Background Although malnutrition indicates an unfavorable prognosis in some clinical
settings, the association between nutritional indexes and outcomes for patients with chronic …

Background There is a residual risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) despite intensive statin
therapy for secondary prevention. The aim of this study was to investigate whether coronary …

Topo‐bathymetric surveys of stream channels and floodplains, along with their vegetation
distributions, are difficult and expensive to quantify, but they are crucially important for …

Abstract Background and Aim Chronic heart failure (CHF) is a major cause of morbidity and
mortality, and cardiac cachexia and sarcopenia are serious complications associated with …

Background Various adipokines are reported to be associated with the development of heart
failure (HF) through insulin resistance and chronic inflammation. Omentin-1 is a novel …

Background Oxidative stress due to purine degradation is associated with the development
of chronic heart failure (CHF). Xanthine oxidoreductase (XOR) is a rate-limiting enzyme of …

Objective—The response-to-tissue-injury theory is currently the favorite paradigm to
investigate valve pathology. To the best of our knowledge, there are currently no in vivo …

Discontinuous deformation analysis (DDA), a discrete numerical analysis method, is used to
simulate the behaviour of falling rock by applying a linear displacement function in the …

Aims Calcific aortic valve stenosis (CAVS) is the most common valvular heart disease and is
increased with elderly population. However, effective drug therapy has not been established …

Discontinuous Deformation Analysis (DDA) and Numerical Manifold Method (NMM) have
been widely used for the analyses of discontinuous rock masses. Recently, these …