BACKGROUND Myxomatous mitral valve prolapse is a common cardiac abnormality. Morbus Barlow is characterized by excess myxomatous leaflet tissue, bileaflet prolapse or billowing, chordae elongation and annular dilatation with or without calcification. Extensive myxoid degeneration with destruction of the normal three-layered leaflet tissue architecture is observed histologically in such patients...

The rate of rise of alveolar xenon concentration toward a fixed inspired level was measured in four adult male volunteers. At 1 minute the ratio of end-tidal to inspired xenon concentration was 0.76, at 2 minutes it was 0.38, at 5 minutes it was 0.96, and at 20 minutes it was 0.97. These results agree with those predicted from xenon solubility in blood and tissues, and were closely simulated wi...

Increased mammographic density (MD), the proportion of dense tissue visible on a mammogram, is a strong risk factor for breast cancer, common in the population and clusters in families. We conducted the first genome-wide linkage scan to identify genes influencing MD. DNA was obtained from 889 relatives (756 women, 133 men) from 89 families. Percent MD was estimated on 618 (82%) female family me...

<p>This paper proposes a linear switched reluctance motor (LSRM) to replace the conventional serving that is used in food and beverage (F&B) applications such as pack of sushi carbonated drinks. This method no longer practical it requires lot space which will affect costing productivity. It’s also has another disadvantage, needs frequent maintenance rotational motor, gear, limit s...

Wrinkling, developed due to compressive instability, is one of the main failure modes in deep drawing processes. Depending on die geometry and blank holder force, it can be observed as flange wrinkling and/or side-wall wrinkling. In this study, cylindrical cup process investigated by using different constitutive models that are formed CPB06ex2, Hill’48, BBC2008-8p BBC2008-16p yield criteria wit...

Thirteen Spanish families with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease were studied. In one family the disease did not segregate with polymorphic markers around the PKD1 locus. All subjects over the age of 30 years carrying a mutation at the PKD1 locus showed renal ultrasonographic cysts, but 40% of carriers of the PKD1 mutation younger than 30 years did not have renal cysts. Hypertension ...