Acupuncture lowers blood pressure (BP) in hypertension, but mechanisms underlying its action are unclear. To simulate clinical studies, we performed electroacupuncture (EA) in unanesthetized rats with cold-induced hypertension (CIH) induced by six weeks of cold exposure (6 °C). EA (0.1 - 0.4 mA, 2 Hz) was applied at ST36-37 acupoints overlying the deep peroneal nerve for 30 min twice weekly for...

Based on interviews with a number of architects and managers from a wide range of organizations, we characterize how EA is perceived and applied in practice. The key aspects of how EA is perceived in practice are that EA is: a means of abstraction, a means of communication, and a governance instrument. The key critical success factors for applying EA in practice are: the acceptance of EA driven...

Due to network latency and the mobility of the host, many existing group communication protocols are limited to a static environment. This paper presents a multicast rimitive fo r delivering multithe total ordering pro erty whach guarantees the ordering o message delfvery. The protocol also guarhosts exactly once. dguence numbers and message buffers are used to cope with message duplication and...

Objective: In ventricular arrhythmias, due to their free radical scavenging action, antioxidant agents are usually used in the treatment of cardiovascular disease. Since stress is considered as risk factor for increased mortality by causing malignant arrhythmias, the study was designed to evaluate the cardioprotective effects of ellagic acid (EA) on CaCl2-induced arrhythmias in rat stress model...

Based on an IEEE definition and its adaptation by The Open Group enterprise architecture (EA) is often defined as the fundamental organization of a company or government agency and the principles governing its design and evolution [16, 25]. While design representation issues like meta-modeling or notations have been discussed in EA literature [3], design activity issues and design principles in...

PURPOSE The aim of the study was to investigate the gastric smooth muscle reactivity in the Adriamycin-induced esophageal atresia (EA) rat model. METHODS The fetuses were divided into 3 groups. The control group was exposed to saline. The second group was comprised of fetuses that were exposed to Adriamycin but did not have EA (Adriamycin-no-EA group). The third group was comprised of fetuses...

Reproductive hormones such as estradiol and progesterone are known to influence autonomic cardiovascular regulation. The purpose of this study was to determine whether amenorrheic athletes (AA) have impaired autonomic cardiovascular regulation compared with eumenorrheic athletes (EA). Thirty-five athletes were tested: 13 AA (19 +/- 1 yr), 13 EA (21 +/- 1 yr), and 9 EA (23 +/- 1 yr) on oral cont...

Severe burn injuries may result in gastrointestinal paralysis, and barrier dysfunction due to gut ischemia and lowered vagus excitability. In this study we investigate whether electroacupuncture (EA) at Zusanli (ST36) could prevent severe scalds-induced gut ischemia, paralysis, and barrier dysfunction and whether the protective role of EA at ST36 is related to the vagus nerve. 35% burn area rat...

In practice it is difficult to maintain a high quality enterprise architecture (EA) model with regards to its actuality and completeness. However, neither literature from practice and EA frameworks nor EA research literature provide sufficient guidance for the difficult task of maintaining EA models. Recently, researchers have presented methods to collect structured data from existing data sour...