Abstract Previous investigations carried out on reinforced self-compacted concrete (SCC) beams have reported contradictory results reinforcement bond behaviour occurring in the zones defined for good conditions according to Eurocode2. Cantilevered SCC beams’ critical upper tension has previously had limited reporting. In this study, normally vibrated (NVC) and poor are compared differences high...

In this report, we successfully fabricated the colloidal crystal (CC) gel films of silica microparticles combined with a temperature-responsive biocompatible hydrogel poly(N-vinylcaprolactam) (VCL). When CC VCL film was prepared by filling precursor into void space between particles film, followed thermal polymerization, Bragg reflection peak red-shifted from 475 nm to 535 due change refractive...

Background Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease affecting different organs and causing significant morbidity mortality. Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) a rare manifestation of SLE. The prevalence PAH in patients with SLE varies between 0.5 to 5% [1] . No screening algorithms have been developed In SSc, characterized by changes the pulmonary vasculature endothelial d...

People with mental disorders are often found to be difficult to deal with; they are ineffective in social situations, become rejected and isolated, and feel anxious or otherwise uncomfortable in these situations. Bryant et al. (1976) found that 27% of a sample of neurotic out-patients were agreed to be socially inadequate; probably all psychotics can be regarded as socially inadequate; the same...

TO THE EDITOR: We are grateful to Dr. Willie (6) for his letter, which is a welcome contribution to the debate on the complex interaction between cerebrovascular regulatory mechanisms, namely neurovascular coupling (NVC), cerebral autoregulation (CA), and CO2 vasoreactivity (CO2-VR). A relatively large number of independent studies have confirmed that cerebral blood flow (or velocity) reaches z...

Systemic sclerosis is a complex disease that involves "autoimmunity," "inflammation," "fibrosis," and "vasculopathy." Microvascular damage and dysfunction particularly represent the earliest morphological and functional markers of systemic sclerosis. These morphological changes and progressions can be detected by nailfold videocapillaroscopy (NVC). In 2013, the American College of Rheumatology ...

Background: Non-specific abnormalities could be detected by nailfold videocapillaroscopy (NVC) in subject with primary Raynaud’s Phenomenon (RP) several years before the clinical onset of connective tissue diseases (CTD)s [1]. Previous findings from our group proved that ≤30 μm capillary dilations RP patients have a negative predictive value for developing ‘scleroderma pattern’ during follow-up...