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The Role of 2 D Speckle Tracking Echocardiography in Early Detection of Left Ventricular Dysfunction in Type II Diabetic Patients

Aim: The Early detection of diabetic heart disease is important for the timely interventions resulting in the prevention for the future development of heart failure. Left ventricular (LV) systolic dysfunction may be identified by a reduction in longitudinal function, which can be assessed using 2D speckle tracking echocardiography (STE). Methods and Results: To determine longitudinal, radial, and circumferential function, three LV short-axis and three LV apical views were acquired in 100 asymptomatic diabetic patients with normal LV ejection fraction (EF) and 25 age-matched healthy volunteers. Using 2D strain software, end-systolic longitudinal strain (LS), radial strain (RS), and circumferential strain (CS) were measured in 18 LV segments. No significant differences in LVEF were noted between two groups. Diabetic patients had more advanced diastolic dysfunction and increased LV mass compared with normal subjects. Basal, middle, and apical LSs were significantly lower in diabetic patients compared with control subjects, with 43% (43/100) of the diabetic patients showing abnormal global LS values (cut-off value: 217.2, mean 2 2SD in control
urgical techniques for lumbosacral fusion

Lumbo-sacral (L5-S1) fusion is a widely performed procedure that has become the reference standard treatment for refractory low back pain. L5-S1 is a complex transition zone between the mobile lordotic distal lumbar spine and the fixed sacral region. The goal is to immobilise the lumbo-sacral junction in order to relieve pain originating from this site. Apart from achieving inter-vertebral fusion, the main challenge lies in the preoperative determination of the fixed L5-S1 position that will be optimal for the
The Role of Intermediaries in Entrepreneurial Ecosystems for Emerging Technologies : The Case of Organic and Printed Electronics

This paper investigates the role of invisible actors that is intermediaries in the evolution of enabling technologies, development of entrepreneurial ecosystem and finally emergence of industries. Intermediaries are considered as important in the context of emerging technologies and nascent industries as they contribute to momentum, commercialization and industry emergence; however studies focusing on the role of intermediaries in a dynamic context are few. We find the coordinated role of intermediaries such as system builders, research and technology organisations and industry associations in the context of an enabling technology Organic and Printed Electronics. Furthermore, the empirical analysis suggests three mechanisms-building infrastructure, managing momentum and legitimacy as essential for the growth of entrepreneurial ecosystems for enabling technologies and finally industry emergence.
Study nr 17.indd

While immigration is unlikely to affect the employment of native workers in the long run, employment of immigrants may be associated with signifi cant short-run adjustment costs for native workers as they have to fi nd alternative employment or are temporarily pushed into unemployment. In this paper, we therefore study the impact of immigrants at the workplace on the employment of native co-workers using a rich matched worker-fi rm data set for Denmark. Estimation of a single risk duration model for job spells of native workers shows that job separation rates increase if more immigrants are hired, especially when it comes to immigrants from Eastern Europe and less developed countries (LDCs). Furthermore, in a competing risks duration model, we fi nd that while immigrants from LDCs increase the unemployment risk for native workers, immi grants from Eastern Europe instead increase the job change probability of native workers. Thus, adjustment costs for native workers are more likely in the case where LDC immigrants are hired. Finally, we fi nd that the results only apply for low-skilled native workers. Abstract 7 Study nr 17.indd 7 11-10-2007 15:29:45 Study nr 17.indd 8 11-10-2007 15:29:45
Linfadenite caseosa em caprinos e ovinos

The caseous lymphadenitis is a disease that affects sheep and goats causing economic losses. It is a contagious disease of worldwide occurrence, mainly in the developing countries, occurring in every Brazilian herd, especially in the Northeastern states, notably in Bahia and Pernambuco. Despite having a high prevalence, prevention, diagnosis and treatment are neglected, increasing the risk of contamination among the herds and consequently the decrease of the productivity of these animals and the quality of the product to the consumer. Some prevention methods are being developed, using dead, alive and inactivated bacteria, which may or not to use recombinant DNA technology. The virulence of Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis is associated with cell wall lipids and phosfolipase D, as well as the production of biofilms. The production of these virulence genes increases the survival and growth of the pathogen. The aim of this study was to address in this review the economic impacts of caseous lymphadenitis, epidemiology, pathogenesis and virulence factors and signaling information on different aspects of C. pseudotuberculosis strains producing and non-producing
Overcoming the barriers to the innovations diffusion through diffusion-oriented policies . The case of Li-Ion Battery for Electric Vehicles

Purpose of the paper: The paper aims at developing a theoretical framework that links diffusion policies to the types of barriers to which theoretical models of diffusion of innovation implicitly or explicitly refer. Methodology: The conceptual framework is based on an extended literature review. The model is applied to an empirical case: the technology policy applied to diffuse the Li-Ion battery for electric vehicles. Findings: Literature has deeply analysed the policies for the development of innovations, but analysed the policies for innovations diffusion much less. To fill this gap, the study highlights that an effective approach to the diffusion of a new technology should be based on a careful analysis of the barriers to such diffusion and on a set of policies that simultaneously act on these barriers. Research limits: Additional empirical studies are required to assess the applicability of the proposed conceptual framework. Practical implications: The conceptual framework of this paper has implications for scholars and policy makers. For scholars the paper opens the path towards the deepening of a subject that is still little studied. For policy makers the research provides a conceptual tool to guide their choices in supporting the diffusion of relevant technologies. Originality of the paper: The paper classifies the barriers to the diffusion of a new technology, providing a different perspective on theoretical studies on the diffusion of innovations. It proposes a theoretical framework that links policies supporting the  The paper is the result of the joint efforts of the Authors. In particular, Ilaria Tutore has written the following paragraphs: 5, 6; Marco Ferretti has written has written the following paragraphs: 1, 2; Michele Simoni has written has written the following paragraphs: 3, 4. The autors acknowledge the financial support of the National Interest Research Program (PRIN 2009) “Linee di intervento a supporto dei processi di diffusione delle innovazioni nei settori del Made in Italy”. * Research Fellow University of Naples “Parthenope” e-mail: ilaria.tutore@uniparthenope.it ** Associated Professor University of Naples “Parthenope” e-mail: marco.ferretti@uniparthenope.it *** Associated Professor University of Naples “Parthenope”Parthenope” e-mail: michele.simoni@uniparthenope.it BARRIERS TO THE INNOVATIONS DIFFUSION AND DIFFUSION-ORIENTED POLICIES 116 dissemination of an innovation to the diffusion barriers for the first time. The potential explanatory power of the model is verified through a concrete case study.
Diagnosis and management of suprarenal incidentalomas at Hospital Universitario Fundación Santa Fe de Bogotá: Experience over ten years

Aims: this article presents the experience in the diagnosis and surgical management of adrenal incidentalomas between 2005 and 2015, in a reference center of bogotá, colombia. Methods: Patients were selected for the data base available in the surgical operating rooms at Hospital Universitario Fundación santa Fe de bogotá, between January 2005 and January 2015. An analysis of medical records was made taking into account clinical and surgical variables, complications and patient follow-up. results: A total of 50 medical records were included in the analysis. the middle-age population had a higher frequency compared with older population. Initial laboratory studies were conducted in 48–70% of the cases. regards the type of surgical approach, 10% of the adrenalectomy was performed by laparotomy, while 90% was performed through laparoscopic approach. Perioperative and postoperative complications were very low or absent in the overall study Francisco Javier Díaz, Díaz FJ1, Freddy Jean Karlo Toloza Bonilla, Toloza FJK2, Martha Catalina Morales, Morales MC2, Maria Laura Ricardo, Ricardo ML2, Manuel Enrique Cadena, Cadena ME1 Affiliations: 1MD, Surgery department. Hospital Universitario Fundación Santa Fe de Bogotá. Associate professor School of Medicine, Universidad de los Andes. Bogotá, Colombia; 2Medicine students, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia. Corresponding Author: Freddy Jean Karlo Toloza, Carrera 1 No 18 A 10 Bloque Q Piso 8, Bogotá, Colombia; Email: fj.toloza992@uniandes.edu. co Received: 28 March 2016 Accepted: 24 April 2016 Published: 24 June 2016 population. conclusion: It was reported a higher prevalence of functional mass, mainly, aldosterone-producing tumor, that was the less frequent in previous studies. the evident increase in the use of conventional laparoscopic opens a panorama to new indications, like a great size or worse malignant potential. currently, laparoscopy represents the gold standard in the management for adrenal mass.
Food Poisoning Bacteria in Meat-Based Sandwiches 1

A total of 80 random samples of fast foods represented by beef kofta, beef burger, beef shawerma, hawawshi (20 of each) were collected from different fast food restaurants in different districts at Monufia governorate, Egypt. All the collected samples were subjected to determine their quality. The obtained results indicated bacteriological examination and serotyping of Enteropathogenic E. coli isolated from the examined samples of ready-to-eat meat sandwiches. it is obvious that the incidence and serotyping of Enteropathogenic isolated from Salmonella the examined samples of ready-to-eat meat sandwiches Staph. Strains were isolated from the examined samples of ready-toeat meat products. The obtained results in the present study indicated that meat-based sandwiches were contaminated with different types of microorganisms due to many causes mainly bad hygiene and post cooking contamination.
Good modeling for good management: The case of groundwater

However, the economic rationale for groundwater management has been widely questioned since the seminal work of Gisser and Sánchez on the small benefits from regulation. Competitive extraction occurs where there is no regulation, i.e. where a limited number of groundwater users privately exploit the resource and each individual user ignores the impact of her pumping on others and on the overall state of the resource. Sometimes this is referred to as the “free-market scenario”. Optimal extraction refers to an optimal control scenario where a social planner maximizes the social welfare for all users. Many studies have argued that there may be no significant difference between competitive and optimal pumping rates. This result is now known as the Gisser-Sánchez Effect (GSE).
The effect of reversible binding sites on the drug release from drug eluting stent

A coupled non-Fickian model of a cardiovascular drug delivery system using a biodegradable drug eluting stent is proposed. The reversible reaction between the drug and the arterial tissue binding sites are taken into account. The proposed model accounts for the different nature of the therapeutic compounds used. The numerical results are obtained using an IMEX finite element method in the variational form.
Controlling Multimedia QoS in the Future Home Network Using the PSQA Metric ∗

Over the last few years, the growth of the Internet has spawned a whole new generation of networked applications, such as VoIP, videoconferencing, video on demand, music streaming, etc. which have very specific, and stringent, requirements in terms of network QoS. The current Internet infrastructure was not designed with these types of applications in mind, so traditionally, the quality of such services has not been optimal. Moreover, it can be said that most of the QoS–related problems are currently found in the access networks, and not in the core or in the local area networks (LANs).
Eigenvalues and Jordan canonical form of a successively rank-one updated complex matrix with applications to Google ’ s PageRank problem

Let A be an n×n complex matrix with eigenvalues 1, . , n counting algebraic multiplicities. Let X =[x1, . , xk] be a rank-k matrix such that x1, . , xk are right eigenvectors of A corresponding to 1, . , k for 1 k n, respectively, and V =[v1, . , vk] ∈ Cn×k be complex matrix. The eigenvalues and Jordan canonical form of the complex matrix A + ∑ki=1 xiv i are derived. The applications of our results to Google’s PageRank problem are also discussed. © 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. MSC: 65F15; 65F10; 65C40
Preparation and characterization of banana / glass ternary short hybrid fiber reinforced nanochitosan polymer

INTRODUCTION Polymer matrix composites are widely used, but the mechanical properties of polymers are inadequate for many structural purposes [1]. In particular their strength and stiffness are low compared to ceramics and metals. These difficulties are overcome by reinforcing other materials with polymers. Applying natural fibers as reinforcing material in polymer composites is underway in various researches. Banana fiber is one of the natural fiber can be easily obtained from the pseudo stem after the fruits and leafs are utilized. Many researches [2-4] have been involved number of investigations on several types of natural fibers such as bamboo, kenaf, hemp, flax, and jute to study the effect of these fibers on the mechanical properties of composite materials. The most common types of fibrous reinforcements used in composite applications are glass, carbon and aramid. Lightweight materials that involve bio fiber composite materials are revolutionalising the materials field [1]. Banana fiber in combination with glass has proved to be excellent for making cost effective composite materials Banana fibers obtained from the stem of banana plant (Musa sapientum) have been characterized for their diameter variability and their mechanical properties, with a stress on fracture morphology. Banana fibers are a waste product of banana cultivation, are easily available, and may be reinforced in thermosets and thermoplastics. Additionally glass fibers have good impact strength, good chemical and corrosion resistance, good electrical resistance, low dielectric constant and good dimensional stability. Many researchers have shown that the mixing of fibres with matrix in suitable proportion, through volume or weight fraction, influences the reinforcement that is yielded. Chitosan nanoparticles have been prepared by ionic gelation of chitosan and tripolyphosphate. FT-IR spectra revealed the functional groups of chitosan nanoparticles provide sorption sites. Thus chitosan has considered as a green polymer applicable in analytical chemistry which is used in various fields like water treatment, agriculture, food ingredients [5], cosmetics [6], biomedicine [7], and pharmaceutical materials [8], Biotechnology [9].
Correlation Between Perception-Based Journal Rankings and the Journal Impact Factor (JIF): A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

ABSTRACT This study, based on systematic review and meta-analysis, aimed to collect and analyze evidence on correlation between perception-based journal rankings and the most popular citation-based measure, Thomson Reuters Journal Impact Factor (JIF). A search was conducted in the Web of Science, Scopus, and Google Scholar databases. After the screening of titles, abstracts, and full text, 18 articles were selected as eligible for review and analysis. The included studies belonged to various subject areas in social sciences, science, and technology. The correlation coefficients found in most of the studies were statistically significant in a positive direction. The heterogeneity test was positive. Therefore, the random-effect method of meta-analysis was applied. The value of pooled correlation coefficient indicated a moderate positive relationship between two methods of assessing the quality of academic journals. The absence of a high correlation makes decision making based on a single ranking method dangerous. Therefore, a hybrid approach for journal assessment is recommended.
Effect of Aging on Mitochondrial Gene Expression in Chicken Breast Muscle. J. World Poult. Res., 7 (3): 104-113.;

Efficient conversion of food into body mass has been associated with altered gene expression of some proteins of the electron transport chain. We evaluated the effect of age on the mRNA expression of Cytochrome oxidase III(COX III), avian adenine nucleotide translocator (avANT), avian PPAR-γ coactivator-1α (avPGC-1α), Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ (PPARγ) and avian uncoupling protein (avUCP) in chicken. A total of 90 male birds each from Nandanam B2, Rhode Island Red, Aseel and White Leghorn, were divided into three replicates containing 30 birds each and used for the study. Production parameters consist of body weight, body weight gain, cumulative feed consumption and cumulative feed efficiency at fourth and eighth weeks of age were recorded. Total RNA was extracted from the breast muscle tissue of male birds and reverse transcribed into cDNA. Real-time PCR analysis was performed using specific primers for the genes. The greatest reduction was observed when comparing fourth and eighth week old birds in COX III, avANT mRNA expression levels were then followed by avPGC-1α and increased mRNA expression levels were observed in PPARγ followed by avUCP at eighth week of age. The study revealed phenotypic differences in production traits as well as the difference in expression of mitochondrial gene like COX III, avANT, avPGC-1α, PPARγ and avUCP expression level change with age in chickens.
Trends in Publications on the Anterior Cruciate Ligament Over the Past 40 Years on PubMed

Background: The anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is the most commonly operated ligament of the knee. Details on the top journals, universities, and authors on the topic would be helpful to identify the sources of information for clinical and research queries as well as to observe trends for future research and identify universities/authors of particular interest for training or to follow their research. Purpose: To consolidate information from PubMed on the ACL from 1979 to 2018, spanning 40 years. Study Design: Cross-sectional study. Methods: A search of the PubMed database was conducted for the ACL, and 18,696 articles published over the past 40 years were analyzed for further details. These details included the number of publications per year, top 10 journals publishing on the ACL, top 10 first authors publishing articles on the ACL, and number of articles published with specific keywords. Data were also sought from the Scopus database regarding the top universities and countries publishing on the ACL. The coauthorship of articles and co-occurrence of terms in titles were also analyzed using VOSviewer. Results: There was a steady increase in the yearly average number of publications from 1979 to 2018. The top journal and top author publishing on the ACL were The American Journal of Sports Medicine and Freddie H. Fu, respectively. The most articles published by a first author were by K. Donald Shelbourne. Time-based links of Dr Fu to other authors were represented as VOSviewer output. Most occurrences of specific keywords in the title were also studied and listed. The United States was the most published country, and 8 of the top 10 universities that published were from this country. Conclusion: There has been a steady increase in the number of articles published in PubMed since 1979. It appears that interest on the topic of the ACL has not decreased or stabilized but rather increased significantly over the past few years. This article quantifies the increased interest and could act as a baseline for future studies to compare.
Applications and Considerations of GToTree: A User-Friendly Workflow for Phylogenomics

Phylogenomics is the practice of attempting to infer evolutionary relationships at a genome-level. This is becoming a standard step in the characterization of newly recovered genomes and to direct/constrain further research; yet the process from start to finish of building a de novo phylogenomic tree that is specific to the organisms of interest can still be computationally intractable for many biologists. GToTree is a recently published user-friendly workflow for phylogenomics intended to give more researchers the capability to generate phylogenomic trees to help guide their work. This commentary describes two common applications where GToTree can be helpful and then discusses some things to consider when using the program.
Chlamydia, gonorrhoea, trichomoniasis and syphilis: global prevalence and incidence estimates, 2016

Abstract Objective To generate estimates of the global prevalence and incidence of urogenital infection with chlamydia, gonorrhoea, trichomoniasis and syphilis in women and men, aged 15–49 years, in 2016. Methods For chlamydia, gonorrhoea and trichomoniasis, we systematically searched for studies conducted between 2009 and 2016 reporting prevalence. We also consulted regional experts. To generate estimates, we used Bayesian meta-analysis. For syphilis, we aggregated the national estimates generated by using Spectrum-STI. Findings For chlamydia, gonorrhoea and/or trichomoniasis, 130 studies were eligible. For syphilis, the Spectrum-STI database contained 978 data points for the same period. The 2016 global prevalence estimates in women were: chlamydia 3.8% (95% uncertainty interval, UI: 3.3–4.5); gonorrhoea 0.9% (95% UI: 0.7–1.1); trichomoniasis 5.3% (95% UI:4.0–7.2); and syphilis 0.5% (95% UI: 0.4–0.6). In men prevalence estimates were: chlamydia 2.7% (95% UI: 1.9–3.7); gonorrhoea 0.7% (95% UI: 0.5–1.1); trichomoniasis 0.6% (95% UI: 0.4–0.9); and syphilis 0.5% (95% UI: 0.4–0.6). Total estimated incident cases were 376.4 million: 127.2 million (95% UI: 95.1–165.9 million) chlamydia cases; 86.9 million (95% UI: 58.6–123.4 million) gonorrhoea cases; 156.0 million (95% UI: 103.4–231.2 million) trichomoniasis cases; and 6.3 million (95% UI: 5.5–7.1 million) syphilis cases. Conclusion Global estimates of prevalence and incidence of these four curable sexually transmitted infections remain high. The study highlights the need to expand data collection efforts at country level and provides an initial baseline for monitoring progress of the World Health Organization global health sector strategy on sexually transmitted infections 2016–2021.