainly synthesized in the adrenal cortex, basically its function is to regulate blood pressure and sodium-potassium levels in the body; high levels of this hormone have harmful effects in the organism and mainly in the heart in chronic form. Dilated cardiomyopathy is a progressive disease of heart muscle ...

An LC-MS method is described for the determination of the synthetic reagent N,N-dimethylaminoethyl chloride (DMC) in the drug substance diltiazem hydrochloride, for which the permissible limit is not more than 1 ppm (microgram g-1). The N,N-dimethylaziridinium ion (DMA), the reactive intermediate formed by cyclisation of DMC, is also detected. A column switching arrangement is used: diltiazem h...

The authors evaluated the reliability and validity of a set of 7 behavioral decision-making tasks, measuring different aspects of the decision-making process. The tasks were administered to individuals from diverse populations. Participants showed relatively consistent performance within and across the 7 tasks, which were then aggregated into an Adult Decision-Making Competence (A-DMC) index th...

Dyggve-Melchior-Clausen syndrome without mental retardation (Smith-McCort dysplasia) (SM) has clinical and radiographic findings similar to those of Dyggve-Melchior-Clausen syndrome (DMC) except for mental retardation. Iliac crest biopsies from two patients with SM were examined. The lace-like appearance of the iliac crests, which is a characteristic radiological sign of SM and DMC, was caused ...

We have used dynamic Monte Carlo(DMC) methods and analytical techniques to analyze single-file systems for which diffusion is infinitely fast. We have simplified the master equation removing the fast reactions, and we have introduced a DMC algorithm for infinitely fast diffusion. The DMC method for fast diffusion give similar results as the standard DMC with high diffusion rates. We have invest...