OBJECTIVE Data of combined mitral downsizing by restrictive prosthetic ring annuloplasty and coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) in patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy and moderately severe to severe mitral regurgitation (MR) are rare, and little is known about the effect on reverse left ventricular (LV) and left atrial (LA) remodeling. METHODS Thirty-eight patients (70.6+/-8.3 years) wi...

The present study was conducted to investigate the performance of different size reduction techniques including probe sonication, extrusion, and high pressure homogenization for nanosizing of niosomes. Also, the effects of cholesterol content and surfactant type on the size and poly dispersity index (PDI) of the formulations were evaluated. Various niosomal formulations composed of Brij 72, Spa...

We review the most recent observational results on the formation and evolution of early-type galaxies and their mass assembly by focusing on: the existence, properties and role of distant old, massive, passive systems to z ∼ 2, the stellar mass function evolution, the " downsizing " scenario, and the high-z precursors of massive early-type galaxies.

Executive Overview Organizational justice has the potential to create powerful benefits for organizations and employees alike. These include greater trust and commitment, improved job performance, more helpful citizenship behaviors, improved customer satisfaction, and diminished conflict. We demonstrate the management of organizational justice with some suggestions for building fairness into wi...

Aims. We present a new analysis of the rest-frame B-band COMBO-17 and DEEP2 luminosity functions (LFs) of early-type galaxies (ETGs) as a function of luminosity and mass. Our aim is to place new stringent constraints on the evolution of ETGs since z ∼ 1. Methods. We correct the LF(z) data for the luminosity dimming assuming pure luminosity evolution. However, instead of relying on stellar popul...