BACKGROUND The goal of our study was to assess the influence of hypertension chronopharmacotherapy on diurnal blood pressure (BP) profile and mortality. METHODS Subjects with established coronary heart disease (CHD) (n = 1345, mean age 63.2 ± 9.2 years) were included. RESULTS Non-dipping status was related to a lack of nighttime hypertensive drug administration (OR 3.87, 95% CI 3.00-4.98). ...

The following three case reports present the effects of 6-month continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) therapy on blood pressure (BP) in severe obstructive sleep apnea patients with resistant hypertension. Case 1 A 58-year-old woman exhibited a decreased 24-hour BP and changes in the nocturnal BP dipping pattern from non-dipper to dipper. Case 2 A 64-year-old man showed no improvements in n...

The 17 December 2016 Solomon Islands earthquake (Mw 7.9) initiated ~103 km deep in the subducting Solomon Sea slab near the junction of the Solomon Islands and New Britain trenches. Most aftershocks are located near the Solomon Islands plate boundary megathrust west of Bougainville, where previous large interplate thrust faulting earthquakes occurred in 1995 (Mw 7.7) and 1971 (Mw 8.0). Teleseis...

Titanium oxide (TiO2) nanowires were prepared for an electrolytic capacitor application by the automatic dipping technique using a porous alumina template. The automatic dipping technique allows us to exactly control the dipping rate so that we can obtain homogenous infiltration of nanowires in the porous alumina membrane, even though the solution is very acidic. From the TEM, SEM and XRD measu...

To cite: Kitagawa N, Sakurai M. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/bcr-2014206951 DESCRIPTION A 19-year-old male patient, who had undergone laminectomy for lumbar disc herniation the previous day, reported involuntary upward movement of his eyes. The eyes exhibited conjugate upward movement, followed by a brief tonic phase, and rapid downward movement to ...

Objectives—To derive a method for retrospectively estimating cumulative exposure to organophosphate (OP) pesticides among a cross section of United Kingdom sheep dippers, as part of a wider epidemiological study of neurological abnormality within this group of workers. Methods—A hygiene study of dipping sessions at 20 farms using diazinon based dips was carried out by two experienced occupation...

Pyrroloquinoline quinone (PQQ) was immobilized on glassy-carbon electrodes (GCE) modified with single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNT), few-walled carbon nanotubes (FWCNT) and carbon black (Vulcan XC72R). Modified electrodes were prepared by drop-casting. Immobilization was achieved with an extremely simple dipping procedure and without any further modification to the electrodes. Electrochemical...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to examine relationships between hostility, anger expression, and blood pressure (BP) dipping. METHODS A 24-hour ambulatory BP was obtained from 34 African Americans and 52 white Americans who were enrolled in a study of sleep, stress, and BP. Self-report measures were used to assess anger expression and hostility. RESULTS After controlling for body m...

Offset plane wave migration and common-azimuth migration are among the most promising wave-equation migration methods for efficiently imaging 3-D marine data sets. Offset plane wave migration has some computational advantages over common-azimuth migration, but common-azimuth is more accurate. Sub-salt images produced by commonazimuth migration are better focused than the corresponding images pr...