BACKGROUND Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) currently is being evaluated in clinical angiogenesis trials involving patients with peripheral arterial disease. We hypothesized that delivery of VEGF to the skeletal muscle of the lower extremity using an adenoviral vector (Ad(GV)VEGF(121.10)) would improve peripheral endothelial function. Accordingly, we investigated lower-extremity endoth...

This paper utilizes global variance (GV) of the log power spectrum (LPS) derived from mel-cepstrum to improve hidden Markov model (HMM) based parametric speech synthesis. In order to alleviate over-smoothing of the generated spectral structures, an LPS-GV modeling method using line spectral pairs (LSPs) has been proposed in our previous work, where the estimated distribution of LPS-GV was combi...

BACKGROUND We assessed the maturational competence and the chromosomal pattern of mouse oocytes reconstructed by germinal vesicle (GV) transfer technique using nuclear and/or cytoplasmic components from cryopreserved GV stage oocytes. METHODS From 657 GV oocytes (326 fresh and 331 frozen/thawed), four groups of reconstructed oocytes were obtained by micromanipulation and electrofusion: fresh ...

Liquid ventilation with perfluorocarbon (PFCV) has advantages over conventional gas ventilation (GV) in premature and lung-injured newborn animals. Indirect calorimetric measurement of both oxygen consumption (VO2) and carbon dioxide production (VCO2) during PFCV has not been previously performed. In addition, comparison to indirect calorimetric measurement of VO2 and VCO2 during GV has not bee...

PURPOSE Although gait velocity (GV) measurement could predict poor outcomes, few studies regarding its usefulness as a single test in well functioning elderly persons have been pursued. The aim of this study was to asses whether GV could be sufficient to predict adverse events such as hospitalization for any cause, requirement for a caregiver, nursing home placement, falls, fractures, or death ...

This paper utilizes global variance (GV) of the log power spectrum (LPS) derived from mel-cepstrum to improve hidden Markov model (HMM) based parametric speech synthesis. In order to alleviate over-smoothing of the generated spectral structures, an LPS-GV modeling method using line spectral pairs (LSPs) has been proposed in our previous work, where the estimated distribution of LPS-GV was combi...

vitiligo Generalized vitiligo (GV) is the most common depigmentation disorder, in which acquired multifocal patches of white skin and overlying hair result from loss of melanocytes in the involved areas (Figure 1) [1,2]. Th e prevalence of GV is approximately 0.5% in various populations [3], with an average age of onset at about 24 years and occurring with approximately equal frequency in males...

BACKGROUND Chromatin configuration of the germinal vesicle (GV) and quality of the cytoplasm are critical factors in achieving oocyte meiotic and developmental capacity during folliculogenesis. Besides gaining new insights into the timing and cellular mechanisms associated with the acquisition and regulation of GV oocyte competence, the domestic cat model was used to examine (i) the relation be...