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Improving the performance of an autoparametric vibration absorber
The autoparametric vibration absorber is a device that reduces the resonance amplitude in a main system using nonlinear interactions. In this study, we consider a cantilever-type autoparametric vibration absor...
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Prognostic value of 6-min walk stress echocardiography in patients with interstitial lung disease
The 6-min walk test (6MWT) provides prognostic information for patients with interstitial lung disease (ILD). Parameter determined by Doppler echocardiography after the 6MWT (6 MW stress echocardiography) is s...
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Assessment of prognosis in immunoglobulin light chain amyloidosis patients with severe heart failure: a predictive value of right ventricular function
Although the benefit of updated therapeutic regimens, including bortezomib, on the survival of immunoglobulin light chain (AL) amyloidosis patients with heart failure (HF) has been reported, predictors of mort...
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Open AccessCombinational risk factors of metabolic syndrome identified by fuzzy neural network analysis of health-check data
Lifestyle-related diseases represented by metabolic syndrome develop as results of complex interaction. By using health check-up data from two large studies collected during a long-term follow-up, we searched ...
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Open AccessA new manual method for assessing elbow valgus laxity
A screening of ulnar collateral ligament insufficiency is required for overhead throwers, since secondary pathologic changes result from an increased elbow valgus laxity. We developed a new manual method for a...
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α1-Adrenoceptor agonists and IGF-1, myocardial hypertrophic factors, regulate the Kv1.5 K+ channel expression differentially in cultured newborn rat ventricular cells
Interest has arisen concerning the importance of α-adrenergic function and insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) in cardiac remodelling. The hypothesis that these two factors may underlie the regulation of vol...
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ATP regulates cardiac Ca2+ channel activity via a mechanism independent of protein phosphorylation
The role of adenosine triphosphate (ATP) in the regulation of L-type Ca2+ channel activity was investigated in inside-out patches from guinea-pig ventricular cells, in which the Ca2+ channel activity had been re...