scholarly journals Rapid changes of miRNAs-20, -30, −410, −515, −134, and −183 and telomerase with psychological activity: A one year study on the relaxation response and epistemological considerations

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlo Dal Lin ◽  
Mariela Marinova ◽  
Laura Brugnolo ◽  
Giorgio Rubino ◽  
Mario Plebani ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Relaxation Response ◽  
Rapid Changes ◽  
One Year ◽  
Psychological Activity

scholarly journals Von Willebrand Factor Multimers and the Relaxation Response: A One-Year Study

Entropy ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 447
Author(s):  
Carlo Dal Lin ◽  
Laura Acquasaliente ◽  
Sabino Iliceto ◽  
Vincenzo De Filippis ◽  
Giuseppe Vitiello ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Endothelial Function ◽  
Von Willebrand Factor ◽  
Quaternary Structure ◽  
Regulatory Element ◽  
Protein Carbonyl ◽  
Relaxation Response ◽  
Study Results ◽  
One Year ◽  
Von Willebrand ◽  
Willebrand Factor

Background and aim: Mental stress represents a pivotal factor in cardiovascular diseases. The mechanism by which stress produces its deleterious ischemic effects is still under study but some of the most explored pathways are inflammation, endothelial function and balancing of the thrombotic state. In this scenario, von Willebrand factor (vWF) is a plasma glycoprotein best known for its crucial hemostatic role, also acting as key regulatory element of inflammation, being released by the activated vascular endothelium. Antistress techniques seem to be able to slow down inflammation. As we have recently verified how the practice of the Relaxation Response (RR), which counteracts psychological stress, causes favorable changes in some inflammatory genes’ expressions, neurotransmitters, hormones, cytokines and inflammatory circulating microRNAs with coronary endothelial function improvement, we aimed to verify a possible change even in serum levels of vWF. Experimental procedure: We measured vWF multimers and the total protein carbonyl contents in the sera of 90 patients with ischemic heart disease (and 30 healthy controls) immediately before and after an RR session, three times (baseline, 6 months, 12 months), during a one-year follow-up study. Results: According to our data, large vWF multimers decrease during the RR, as does the plasma total carbonyl content. Conclusion: vWF levels seem to vary rapidly between anti-inflammatory and antithrombotic behaviors dependent on psychological activity, leading to relaxation and also possibly changes in its quaternary structure.

scholarly journals Evolution of the Parsec-Scale Structures of OJ 287 and 3C 273

1998 ◽  
Vol 164 ◽  
pp. 127-128
Author(s):  
R. Ojha ◽  
D. C. Homan ◽  
D. H. Roberts ◽  
J. F.C. Wardle
Keyword(s):  
Faraday Rotation ◽  
Linear Polarization ◽  
Bl Lacertae ◽  
Rapid Changes ◽  
Scale Structures ◽  
One Year ◽  
Quasar 3C 273

AbstractWe have obtained 15 and 22 GHz linear polarization VLBA images of a sample of strong and rapidly variable polarized sources at six epochs over one year. We observe rapid changes, in both cores and jet components, in total intensity, both with and without associated changes in polarization. Changes in the cores are probably associated with the births of new components. Images of one quasar (3C 273) and one BL Lacertae object (OJ 287) from two epochs are shown here. No significant Faraday rotation is observed at any epoch in any position in either source.

Variation of Time-Averaged Outdoor Radon Concentrations over a Distance of About 50 Kilometres

1988 ◽  
Vol 24 (1-4) ◽  
pp. 97-99 ◽  
Author(s):  
L.W. Put ◽  
R.J. de Meijer
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
National Survey ◽  
Grid Size ◽  
Clear Correlation ◽  
Soil Composition ◽  
Northeastern Part ◽  
Rapid Changes ◽  
One Year ◽  
Radon Concentrations

Abstract Time-averaged outdoor radon concentrations (TORC) have been measured over a one year period in the northeastern part of the Netherlands using passive dosemeters. The grid size in these measurements was 5 km. Values obtained in this investigation correspond well with those obtained in a national survey a few years earlier. No indication was found for rapid changes in the TORC values. At all 43 locations total ? ray intensities were also measured. TORC values and ? ray intensities seem to be slightly correlated with soil composition; no clear correlation exists between TORC and ? ray intensity.

scholarly journals Transtentorial dissemination of optic nerve glioblastoma: case report

2018 ◽  
Vol 128 (2) ◽  
pp. 406-413 ◽  
Author(s):  
Panagiotis Mastorakos ◽  
Michael A. Hays ◽  
James P. Caruso ◽  
Ching-Jen Chen ◽  
Dale Ding ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Optic Nerve ◽  
Visual Loss ◽  
Vision Loss ◽  
Malignant Gliomas ◽  
Subtotal Resection ◽  
Adjuvant Radiation ◽  
Rare Entity ◽  
Rapid Changes ◽  
The Mean ◽  
One Year

Optic nerve glioblastoma is a rare entity that usually presents with rapidly progressive vision loss, which eventually results in blindness and, ultimately, death. As with malignant gliomas in other anatomical locations, local recurrence is common. Isolated rapid changes in vision, atypical neuroimaging findings, and the rarity of optic nerve glioblastoma may render diagnosis challenging and, thus, delay treatment. The authors present a case of optic nerve glioblastoma that was treated with subtotal resection followed by adjuvant radiation therapy and temozolomide. One year following the initial diagnosis, the patient developed a right cerebellar lesion, which was histopathologically consistent with glioblastoma. This case represents the first report of transtentorial dissemination of an optic nerve glioblastoma. In addition, the authors reviewed the literature regarding optic nerve glioblastomas. Of the 73 previously reported cases of malignant optic nerve gliomas, 32 were histologically confirmed glioblastomas. The mean age at diagnosis was 62 years, and 56% were male; the median survival was 7 months. A malignant glioma of the optic nerve should be considered in the differential diagnosis of a patient with rapidly progressive visual loss. However, the incidence of optic nerve glioblastoma is exceedingly low.

Between ‘Savage Man’ and ‘Most Faithful Englishman’ Manteo and the Early Anglo-Indian Exchange, 1584–1590

Itinerario ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 146-169 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Leroy Oberg
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
Chesapeake Bay ◽  
One Year ◽  
Anglo Indian

In August of 1587 Manteo, an Indian from Croatoan Island, joined a group of English settlers in an attack on the native village of Dasemunkepeuc, located on the coast of present-day North Carolina. These colonists, amongst whom Manteo lived, had landed on Roanoke Island less than a month before, dumped there by a pilot more interested in hunting Spanish prize ships than in carrying colonists to their intended place of settlement along the Chesapeake Bay. The colonists had hoped to re-establish peaceful relations with area natives, and for that reason they relied upon Manteo to act as an interpreter, broker, and intercultural diplomat. The legacy of Anglo-Indian bitterness remaining from Ralph Lane's military settlement, however, which had hastily abandoned the island one year before, was too great for Manteo to overcome. The settlers found themselves that summer in the midst of hostile Indians.

Some Biological Applications of High Voltage Electron Microscopy

1974 ◽  
Vol 32 ◽  
pp. 298-299
Author(s):  
Hans Ris
Keyword(s):  
High Voltage ◽  
Chromosome Structure ◽  
Nerve Fibers ◽  
Good Resolution ◽  
High Voltage Electron Microscopy ◽  
Voltage Electron ◽  
University Of Wisconsin ◽  
High Voltage Electron ◽  
One Year ◽  
The University

The High Voltage Electron Microscope Laboratory at the University of Wisconsin has been in operation a little over one year. I would like to give a progress report about our experience with this new technique. The achievement of good resolution with thick specimens has been mainly exploited so far. A cold stage which will allow us to look at frozen specimens and a hydration stage are now being installed in our microscope. This will soon make it possible to study undehydrated specimens, a particularly exciting application of the high voltage microscope.Some of the problems studied at the Madison facility are: Structure of kinetoplast and flagella in trypanosomes (J. Paulin, U. of Georgia); growth cones of nerve fibers (R. Hannah, U. of Georgia Medical School); spiny dendrites in cerebellum of mouse (Scott and Guillery, Anatomy, U. of Wis.); spindle of baker's yeast (Joan Peterson, Madison) spindle of Haemanthus (A. Bajer, U. of Oregon, Eugene) chromosome structure (Hans Ris, U. of Wisconsin, Madison). Dr. Paulin and Dr. Hanna are reporting their work separately at this meeting and I shall therefore not discuss it here.

Osseointegration interface of calcified bone and endosseous implants

1992 ◽  
Vol 50 (2) ◽  
pp. 1096-1097
Author(s):  
K.E. Krizan ◽  
J.E. Laffoon ◽  
M.J. Buckley
Keyword(s):  
Structure And Function ◽  
Titanium Implants ◽  
En Bloc ◽  
Endosseous Implants ◽  
Ultrastructural Studies ◽  
The Past ◽  
Cacodylate Buffer ◽  
One Year ◽  
And Function

With increase use of tissue-integrated prostheses in recent years it is a goal to understand what is happening at the interface between haversion bone and bulk metal. This study uses electron microscopy (EM) techniques to establish parameters for osseointegration (structure and function between bone and nonload-carrying implants) in an animal model. In the past the interface has been evaluated extensively with light microscopy methods. Today researchers are using the EM for ultrastructural studies of the bone tissue and implant responses to an in vivo environment. Under general anesthesia nine adult mongrel dogs received three Brånemark (Nobelpharma) 3.75 × 7 mm titanium implants surgical placed in their left zygomatic arch. After a one year healing period the animals were injected with a routine bone marker (oxytetracycline), euthanized and perfused via aortic cannulation with 3% glutaraldehyde in 0.1M cacodylate buffer pH 7.2. Implants were retrieved en bloc, harvest radiographs made (Fig. 1), and routinely embedded in plastic. Tissue and implants were cut into 300 micron thick wafers, longitudinally to the implant with an Isomet saw and diamond wafering blade [Beuhler] until the center of the implant was reached.

Effectiveness of a 24-hour nicotine patch in conjunction with a cognitive behavioural programme: one year outcome transdermal

Addiction ◽  
1997 ◽  
Vol 92 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-31
Author(s):  
Robyn L. Richmond ◽  
Linda Kehoe ◽  
Abilio Cesar De Almeida Neto
Keyword(s):  
Nicotine Patch ◽  
Cognitive Behavioural ◽  
One Year

Resources: Internet Resources for the Independent Medical Evaluator – 2007

2007 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 4-7
Author(s):  
Christopher R. Brigham ◽  
Jenny Walker
Keyword(s):  
Head Trauma ◽  
Clonic Seizure ◽  
Acute Subdural Hematoma ◽  
Orbital Fracture ◽  
Orbital Wall ◽  
First Occurrence ◽  
One Year ◽  
The One ◽  
Neurological Injuries ◽  
Medial Orbital Wall

Abstract Rating patients with head trauma and multiple neurological injuries can be challenging. The AMA Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment (AMA Guides), Fifth Edition, Section 13.2, Criteria for Rating Impairment Due to Central Nervous System Disorders, outlines the process to rate impairment due to head trauma. This article summarizes the case of a 57-year-old male security guard who presents with headache, decreased sensation on the left cheek, loss of sense of smell, and problems with memory, among other symptoms. One year ago the patient was assaulted while on the job: his Glasgow Coma Score was 14; he had left periorbital ecchymosis and a 2.5 cm laceration over the left eyelid; a small right temporoparietal acute subdural hematoma; left inferior and medial orbital wall fractures; and, four hours after admission to the hospital, he experienced a generalized tonic-clonic seizure. This patient's impairment must include the following components: single seizure, orbital fracture, infraorbital neuropathy, anosmia, headache, and memory complaints. The article shows how the ratable impairments are combined using the Combining Impairment Ratings section. Because this patient has not experienced any seizures since the first occurrence, according to the AMA Guides he is not experiencing the “episodic neurological impairments” required for disability. Complex cases such as the one presented here highlight the need to use the criteria and estimates that are located in several sections of the AMA Guides.

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