1. Medical student, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands, 2. Department of Radiology, St. Elizabeth Hospital, Tilburg, The Netherlands, 3. Department of Neurology, Maxima Medisch Centrum Veldhoven, Veldhoven, The Netherlands Background: A 46-year-old woman was admitted with right-sided weakness, vertigo and nausea. Clinical examinatio...

Although several studies have examined the cardiac functional determinants of exercise capacity, few have investigated the effects of structural remodeling. The current study evaluated the association between cardiac geometry and exercise capacity. Subjects with ejection fraction > or = 50% and no valvular disease, myocardial ischemia, or arrhythmias were identified from a large prospective exe...

BACKGROUND/AIMS Both all-cause and cardiovascular mortality risks are extremely high in patients with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD). Sudden death accounts for approximately one-quarter of all fatal events. Left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) is a known risk factor for mortality and can be divided in 2 types: concentric and eccentric. This study evaluated possible differences in all-cause morta...

Two photon polymerisation using direct laser writing is a burgeoning field of research, with recent focus being placed on bringing added value to microstructures, by incorporating soft, responsive polymers. Moving the micron-scale can have profound impact such stimuli-responsive materials, whose speed actuation be increased many-fold compared their mm-scale counterparts. Here, fabrication submi...

A plethora of research has examined bilateral and reciprocal concentric strength relationships of the thigh musculature in a variety of athletic populations. However, little research has reported strength values of the trunk and hip musculature. Thus, the purpose of this investigation was to examine concentric and eccentric strength of the trunk and hip flexor and extensor muscle groups in fema...

Filipi N. Silva, Cesar H. Comin1,∗ Thomas K. DM. Peron, Francisco A. Rodrigues, Cheng Ye, Richard C. Wilson, Edwin Hancock, and Luciano da F. Costa Instituto de Física de São Carlos, Universidade de São Paulo, São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil Departamento de Matemática Aplicada e Estatística, Instituto de Ciências Matemáticas e de Computação, Universidade de São Paulo, Caixa Postal 668,13560-970 S...

A Bilinski diagram (respectively, B∗-diagram) is a labeling of a planar map with respect to the regional distance of its vertices and faces from a central vertex (respectively, face). Such diagrams are concentric if for each k ≥ 1, the set of vertices at regional distance k from the central vertex or face induces a circuit. The class Ga,b consists of all 1-ended, 3-connected planar maps with th...

balo's concentric multiple scleroses (ms) is a rare demyelinating disease and a variant of multiple sclerosis. we report a case with interesting misleading clinical history and typical ri findings of balo disease. a 19-year-old girl presented with fever and left hemiparesis following dental procedure 15 days ago. on physical examination fever and left limbs forces loss were noted. on ct scan a ...

This study investigated whether 10 drop jumps (DJs) would confer protective effect against muscle damage and soreness in a subsequent bout of 50 DJs. Sixteen men were randomly placed into either a group performing 1 set of 10 DJs followed by 5 sets of 10 DJs (10-50, n = 8) or another group performing 2 bouts of 5 sets of 10 DJs (50-50, n = 8) separated by 2 weeks. The DJs were performed from a ...