Background: The prevalence of gestational diabetes mellitus is rising. Myocardial hypertrophy is the most common cardiac disorder in the infants of diabetic mothers, which hypothetically can cause fatal arrhythmias. This study investigated prolonged QT in the newborns of diabetic mothers in Afzalipour Hospital in Kerman City, in 2015. Methods: This case-contro...

Residents living near a polyurethane foam manufacturing facility expressed concern to health officials over chemical emissions from the plant. Environmental monitoring of ambient air near the plant indicated the presence of toluene diisocyanate (TDI), which was used in foam production. Health officials collected blood samples from 113 residents and analyzed the blood sera for antibodies to TDI ...

In this contribution we present three case studies of physiologically based toxicokinetic (PBTK) modelling in regulatory risk assessment. (1) Age-dependent lower enzyme expression in the newborn leads to bisphenol A (BPA) blood levels which are near the levels of the tolerated daily intake (TDI) at the oral exposure as calculated by EFSA. (2) Dermal exposure of BPA by receipts, car park tickets...

A small but growing body of literature suggests that the Teate Depression Inventory (TDI) may be an "objective" measure of depression compared with other commonly used scales. Furthermore, the TDI has strong psychometric properties in both clinical and nonclinical samples. The present study aimed to extend the use of TDI by identifying cut-off scores that could differentiate varying levels of d...

Let A be an integral matrix whose set of column vectors is A = {v1, . . . , vq} and let A(P ) be the Ehrhart ring of P = conv(A). We are able to show that if A is the incidence matrix of a d-uniform unmixed clutter with covering number g and the system x ≥ 0;xA ≥ 1 is TDI, then the Castelnuovo-Mumford regularity of A(P ) is sharply bounded by (d − 1)(g − 1). Let R = K[x1, . . . , xn] be a polyn...

BACKGROUND : The pathogenic mechanisms of toluene diisocyanate (TDI)-induced asthma are not understood clearly. METHODS : In this review, we summarized recent data to further understand the pathogenic mechanisms through recent approach of molecular genetic studies, and specific antibody responses to cellular mechanisms. RESULTS : Genetic polymorphism studies suggested the involvement of oxi...

Results of isocyanate challenge tests performed on 63 workers referred with a diagnosis of probable isocyanate asthma between 1974 and 1988 were reviewed. Thirty (48 percent) had an acute episode of asthma with a greater than 20 percent decline in FEV1 following subirritant exposure to isocyanates. No difference in the frequency or type of respiratory complaints between isocyanate reactors and ...

The digital time delay integration (digital TDI) technology of the complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) image sensor has been widely adopted and developed in the optical remote sensing field. However, the details of targets that have low illumination or low contrast in scenarios of high contrast are often drowned out because of the superposition of multi-stage images in digital domain...

BACKGROUND Childhood cancer survivors treated with anthracyclines and mediastinal irradiation are at risk for late onset cardiotoxicity. AIMS OF THE STUDY To assess the role of N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) and tissue Doppler imaging (TDI) as early predictors of late onset cardiotoxicity in asymptomatic survivors of childhood cancer treated with doxorubicin with or with...

Objective:  To examine the types of traumatic dental injuries primary teeth (TDI-p) and long-term sequelae on permanent dentition (LSP) comparing with a control group (CG). In addition, questionnaire that measures parents' knowledge awareness was used .  Material Methods:  The trauma (TG) consisted following TDI-p exposed teeth, while CG unexposed same patients. total, 141 were evaluated in 27 ...