In patients on conventional heart failure therapy including angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors, the addition of angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs), direct renin inhibitors (DRIs), or aldosterone antagonists are therapeutic options to further reduce the risk of cardiovascular events. However, whether one is preferable over the other is not known. PubMed, EMBASE, and Cochrane Centra...

Recent Institute of Medicine (IOM) reviews of the process for deriving Dietary Reference Intakes (DRIs) suggest that determining the need for a new nutrient review should be evaluated against criteria set a priori. After selecting the criterion of significant new and relevant research, a working group of US and Canadian government scientists used results from a systematic review and 2 conferenc...

plant analysis is successfully used in monitoring nutritional status, recommending fertilizer rates and types, and maximizing fertilizer efficiency in sugar beet. diagnosis and recommendation integrated system (dris) is a comprehensive approach which does not have limitations of the critical value approach (cva) and sufficiency range approach (sra). over- dose application of fertilizer increase...

In wireless networks, reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) have recently been proven to a significant impact. The RIS has incorporated into communication systems improve security, increase coverage, reduce interference, and transmission quality. Digital (DRISs) also provide better reflection management. However, the impact of DRIS intrinsic parameters on system's achievable rate, not yet ...

This article will examine issues in the use of epidemiologic and other types of data in dietary reference intake development, and offer an approach toward integration. In1994, the framework to determine revised dietary reference intakes (DRIs) was meant to incorporate the concept of risk reduction of chronic disease (Institute of Medicine, 1994). However, of the 19 estimated average requirement...

OBJECTIVE To examine associations of nationality and race with anthropometry, self-reported nutrient intakes, health history, and socioeconomic status (SES) of perimenopausal (age 40-55 years) Floridians. DESIGN Interviewer conducted cross-sectional survey. SETTING South Florida, 2000-2001. PARTICIPANTS Convenience sample of 109 Black (Caribbean [n=31] and African-American [n=251), and Wh...