The expression pattern of angiotensin (Ang) II type 2 receptor (AT2-R) in the remodeling process of human left ventricles (LVs) remains poorly defined. We analyzed its expression at protein, mRNA, and cellular levels using autopsy, biopsy, or operation LV samples from patients with failing hearts caused by acute (AMI) or old (OMI) myocardial infarction and idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM...

This presents an overview of the significant achievements in Asynchronous Logic over the last quarter of a century at the University of Manchester. Including the Amulet (and subsequent) asynchronous Microprocessors, the synthesis tools Balsa and Teak, the MARBLE and Chain on-chip Interconnects, together with research arising from external collaborations with the University of Newcastle. 1 Pre-h...

There are distinct spectral features of water vapor in the wavelength range covered by the Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) visible channel. Although these features are much weaker than those at longer wavelengths, they can be exploited to retrieve useful information about water vapor. They have an advantage in that their small optical depth leads to fairly simple interpretation as measurement...

Parkinson's disease (PD) is a common neurodegenerative disorder caused by loss of midbrain dopaminergic neurons, the pathogenetic mechanisms of which remain unclear. Mitochondrial dysfunction, which has long been implicated in sporadic PD, has recently been highlighted as a key pathological cause, particularly with the identification of mutations in the PTEN-induced putative kinase (pink1), par...

To know the relationship between positive ventricular late potentials (LP) and occurrence of ventricular tachycardia (VT), signal-averaged electrocardiogram (SAECG) was recorded in 214 patients with myocardial infarction (MI). According to the time course of SAECG recording after the onset of MI, the subjects were divided into three groups; acute MI (AMI) group (onset-2nd week, n = 148), recent...

Computer-Aided Inspection Planning (CAIP) has been a research topic for the past 25 years. Most of the CAIP systems were developed for Coordinate Measuring Machines (CMMs). The authors reviewed these CAIP systems and categorized them into two groups: tolerance-driven and geometry-based CAIP systems. Compared with CMMs, On-Machine Inspection (OMI) systems provide direct inspection in manufacturi...

Left main coronary artery (LMCA) disease due to external compression by a dilated main pulmonary artery (MPA) is an uncommon clinical entity. Here, we describe a 52-year-old woman with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) and anteroseptal old myocardial infarction (OMI). The cause of the OMI was external compression of the LMCA by the dilated MPA and aneurysm of the left coronary sinus of Vals...

Abstract. Sulfur dioxide (SO2) measurements from the Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI), Mapping and Profiler Suite (OMPS), TROPOspheric (TROPOMI) satellite spectrometers were used to update extend previously developed global catalogue of large SO2 emission sources. This version 2 covers period 2005–2021 includes a total 759 continuously emitting point sources releasing about 10 kt yr−1 more tha...