L-carnitine is an important co-factor in fatty acid metabolism by mitochondria. This study has determined whether oral administration of L-carnitine prevents remodelling and the development of impaired cardiovascular function in deoxycorticosterone acetate (DOCA)-salt hypertensive rats (n = 6-12; #p < 0.05 versus DOCA-salt). Uninephrectomized rats administered DOCA (25 mg every 4th day s.c.) an...

conclusions silent ventricular systolic dysfunction was more common in the patients with sle than in the control group. newer echocardiographic techniques such as two-dimensional ste provide an earlier chance for the detection of subclinical lv systolic dysfunction. our findings were independent of the traditional risk factors. results the mean duration of sle was 5.5 ± 3.4 years in our patient...

Recently we succeeded to make a reliable EFT prediction in a totally parameter-free manner for the S factors for the solar pp and hep processes, p + p → d + e + νe and He+ p → He+ e+ νe[1]. The strategy used in there is to embed a highly sophisticated standard nuclear physics approach (SNPA) exploiting realistic potentials[2,3] into an EFT framework, that we refer to as EFT∗. Up to next-next-to...

Attempts to apply effective field theory (EFT) methods to nonrelativistic nucleon-nucleon (N N) scattering have raised questions about the nature and limitations of an EFT expansion when used nonperturbatively. We discuss the characteristics of a meaningful EFT analysis and compare them with traditional approaches to N N scattering. A key feature of an EFT treatment is a systematic expansion in...

Attempts to apply effective field theory (EFT) methods to nonrelativistic nucleon-nucleon (N N) scattering have raised questions about the nature and limitations of an EFT expansion when used nonperturbatively. We discuss the characteristics of a meaningful EFT analysis and compare them with traditional approaches to N N scattering. A key feature of an EFT treatment is a systematic expansion in...

When we cannot concentrate on reading a book, we have problems with voluntary attention. When we stand up and stumble on a chair leg, we have a problem with involuntary attention. A bimanual Stroop task (ST) and the Ericson’s flanker task (EFT) were used for the analysis of voluntary and involuntary attention, respectively. Electrophysiological markers of attention were applied in adult ADHD pa...

The effective field theory (EFT) for a toy model of nucleons interacting via a short range and a long range Yukawa potential is presented. The scattering amplitude in the S0 channel is calculated up to NNLO using KSW power counting scheme. A particular expansion of the amplitude about the pole at low (imaginary) momentum is used to derive matching conditions on the EFT couplings. In addition, a...

We present fully nonperturbative quantum Monte Carlo calculations with nonlocal chiral effective field theory (EFT) interactions for the ground-state properties of neutron matter. The equation of state, the nucleon chemical potentials, and the momentum distribution in pure neutron matter up to one and a half times the nuclear saturation density are computed with a newly optimized chiral EFT int...

The blamer softening event has been associated with successful treatment outcomes in emotionally focused couple therapy. Previous research has highlighted the critical role of softening events and heightened emotional experience in best sessions of emotionally focused couple therapy (EFT). This study examined the effects of a therapist's emotional presence in predicting heightened levels of cli...