A Critical Appraisal of the Individual Constituents of Indian Diet in Modulating Cardiovascular Risk

2013 ◽  
pp. 443-464 ◽  
Author(s):  
P.L. Palatty ◽  
A.R. Shivashankara ◽  
J.J. Dsouza ◽  
N. Mathew ◽  
R. Haniadka ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cardiovascular Risk ◽  
Critical Appraisal ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Indian Diet

scholarly journals Cardiovascular Calcification as a Marker of Increased Cardiovascular Risk and a Surrogate for Subclinical Atherosclerosis: Role of Echocardiography

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (8) ◽  
pp. 1668
Author(s):  
Andrea Faggiano ◽  
Gloria Santangelo ◽  
Stefano Carugo ◽  
Gregg Pressman ◽  
Eugenio Picano ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cardiovascular Risk ◽  
Cardiovascular Events ◽  
Cardiac Computed Tomography ◽  
Subclinical Atherosclerosis ◽  
Organ Damage ◽  
Conventional Risk Factor ◽  
Promising Tool ◽  
Ultrasound Evaluation ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Mitral Apparatus

The risk prediction of future cardiovascular events is mainly based on conventional risk factor assessment by validated algorithms, such as the Framingham Risk Score, the Pooled Cohort Equations and the European SCORE Risk Charts. The identification of subclinical atherosclerosis has emerged as a promising tool to refine the individual cardiovascular risk identified by these models, to prognostic stratify asymptomatic individuals and to implement preventive strategies. Several imaging modalities have been proposed for the identification of subclinical organ damage, the main ones being coronary artery calcification scanning by cardiac computed tomography and the two-dimensional ultrasound evaluation of carotid arteries. In this context, echocardiography offers an assessment of cardiac calcifications at different sites, such as the mitral apparatus (including annulus, leaflets and papillary muscles), aortic valve and ascending aorta, findings that are associated with the clinical manifestation of atherosclerotic disease and are predictive of future cardiovascular events. The aim of this paper is to summarize the available evidence on clinical implications of cardiac calcification, review studies that propose semiquantitative ultrasound assessments of cardiac calcifications and evaluate the potential of ultrasound calcium scores for risk stratification and prevention of clinical events.

A critical appraisal of the role of respiratory supercomplexes in mitochondria

2013 ◽  
Vol 394 (5) ◽  
pp. 631-639 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Luisa Genova ◽  
Giorgio Lenaz
Keyword(s):  
Critical Appraisal ◽  
Dynamic Equilibrium ◽  
Coenzyme Q ◽  
Mitochondrial Respiratory Chain ◽  
Substantial Evidence ◽  
Mammalian Mitochondria ◽  
Respiratory Supercomplexes ◽  
Functional Relevance ◽  
The Individual

Abstract Substantial evidence exists that the mitochondrial respiratory chain is organized in supramolecular units called supercomplexes or respirasomes. While the structural evidence of the supercomplexes is overwhelming, fewer studies have focused on their functional relevance. Although the presence of coenzyme Q channeling between complexes I and III has been ascertained, no such clear demonstration has been carried out for cytochrome c between complexes III and IV, at least in mammalian mitochondria. This review also discusses the implications concerning the number of respiratory complexes organized in supercomplexes and the possibility that they represent associations in dynamic equilibrium with the individual complexes.

A critical appraisal of the research literature investigating fatigue in the individual with cancer

1991 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 188-199
Author(s):  
Diane M. Irvine ◽  
Leslie Vincent ◽  
Natalie Bubela ◽  
Leslee Thompson ◽  
Jane Graydon
Keyword(s):  
Critical Appraisal ◽  
Research Literature ◽  
The Individual

Cardiovascular risk estimation at the individual level

ESC CardioMed ◽  
2018 ◽  
pp. 846-863
Author(s):  
Yvo M. Smulders ◽  
Marie-Therese Cooney ◽  
Ian Graham
Keyword(s):  
Cardiovascular Disease ◽  
Cardiovascular Risk ◽  
High Risk ◽  
Risk Estimation ◽  
Pharmacological Therapy ◽  
Cardiovascular Risks ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Very High ◽  
Cardiovascular Risk Estimation

The absolute benefit of any measure to prevent cardiovascular disease, be it lifestyle improvement or pharmacological therapy, depends on the baseline cardiovascular risk. This risk cannot be assessed exactly, but only be estimated because many known risk determinants cannot be accounted for in existing risk scoring systems, and because the application to an individual of risk estimates derived from populations is imprecise. Several cardiovascular risk estimation methods are available, and the European Society of Cardiology has favoured the European-based Systematic COronary Risk Evaluation (SCORE) system as a basis for their cardiovascular disease prevention guidelines. SCORE estimates absolute 10-year cardiovascular mortality risk. In specific circumstances, estimation of relative risk, risk age, or lifetime risk may be considered. High- and very-high-risk population are defined by SCORE risks greater than 5% and greater than 10%, respectively, or by clinical conditions conferring (very) high risk, such as existing cardiovascular disease or chronic kidney disease. The role of additional risk information on top of the information entered in SCORE is generally limited. In particular, markers of early cardiovascular damage should be collected and interpreted with caution. Absolute cardiovascular risks in young and elderly individuals are almost always low or very high, respectively, and the options for appropriate interpretation and management of these risks are discussed.

The Changing Shape of the American Political Universe

1965 ◽  
Vol 59 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Walter Dean Burnham
Keyword(s):  
Survey Research ◽  
Voting Behavior ◽  
Political System ◽  
Critical Appraisal ◽  
Secular Trends ◽  
The Political ◽  
Good Case ◽  
Methods Of Analysis ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Large Increments

In the infancy of a science the use even of fairly crude methods of analysis and description can produce surprisingly large increments of knowledge if new perspectives are brought to bear upon available data. Such perspectives not infrequently require both a combination of methodologies and a critical appraisal of the limitations of each. The emergence of American voting-behavior studies over the last two decades constitutes a good case in point. Studies based on aggregate election statistics have given us invaluable insights into the nature of secular trends in the distribution of the party vote, and have also provided us with useful theory concerning such major phenomena as critical elections. Survey research has made significant contributions to the understanding of motivational forces at work upon the individual voter. As it matures, it is now reaching out to grapple with problems which involve the political system as a whole.

scholarly journals Cardiovascular risk in rheumatoid arthritis.

2018 ◽  
Vol 96 (6) ◽  
pp. 491-497
Author(s):  
V. O. Omelchenko ◽  
M. A. Korolev ◽  
T. I. Pospelova ◽  
V. I. Konenkov
Keyword(s):  
Rheumatoid Arthritis ◽  
Risk Factors ◽  
Cardiovascular Risk ◽  
Autoimmune Diseases ◽  
High Mortality ◽  
Literature Search ◽  
Web Of Science ◽  
Main Factors ◽  
Traditional Risk Factors ◽  
The Individual

The problem of high mortality in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, one of the most common autoimmune diseases, is still unsolved. Many studies have shown a significant impact on cardiovascular risk of both traditional and non-traditional risk factors (genetic, RA-associated etc). To improve the individual prognosis, team actions by physicians of different specialties are necessary on the basis of good awareness and patients ’ compliance. The aim of the review was to characterize the main factors involved in the formation of cardiovascular risk and give a notion about the features of its assessing in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Literature search was carried out using Scopus, Web of Science, RSCI by keywords.

scholarly journals A study on problems of major pulses producers and their solutions in India

2019 ◽  
Vol 34 (02) ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Singh ◽  
Raju Kumar ◽  
S. K. Yadav ◽  
H.S. Roy ◽  
A. Biswas
Keyword(s):  
Lower Class ◽  
Price Transmission ◽  
Transport Infrastructure ◽  
Slight Reduction ◽  
Policy Intervention ◽  
Chain Management ◽  
Drastic Increase ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Indian Diet ◽  
Trade And Investment

Pulses are a major constitutent along with rice or wheat in the Indian diet of the middle and lower class. Slight reduction in the production results in drastic increase in the price of pulses due to the deficit unfulfillment in the short duration as India is the only largest and important producer along with the major consumer. Survey is done in the Bundhelkhand (Pulse producing hub of India) and adjoining areas to understand the Pulses producers and producing region economic and livelihood pattern. Trade and transport infrastructure, supply chain management, Price transmission behavior and margins earned by different value participants have been studied through nine mandis selected within pulses hub and adjoining areas. The rules of trade and investment in pulses production are governed by processing and distribution rather than production. Lacking low-interest credit, commodity boards for producers, subsidized inputs, quality seeds availability and distribution with respect to time, place and quantity and access of market information engraves the problem with the individual pulses farmers. The strong policy intervention by government is needed to stabilize the price of Pulses through maintaining the buffer stock and price subsidizing to favor the consumers. Both producer and consumer remains culprit at the hands of few traders and processors.

Self-Other Relationship, History and Interpretation

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 210-222 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arup Jyoti Sarma
Keyword(s):  
Critical Appraisal ◽  
Historical Consciousness ◽  
The Self ◽  
The Other ◽  
Philosophical Hermeneutics ◽  
Human Understanding ◽  
Dialogical Philosophy ◽  
Relationship History ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Ethical Intent

Abstract This paper offers a critical appraisal of Gadamer’s dialogical philosophy of the self-other relationship within the context of interpretation and historical consciousness. According to Gadamer hermeneutics is a theory of interpretation or, rather, the art of interpretation. The task of philosophical hermeneutics is to narrate an ontology of human understanding with the ethical intent of restoring to interpretation a greater sense of “integrity.” The “hermeneutic universe” belongs to the individual worldviews whose structure and content are constructed on the basis of historical precedents. Gadamer situates these precedents in historicity and the tradition of culture, which are resources for their unique interpretations. Gadamer claims that interpretative understanding encounters the other in the dialogical “play” (Spiel) of an ever-unfinished event. The self and the other belong to the horizon of historical consciousness, and it is through this common horizon that the alterity of the other comes into expression.

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