Gout is the most common inflammatory arthritis in the elderly population. The incidence and prevalence of gout in the elderly is increasing. Apart from its high frequency, gout is associated with disability, poor quality of life and increased mortality and therefore represents an ever increasing public health concern. Furthermore, substantial experimental and epidemiological evidence exists sup...

OBJECTIVES We examine the extent to which the adult Australian population on lipid-lowering medications receives the level of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) testing recommended by national guidelines. DATA We analysed records from 7 years (2008-2014) of the 10% publicly available sample of deidentified, individual level, linked Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) and Pharmaceutical...

This paper is investigated the low frequency noise behavior in subthreshold regime of gate-all-around silicon nanowire field effect transistors. Downscaling of multi gate structure beyond 50 nm gate length describes the quantum confinement related model. A drain current model has been described for output characteristics of silicon nanowire FET that is incorporated with velocity saturation effe...

Occurrence of a multiple-points fault in machine operations could result in exhibiting complex fault signatures, which could result in lowering fault diagnosis accuracy. In this study, a multiple-points defect model (MPDM) is proposed which can simulate fault signature’s dynamics for n-points bearing faults. Furthermore, this study identifies that in case of multiple-points fault in the rotary ...

Statins are most effective pharmacologically agents to decrease total plasma cholesterol level by competitive inhibition of HMG-Co A reductase. Apart from the well-known LDL and cholesterol lowering effect, statins have been postulated to exert other beneficial effects also called pleotropic or non-lipid effects. Better understanding of various pleotropic effects of statins has prompted a new s...