BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVE ADHD is one of the most common mental disorders among children. We hypothesized that ADHD is associated with the impairment of the cardiac autonomic regulation. The aim of this study was to evaluate the cardiac autonomic regulation in children with ADHD at the rest and during orthostasis using short-term heart rate variability (HRV) analysis. METHODS Eighteen children w...

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES Breathing exercises are believed to modulate the cardiovascular oscillations in the body. To assess the validity of the assumption and understand the underlying mechanism, the key autonomic regulatory parameters such as heart rate variability (HRV), blood pressure variability (BPV) and baroreflex sensitivity (BRS) were recorded during controlled slow yogic breathing. Alt...

In these notes, the transverse (⊥) lattice approach is presented as a means to control the k → 0 divergences in light-front QCD. Technical difficulties of both the canonical compact formulation as well as the non-compact formulation of the ⊥ lattice motivate the color-dielectric formulation, where the link fields are linearized. INTRODUCTION The main subject of these notes are difficulties asso...

Accurate load forecasting (LF) plays an important role in the operation and decision-making process of power grid. Although stochastic nonlinear behavior loads is highly dependent on consumer energy requirements, that demands a high level accuracy LF. In spite several research studies being performed this field, accurate remains consideration. article, design hybrid short-term model (STLF) prop...

BACKGROUND Routine screening/assessment of protein-energy status is essential for preventing uremic malnutrition in patients on hemodialysis (HD). A simple, low cost, reliable and non-invasive tool is greatly desired. OBJECTIVE This study aimed to evaluate the appropriateness of using the long-form (LF) and the short-form (SF) Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA) for grading the risk of protein-...

BACKGROUND Migration plays a major role in the emergence and resurgence of lymphatic filariasis (LF) in many countries. Because of the high prevalence of Imported Bancroftian Filariasis (IBF) caused by nocturnally periodic Wuchereria bancrofti and the intensive movement of immigrant workers from endemic areas, Thailand has implemented two doses of 6 mg/kg diethylcarbamazine (DEC) with interval ...

BACKGROUND Variations of heart cycles reflect complex dynamic cardiocirculatory regulatory systems in humans. Exposure to tobacco from cigarettes has been shown to elicit specific alterations of heart rate variability parameters leading to predominance of sympathetic and decreasing parameters of parasympathetic measures of cardiac autonomic nervous system tone. AIM The aim of the trial was as...

Ageing is associated with a decline in short-term indexes of heart rate variability (HRV). But there is little evidence regarding the extent to which age-related changes in HRV depend on simultaneous changes in levels of estrogen and body composition as it occurs from pre menopausal state to postmenopausal state. The purpose of this study was (i) to compare HRV between pre and postmenopausal wo...

Although platelet-rich plasma (PRP) is the plasma fraction that contains higher levels of platelet-sequestered proteins such as growth factors and chemokines, it is also abundant in bioactive lipids whose role in wound healing has not been well characterized. This study provides a preliminary evaluation for the effect of the lipid component of PRP on selected genes related to wound healing. Spr...