Browsing by Subject "Blood"
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Apoptosis and hepatitis C virus infection in renal transplant recipients
(2008)Hepatocellular injury in renal transplant recipients with hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection remains unclear. The suppressed immune response, in combination with increased viremia levels, provides a unique setting for the ...
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Assessment of the risk factors of coronary heart events based on data mining with decision trees
(2010)Coronary heart disease (CHD) is one of the major causes of disability in adults as well as one of the main causes of death in the developed countries. Although significant progress has been made in the diagnosis and treatment ...
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Assessment of the risk of coronary heart event based on data mining
(2008)Coronary heart disease (CHD) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in the western world. Although significant progress has been made in the diagnosis and treatment of CHD, further investigation is still needed. The ...
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The association between plasminogen activator inhibitor type 1 (PAI-1) levels, PAI-1 4G/5G polymorphism, and myocardial infarction: A mendelian randomization meta-analysis
(2014)Background: The circulating levels of plasminogen activator inhibitor type 1 (PAI-1) are increased in individuals carrying the 4G allele at position -675 of the PAI-1 gene. In turn, overexpression of PAI-1 has been found ...
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Atherosclerotic carotid plaque segmentation
(2004)Atherosclerosis is the major cause of heart attack and stroke in the western world. In this paper we present a computerized method for segmenting the athrerosclerotic carotid plaque from ultrasound images. The method uses ...
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Database system for thalassemia mutations
(Publ by IEEE, 1993)In this study, a computer aided database system for handling thalassemia mutations data is presented. The system was developed in Clipper and is able to process data in the form of biochemical and molecular measurements, ...
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Delivery of molecular and nanoscale medicine to tumors: Transport barriers and strategies
(2011)Tumors are similar to organs, with unique physiology giving rise to an unusual set of transport barriers to drug delivery. Cancer therapy is limited by nonuniform drug delivery via blood vessels, inhomogeneous drug transport ...
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The Effect of Head Rotation on the Geometry and Hemodynamics of Healthy Vertebral Arteries
(2015)The geometric and hemodynamic characteristics of the left and right vertebral arteries (LVA, RVA) of six healthy volunteers were investigated for the supine (S) and the prone position (P) a common sleeping posture with ...
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The effect of plasma homocysteine levels on clinical outcomes of patients with acute lung injury/acute respiratory distress syndrome
(2009)Background: Several reports have shown that homocysteine promotes thrombosis by disturbing the procoagulant-anticoagulant balance, whereas alterations in coagulation and fibrinolysis have been suggested as important ...
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The effect of the phase of transmission on contrast agent echoes
(1998)Ultrasound contrast agents consist of a gas bubble, encapsulated by a shell for stabilization. The shell dampens the fluctuations in the bubble radius when insonified. The detection of contrast microbubbles during a medical ...
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Evaluation of the limiting antigen avidity EIA (LAg) in people who inject drugs in Greece
(2017)This analysis assessed the utility of the limiting antigen avidity assay (LAg). Samples of people who inject drugs (PWID) in Greece with documented duration of HIV-1 infection were tested by LAg. A LAg-normalized optical ...
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HBV-DNA levels predict overall mortality in HIV/HBV coinfected individuals
(2016)The coinfection of Hepatitis B virus (HBV) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) has been associated with increased death rates. However, the relevant research has mostly relied on serologic HBV testing [HBV surface antigen ...
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The influence of oxygen concentration on the rheological properties and flow of whole human blood
(2016)Variations in blood oxygen concentrations are not only part of the normal physiology but they may also indicate various pathological conditions. In the present work, we examined the influence of oxygen concentration on the ...
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The influence of temperature on rheological properties of blood mixtures with different volume expanders-implications in numerical arterial hemodynamics simulations
(2011)During the complicated cardiac surgery on a non-beating heart with cardiopulmonary bypass, protection of the heart is accomplished by injecting cold cardioplegic solutions. In most forms of circulatory shock, it is necessary ...
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Ionic liquids for the molecular enantiorecognition of free l-T3, l-T4 and d-T4
(2015)Ionic liquids were proposed for the molecular enantiorecognition of free l-T3, l-T4 and d-T4. l-Phenylalanine tert-butyl ester lactate (l-PheC4-Lac), l-alanine tert-butyl ester l-lactate (l-AlaC4-Lac) and l-alanine tert-butyl ...
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Motor vehicle collision fatalities involving alcohol and illicit drugs in Greece: The need for management protocols and a reassessment of surveillance
(2010)Aims: The frequency and the effect of alcohol and illicit drugs on injury type, severity and location of death in motor vehicle collision (MVC) fatalities were investigated. Design: Retrospective case-control study based ...
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Multiscale morphological analysis of the atherosclerotic carotid plaque
(2005)The aim of this paper was to investigate the usefulness of multiscale morphological analysis in the assessment of atherosclerotic carotid plagues. Ultrasound images were recorded from 137 asymptomatic and 137 symptomatic ...
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Multistage nanoparticles for improved delivery into tumor tissue
(2012)The enhanced permeability and retention (EPR) effect has been a key rationale for the development of nanoscale carriers to solid tumors. As a consequence of EPR, nanotherapeutics are expected to improve drug and detection ...