Aging is associated with an increased risk for atherosclerosis. A possible cause is low numbers and dysfunction of endothelial progenitor cells (EPC) which insufficiently repair damaged vascular walls. We hypothesized that decreased levels of insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) during age contribute to dysfunctional EPC. We measured the effect of growth hormone (GH), which increases endogenous...

With recent advances in Information Technology (IT), research on and the practice of information sharing are exerting significant effects on many aspects of individual members in a multi-stage process or a supply chain. This research looks at how information of Statistical Process Control (SPC) and Engineering Process Control (EPC) is shared along a supply chain on a real-time basis for product...

EPC is a known coding scheme for RFID equipment. This paper suggest a scheme of an efficiently compression for EPC.

OBJECTIVE Reduced levels and impaired function of endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) foster development and progression of atherosclerotic lesions. Endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS)-derived NO regulates EPC mobilization and function. Organic nitrates release NO, and therefore may favorably affect EPC biology. METHODS AND RESULTS We compared the effects of 2 different nitrates on circu...

BACKGROUND Stromal cell-derived factor-1 (SDF1) and its receptor CXC chemokine receptor 4 (CXCR4) play a critical role in progenitor cell homing, mobilization and differentiation. It would be interesting to assess the predictive value of SDF-1alpha level for EPC number, and to ascertain whether there is a relationship between SDF1 gene variation, plasma SDF-1alpha level, and the number and func...

Nowadays, most process modelling tools implement popular modelling languages such as the Business Process Model and Notation (BPMN) or the Event-driven Process Chain (EPC). However, in contrast to BPMN, no effort has yet been undertaken to standardize the EPC language, thus rendering EPCs as being merely a de-facto standard for business process modelling. Subsequently, this paper addresses this...

Resumo O estudo descreve a criação e validação da Escala de Percepção Corrupção (EPC), que se propõe avaliar como o cidadão percebe corrupção. Na construção EPC, em etapa qualitativa, instrumento foi avaliado por especialistas, seguido pré-teste. Já na quantitativa, realizou-se análise fatorial exploratória confirmatória, totalizando amostra 1075 casos. Por fim, sugere-se uma metodologia para a...

Next-generation RNA sequencing was employed to determine the acute and subchronic impact of peristaltic pulse external pneumatic compression (PEPC) of different target inflation pressures on global gene expression in human vastus lateralis skeletal muscle biopsy samples. Eighteen (N = 18) male participants were randomly assigned to one of the three groups: (1) sham (n = 6), 2) EPC at 30-40 mmHg...

Patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) on hemodialysis have an increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Circulating endothelial progenitor cells (EPC) contribute to vascular regeneration and repair, thereby protecting against CVD. However, circulating smooth muscle progenitor cells (SPC) may contribute to adverse vascular remodeling. We hypothesized that an imbalance occurs between...

A self-powered autonomous RFID device with sensing and computing capabilities is presented in this paper. Powered by an RF energy-harvesting circuit enhanced by a DCDC voltage booster in silicon-on-insulator (SOI) technology, the device relies on a microcontroller and a new generation ICRFID chip to wirelessly deliver sensor data to standard RFID EPC Class-1 Generation-2 (Gen2) readers. When th...