OBJECTIVE To test the hypothesis that sleep-related breathing disorder (SRBD) is associated with poor blood pressure control in hypertensive patients independent from confounding factors such as age, body mass index, alcohol, smoking and daytime blood gases. DESIGN AND METHODS This cross-sectional study of a sleep laboratory cohort was carried out at the University Hospital Sleep Disorders Ce...

Extensive evidence is presented that 3 micrograms folate/kg (6.8 nmol/kg) body weight daily will not only maintain adequate folate nutriture but also a substantial reserve body pool in normal persons. Recommendations appropriate to this extensive evidence are presented.

Smart Specialisation is a place-based approach to innovation policy that underpins significant amount of European Union funding. Following more than six years implementation, this paper contributes the evaluation based on case Portugal. This done using country’s main instrument support corporate Research, Development and Innovation (RDI) was launched in 2007 adapted accommodate 2014. Using aggr...

In Spain, water use in agriculture is expected to become limited by resources the future. It pertinent study effect of decreased irrigation on presence pests, plant damage, and arthropod communities a super-intensive olive orchard examined from 2017 2019. Arthropods were studied with visual vacuum sampling methods two treatments (T1—control T2—Regulated Deficit Irrigation (RDI)). Univariate ana...

INTRODUCTION Accumulating evidence indicates that obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is associated with a high prevalence of erectile dysfunction (ED), but the factors that predict the risk of ED in OSA patients have yet to be defined clearly. AIMS The aims of the present study were to investigate the clinical characteristics of OSA patients with ED and to identify plausible predictors of ED. ME...

STUDY OBJECTIVE A one-way nasal resistor has recently been shown to reduce sleep disordered breathing (SDB) in a subset of patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea Hypopnea Syndrome (OSAHS). The purpose of this study was to examine characteristics predictive of therapeutic response to the device and provide pilot data as to its potential mechanisms of action. PATIENTS, INTERVENTIONS, AND MEASUREME...

OBJECTIVE This study aimed to assess the accuracy and clinical efficacy of a wrist-worn device that is based on peripheral arterial tonometry (watch-PAT) to evaluate the surgical results of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) syndrome subjects. STUDY DESIGN AND METHOD Thirty-five subjects who were diagnosed with OSA and underwent sleep surgeries such as septoplasty, tonsillectomy, or uvuloplasty to...