Atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis (ARAS) raises blood pressure and can reduce kidney function. Revascularization of the stenotic renal artery alone does not restore renal medullary structure and function. This study tested the hypothesis that addition of mesenchymal stem cells (MSC) to percutaneous transluminal renal angioplasty (PTRA) can restore stenotic-kidney medullary tubular transport...

Commercial home automation systems are becoming increasingly common, affording the opportunity to study technology-augmented homes in real world contexts. In order to understand how these technologies are being integrated into homes and their effects on inhabitants, we conducted a qualitative study involving smart home professionals who provide such technology, people currently in the process o...

Smart Home technology is the integration of technology and services through home networking for a better quality of living. This paper provides a review of the recent developments in technologies for Smart Home Automation and Mobile IP and its potential application and integration to Smart Home systems. The principles of MIPv6 are adopted for providing mobility on the design of the architecture...

The efficacy of angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors in treatment of renovascular disease has been controversial. It has been reported that patients with incidental atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis (ARAS) are sometimes treated with ACE inhibitors before being considered for renal revascularization. This study was designed to describe the frequency and the characteristics of patie...

RATIONALE No study on the association of absent-mindedness and injury of the ascending reticular activating system (ARAS) has been reported. We report on a patient who showed absent-mindedness and injury of the ARAS following mild traumatic brain injury. PATIENT CONCERNS The patient complained of absent-mindedness since the head trauma, which was mainly observed while dining for several (5-10...

The successful implementations of the concepts of Service-Oriented Computing (SOC) in smart home in the recent years and the advantages it provide in the smart home development have proved its importance. However, efforts are still needed for service-oriented design of smart home, especially at the architectural level. Although a number of layered architectures are proposed for smart home in th...

BACKGROUND MicroRNAs (miRs) are small non-coding RNAs that are important regulators of gene expression and have been implicated in atherosclerosis. Kidney injury distal to atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis (ARAS) is aggravated by atherosclerosis. Therefore, this study tested the hypothesis that renal miR expression would be altered in patients with ARAS. METHODS Patients with essential hy...

We propose a set of privacy preserving requirements based on our analysis of the AMX TPControl app for the Honda Smart Home. The Honda Smart Home contains controls and monitors designed to optimize energy use. Our study seeks to define privacy for the smart home app user, identify privacy requirements, while highlighting privacy vulnerabilities and ways to mitigate them. We focus on leaks that ...

BACKGROUND Atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis (ARAS) and coronary artery disease (CAD) commonly co-exist. Some patients with unidentified ARAS may undergo cardiac surgery. While acute kidney injury (AKI) is a frequent and serious complication of cardiac surgery, we aim to evaluate the influence of ARAS on the occurrence of postoperative AKI in patients with normal or near-normal baseline ren...