Objective To assess improvement in autonomic symptoms and functional impairment following immunotherapy with subcutaneous immunoglobulin (SCIG) or plasmapheresis (PLEX) patients postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS). Background POTS is a common disorder defined by an increased heart rate of at least 30 bpm within 10 minutes standing tilt table test, accompanied intolerance, fatigue, ...

Interactive effects of root restriction and atmospheric CO(2) enrichment on plant growth, photosynthetic capacity, and carbohydrate partitioning were studied in cotton seedlings (Gossypium hirsutum L.) grown for 28 days in three atmospheric CO(2) partial pressures (270, 350, and 650 microbars) and two pot sizes (0.38 and 1.75 liters). Some plants were transplanted from small pots into large pot...

To investigate the effects of salicylic acid on wheat by foliar spraying at various doses. An experiment in pots with three replications was carried out India during rabi season 2021-2022. Plant treated spray tillering, extension, and heading stages, concentrations 0.5mM, 1mM, 2mM. The results reveal that sprays 1mM 2mM aim to maintain shoot length under drought stress conditions. As concentrat...

effect of static magnetic field (smf) on plants is a matter of debate. in the present study plausible useful effects of smf on wheat plant (triticum aestivum l.) via improvement of antioxidant system and iron/ferritin fortification were evaluated. the plants were cultivated in pots and in their reproductive stages were treated with or without a 30 mt smf for 4 days, each 5h. the activity of ant...

BACKGROUND In postural tachycardia syndrome (POTS) and repeated neurocardiogenic presyncope (NCS), orthostatic intolerance occurs without persistent sympathetic neurocirculatory failure. Whether these conditions involve abnormal cardiac sympathetic innervation or function has been unclear. METHODS AND RESULTS Patients with POTS or NCS underwent measurements of neurochemical indices of cardiac...

Postural tachycardia syndrome (POTS) is characterized by excessive increases in heart rate (HR) without hypotension during orthostasis. The relationship between the tachycardia and anxiety is uncertain. Therefore, we tested whether the HR response to orthostatic stress in POTS is primarily related to psychological factors. POTS patients (n = 14) and healthy controls (n = 10) underwent graded ve...

If a device is to be portable it must be small. However, the smaller a device is, the less physical room there is on it. This in turn limits the amount of space available for input and output mechanisms In this paper we present the results of a number of small studies which have investigated making the most of the input/output facilities of miniature devices. These cover: • data to guide the de...

heavy metal accumulation in plants causes induction of oxidative stress. plants have severaldefense systems involved in detoxifying free radicals. in the present research we treated the 15 d.seedlings of b. napus grown in pots with different concentrations of cadmium (0, 10, 50 and 100 μm) ascdcl2. after 3 weeks we measured malondealdehyde (mda) content in leaves of treated plants as anindicati...

Vectobac G (Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis) application at 1.08 and 0.54g/ m to subirrigated pot and suspended forestry tube methods of non-circulating hydroponics in an unreplicated experiment greatly reduced numbers of Asian tiger mosquito, Aedes albopictus (Skuse) (Diptera: Culicidae), larvae and pupae compared to non-treated controls. Both Vectobac G rates, however, reduced lettuce head...