Infants requiring permanent pacemakers (PMs) must receive epicardial leads and abdominal generators due to their small size. Few studies have explored the prevalence predictors of device-related adverse events (DRAE) in this population. To explore associations between patient device characteristics with DRAE infants PM implantation. This multicenter retrospective cohort study included patients ...

We appreciate the efforts of Kramer and Araneta (1) to investigate whether our findings are reproducible in the Rancho Bernardo cohort. In apparent contrast to our results (2), they observed that subjects with diabetic oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) but A1C ,6.5% displayed a more unfavorable cardiovascular risk profile than subjects with A1C $6.5% (1). However, as noted by the authors, grou...

We read with interest the article by Boronat et al. (1). In that article, individuals with discordant diabetes status by A1C and oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) had their cardiovascular risk profile evaluated. Those who fulfilled the A1C-based criterion presented greater measures of BMI and waist circumference and lower values for HDL cholesterol than individuals with diabetic OGTT but A1C,6...

This paper reviews the potential for problems regarding public acceptability of environmental taxes with: a review of waste charges literature; a review of the literature on environmental attitudes; and a case study the municipal waste charge protests in Ireland in 2003 and 2004. These public protests against new waste charges demonstrate the necessity for good advertisement and public relation...

The ‘‘viewpoint’’ article by Dyck et al. (2007) [Dyck. M.G., Soon, W., Baydack, R.K., Legates, D.R., Baliunas, S., Ball, T.F., Hancock, L.O., 2007. Polar bears of western Hudson Bay and climate change: are warming spring air temperatures the ‘‘ultimate’’ survival control factor? Ecol. Complexity 4, 73–84. doi:10.1016/j.ecocom.2007.03.002.] suggest that factors other than climate warming are res...

An analysis of health system reforms in recent decades shows an apparent pendulum phenomenon. In times of macroeconomic adjustments, the pendulum swings to contain expenditures, suppress rights, and open the market, under the argument that competition improves quality. In this context, primary health care (PHC) is seen as a selective policy for excluded populations. Meanwhile, in favorable poli...

The relationships between several leaf attributes (leaf area, mass, volume, density, thickness, organic matter content, anatomy and leaf specific mass) in two sympatric shrub species, Miconia ibaguensis and M. stenostachya (Melastomataceae), in Brazilian cerrado were explored. Leaf traits were assessed in two environments : a sun-exposed cerrado and in a shaded undestorey riparian forest. Area,...

Response sensitivity and voltage gain of the rod- and cone-bipolar cell synapses in dark-adapted tiger salamander retina. J. Neurophysiol. 78: 2662-2673, 1997. Rods, cones, and bipolar cells were recorded in superfused, flat-mounted isolated retinas of the larval tiger salamander, Ambystoma tigrinum, under dark-adapted conditions. Voltage responses of 24 rods, 15 cones, and 41 bipolar cells in ...

This deliverable describes WINNER II channel models for link and system level simulations. Both generic and clustered delay line models are defined for selected propagation scenarios. Keyword list: Channel modelling, radio channel, propagation scenario, channel sounder, cluster, polarisation, measurements, delay spread, angle spread, MIMO, fading Disclaimer: The channel models described in this...