bifid cardiac apex is a rare anomaly of human hearts. we report of the case of a 34-year-old man with a previous history of ventricular septal defect (vsd) and subvalvular pulmonary stenosis. he had undergone pulmonary commissurotomy and vsd closure 22 years before he was referred to our center for evaluation of progressive dyspnea. transthoracic echocardiography revealed atrial septal defect (...

superplastic forming (spf) is a manufacturing process utilized in the automotive industry to produce complex geometry aluminum or magnesium alloy components which cannot be fabricated at room temperature. this paper investigates the effects of the die entry radius and the interfacial friction coefficient on the required forming time and thickness distribution of a superplastic formed part. a co...

Group B coxsackieviruses (CVB) are associated with viral-induced heart disease and are among the leading causes of aseptic meningitis worldwide. Here we show that CVB entry into polarized brain microvasculature and aortic endothelial cells triggers a depletion of intracellular calcium stores initiated through viral attachment to the apical attachment factor decay-accelerating factor. Calcium re...

investigating nozzle’s orifice flow is challenging both experimentally and theoretically. this paper focuses on simulating flow inside diesel injector nozzle via ansys fluent v15. validation is performed with experimental results from winkhofler et al (2001). several important parameters such as mass flow rate, velocity profiles and pressure profiles are used for this validation. results includ...

Study population The study population reflected an average patient from the MADIT-II. Patients of either sex who were older than 21 years of age were eligible if they had had a documented MI at least one month before entry and a documented ejection fraction of 30% or less within 3 months before entry. Patients were not eligible if they had an indication approved by the US Food and Drug Administ...

Almost all water that enters the conceptus of the sheep enters via the placenta. The forces that drive water are hydrostatic and osmotic. The placental channels that allow water to cross into the fetus have not been identified by microanatomic means. Although an "equivalent pore" system can account for the diffusional entry of small hydrophilic solutes, it can be calculated that the filtration ...

OBJECTIVE To test the hypothesis that diets with high glycaemic index (GI) and glycaemic load (GL) increase the risk of heart disease. DESIGN Overall GI and GL were assessed from 7 d diet records or diet history interviews. SETTING Information on hospitalization and death due to CVD and CHD was obtained from the National Register of Cause of Death and the National Register of Patients. SU...

Background: Knowledge of quantum computing is arguably inaccessible to many, with knowledge the complex mathematics involving a particular barrier entry, creating difficulty in terms teaching and inclusive learning for those without high level mathematics. Meanwhile, it increasingly important that technologies accessible who work real-world applications taught younger generation.Purpose: Result...