the extracardiac actions of calcium-channel belockers has little been studied.in fact,it has been demonstrated in a number of in viro studies,that calcium-channel belockers are involved in inflammation.here,we evaluated the dose-dependent Effects of verapamil and nifedipine on carrageenan-induced, acute inflammation in the rat paw compared to the anti-inflammatory activites of ibuprofen.the adu...

BACKGROUND Clinical trials comparing laparoscopic gastrectomy (LG) versus traditional open gastrectomy (OG) have been planned, their surgical outcomes reported but their oncologic outcomes are still pending. Consequently, we have conducted this large-scale historical cohort study to provide relevant information rapidly to guide our current practice. METHODS Through a consensus meeting involvi...

BACKGROUND Biomass smoke is an important source of particulate matter (PM), and much remains to be discovered with respect to the human health effects associated with this specific PM source. Exposure to biomass smoke can occur in one of two main categories: short-term exposures consist of periodic, seasonal exposures typified by communities near forest fires or intentional agricultural burning...

BACKGROUND During off-pump coronary artery bypass graft (OPCABG) surgery, a bloodless surgical field is mandatory for visualization and construction of optimal coronary anastomoses. Presently used temporary vascular occluders are known to cause endothelial dysfunction and vessel injury. The present prospective multicenter randomized clinical trial evaluates safety and efficacy of a novel thermo...

We assessed whether comparisons of thermoregulatory responses between groups unmatched for body mass and surface area (BSA) should be performed using a metabolic heat production (prod) in Watts or Watts per kilogram for changes in rectal temperature (ΔTre), and an evaporative heat balance requirement (Ereq) in Watts or Watts per square meter for local sweat rates (LSR). Two groups with vastly d...

[1] Lg, a regional seismic wave comprised of multiple shear wave reverberations trapped in the crustal waveguide, is important for magnitude estimation and source discrimination for monitoring nuclear testing treaties. In stable continental regions, Lg propagates with a group velocity of about 3.5 km/s and can often be observed at distances up to 4000 km. To better understand the absence of hig...

This paper introduces the study of LG-quadratic quotients exterior algebras, showing that they are Koszul, as in commutative case. We construct an example algebra is not G-quadratic and another Koszul but LG-quadratic. only second known first noncommutative.

The present paper concerns itself with the applications of statistical methods to some number-theoretic problems. Recent inrestigations of Erdiis and Wintrier ? have shown the importance of the notion of statistical independence in number theory ; the purpose of this paper is to emphasize this fact once again. It may be mentioned here that we get as a particular case of our main theorem the fol...

This paper exploits for the first time use of machine learning (ML) based techniques to identify complex structured light patterns under free space optics (FSO) jamming attacks secure FSO-based applications. Five M-ary modulation schemes, construed using Laguerre and Hermite Gaussian (LG HG) mode families, were used in this investigation. These include 8-ary LG, superposition-LG, 16-ary HG, LG ...