-
Article
Open AccessCardiac biopsies reveal differences in transcriptomics between left and right ventricle in patients with or without diagnostic signs of heart failure
New or mild heart failure (HF) is mainly caused by left ventricular dysfunction. We hypothesised that gene expression differ between the left (LV) and right ventricle (RV) and secondly by type of LV dysfunctio...
-
Article
Open AccessConvergent validity of commonly used questions assessing physical activity and sedentary time in Swedish patients after myocardial infarction
Guidelines recommend regular physical activity (PA) and decreased sedentary time (SED) for patients after myocardial infarction (MI). Therefore, valid self-assessment of PA is vital in clinical practice. The p...
-
Article
Open AccessInvestigation of a Self-Aligned Cobalt Silicide Process for Ohmic Contacts to Silicon Carbide
Previous studies showed that cobalt silicide can form ohmic contacts to p-type 6H-SiC by directly reacting cobalt with 6H-SiC. Similar results can be achieved on 4H-SiC, given the similarities between the differe...
-
Article
Open AccessIntegration and High-Temperature Characterization of Ferroelectric Vanadium-Doped Bismuth Titanate Thin Films on Silicon Carbide
4H-SiC electronics can operate at high temperature (HT), e.g., 300°C to 500°C, for extended times. Systems using sensors and amplifiers that operate at HT would benefit from microcontrollers which can also ope...
-
Article
Open AccessAssociation of a Single Nucleotide Polymorphism in the C-Reactive Protein Gene (-286) with Susceptibility to Plasmodium falciparum Malaria
The role of inflammation in malaria pathogenesis is not fully understood, although C-reactive protein (CRP) may have a negative influence on host immunity to infections. An upstream polymorphism, −286 (C > T >...
-
Article
Open AccessMarked differences in CRP genotype frequencies between the Fulani and sympatric ethnic groups in Africa
C-reactive protein (CRP) is an acute phase protein that can activate various immune cells and bind to certain Fcγ receptors. The latter may compete with the binding of IgG antibodies to these receptors and cou...
