The purpose of this study was to determine whether echocardiographic left ventricular mass is related to cognitive performance beyond casual blood pressure adjusting for the influence of other vascular risk factors. We used multivariable regression analyses to relate left ventricular mass assessed at a routine examination (1995-1998) to measures of cognitive ability obtained routinely (1998-200...

Understanding the nature of human contact patterns is crucial for predicting the impact of future pandemics and devising effective control measures. However, few studies provide a quantitative description of the aspects of social interactions that are most relevant to disease transmission. Here, we present the results from a detailed diary-based survey of casual (conversational) and close conta...

the concept of coordination in supply chain management is different from the viewpoint of the roles of this chain and this difference causes more uncoordination at the entire of the supply chain. hence, regarding to the importance of this subject at the performance of supply chain, the clarification of the coordination concept as a casual model seems very necessary. in this research, the cognit...

Every language manifests casual speech processes, and hence every second language too. This study examined how listeners deal with second-language casual speech processes, as a function of the processes in their native language. We compared a match case, where a second-language process (/t/-reduction) is also operative in native speech, with a mismatch case, where a second-language process (/r/...

BACKGROUND Few data exist regarding frequency and predictors of bleeding complications associated with anticoagulant therapy using dabigatran in Japanese patients with atrial fibrillation (AF). METHODS AND RESULTS We retrospectively studied 184 patients with AF who were administered dabigatran from April 2011 to August 2012 in our institution. Twenty-eight patients (15%) developed some type o...

OBJECTIVES To assess the role of ambulatory blood pressure (BP) monitoring in the diagnosis of hypertension in general practice. BACKGROUND Hypertension is usually diagnosed by means of casual office BP readings. However, ambulatory BP monitoring has shown that a significant proportion of patients diagnosed as hypertensive do not in fact have hypertension. METHOD Sixty-four Indian patients ...

In many Western societies, drug users are accountable for heterosexual transmission of HIV. Although various studies have shown that safe sex is not a common practice among drug users, we still have little understanding of the factors that determine their use of condoms in their sexual relationships with steady or casual partners. The objective of this study is to gain more insight into the det...

OBJECTIVES Blood pressure (BP) is poorly controlled in many countries. Poor compliance was suggested as the main cause for poor BP control. The purpose of this study was to examine the association between compliance and the control of both casual blood pressure (BP) and 24-hr ambulatory BP in a Japanese elderly population. METHODS The study was a cross-sectional survey. Casual BP and 24-hr am...