BACKGROUND To confirm the activation of platelets (PLT) and explore the role of activated PLT in post-dissection inflammation. METHOD An acute type A aortic dissection (AAD) canine model was established. Mean platelet volume/platelet count (MPV/PTC), platelet size distribution width (PDW), and inflammatory cytokines (tumor necrosis factor-α [TNF-α] and interleukin-6 [IL-6]) were measured betw...

Subjective measures of awareness rest on the assumption that conscious knowledge is knowledge that participants know they possess. Post-Decision Wagering (PDW), recently proposed as a new measure of awareness, requires participants to place a high or a low wager on their decisions. Whereas advantageous wagering indicates awareness of the knowledge on which the decisions are based, cases in whic...

The design and development processes of complex technical systems are of crucial importance to the competitiveness of an enterprise. These processes are characterised by high creativity and strong non-deterministic dynamics. Traditional information science methods, however, are intended for more deterministic work processes. They cannot be effectively applied to support creative activities like...

Abstract. Over the past decade, GEOTRACES and wider trace metal geochemical community has made substantial contributions towards constraining marine cobalt (Co) cycle its major biogeochemical processes. However, few Co speciation studies have been conducted in North equatorial Pacific Ocean, a vast portion of world's oceans by volume an important end-member deep thermohaline circulation. Dissol...

Diabetes mellitus, a chronic metabolic disease affects various organs of the body on long-term basis. results in haematological changes that lead to development complications such as hypercoagulability, anemia and cardiovascular (CVD). Hematological parameters play an important role treatment follow up diabetic patients. Hence, objective study is compare mean levels hematological namely Platele...

Turku PET Centre, Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland This study was performed to evaluate the feasibility of preclinical imaging in a clinical PET/MR system. Preliminary sequences were evaluated for establishing preclinical protocols for rat brain and rabbit knee. Rats were placed in a stereotactic holder, allowing a 30 minute scan time before re-administration of anesthesia. In-house de...

A multiwavelength, high bandwidth (1 GHz) frequency-domain photon migration (FDPM) instrument has been developed for quantitative, non-invasive measurements of tissue optical and physiological properties. The instrument produces 300 kHz to 1 GHz photon density waves (PDWs) in optically turbid media using a network analyser, an avalanche photodiode detector and four amplitude-modulated diode las...

Introduction: 3D echo planar spectroscopic imaging (EPSI) is becoming increasingly popular for metabolic imaging with whole brain coverage [1]. Challenges to successful implementation of 3D-EPSI with extensive spatial coverage include obtaining sufficient Bo field homogeneity, water and lipid suppression. This abstract describes improved water and lipid suppression in 3D-EPSI with a newly devel...