INTRODUCTION Endothelin-1 (ET-1), circulating endothelial cells (CEC) and endothelial progenitor cells (EPC) are well-known modulators of endothelial function with important cardiac effects after an acute myocardial infarction. However, the relationship between them has never been assessed. The objective of the present study was to establish the relationship between ET-1, CEC, and EPC concentra...

Recently, several researchers have proposed adopting software-defined networking (SDN) concepts for mobile network architectures, particularly for LTE-evolved packet core (LTE/EPC). Although several new designs have been introduced for architectures based on SDN or its concrete realization, Openflow, few studies have presented in-depth discussions of real procedures that are relevant to such ar...

Endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) are known to play an important role in the repair of damaged blood vessels. We used an endothelial progenitor cell colony-forming assay (EPC-CFA) to determine whether EPC numbers could be increased in healthy individuals through regular exercise training. The number of functional EPCs obtained from human peripheral blood-derived AC133 stem cells was measured ...

To provide an overview of molecular and cellular processes involved in erectile dysfunction (ED) with emphasis on circulating endothelial progenitor cells (EPC) and discuss possible nutraceutical means of intervention. A review of literature on Pubmed related to EPC and ED was conducted. Patients with ED appear to possess a reduced number of circulating EPC, which is associated with poor endoth...

In recent years, the integration of Statistical Process Control (SPC) and Engineering Process Control (EPC) has received considerable attentions due to the superiority for the process improvement. However, a drawback of the integration of SPC and EPC may be encountered for monitoring a process. Because EPC would compensate for the effects of underlying disturbances, the disturbance patterns cou...

dothelial progenitor cells (EPC) participate in angiogenesis and vascular homeostasis by incorporating into the endothelium of damaged vessels and, perhaps more importantly, exhibiting potent angiogenic paracrine effects (1). EPC are embedded in the microenvironment of bone marrow stromal and endothelial cells and translocate to the circulation upon NO-mediated signaling (2). Additional mobiliz...

OBJECTIVE Standard drugs post-myocardial infarction (MI) such as angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) and 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A (HMG-CoA) reductase inhibitors (statins) increase levels of endothelial progenitor cells (EPC). However, potential underlying mechanisms have not yet been investigated. METHODS AND RESULTS We studied the effects of ACE inhibition or statin treatment on...

Human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC) and human microvascular endothelial cells (HMVEC) have been the standards for cell-based assays in the field of angiogenesis research and in antiangiogenic drug discovery. These normal mature endothelial cells may not be most representative of human tumor endothelial cells. Human AC133+/CD34+ bone marrow progenitor cells were established in cell cu...

This teaching case examines the implementation of a new technology for tracking individual freight railcars (wagons) by Indian Railways. After exploring multiple ‘technological options,’ the Indian Railways decided to undertake a pilot project based on timetested Automatic Equipment Identification system using Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology. However, a number of other technolo...

In this paper we present new constraints to EPCglobal Class 1 Generation 2 (EPCC1 G2) standard which if they have been considered in the design of EPC-C1 G2 complaint authentication protocols, lead to prevent predecessor’s protocols’ weaknesses and also present the secure ones. Also in this paper as an example, we use Pang et al. EPC-C1 G2-friendly protocol which has been recently proposed, to ...