Abstract Background Exposure to fine particulate matter air pollutants (PM2.5) affects heart rate variability parameters, and levels of serum proteins associated with inflammation, hemostasis and thrombosis.This study investigated sources potentially responsible for cardiovascular and hematological effects in highway patrol troopers.Results Nine he
Objective To investigate the prevalence of cardiometabolic risk factors (CMRFs), target organ damage (TOD) and its associated factors among adults in Freetown, Sierra Leone.Design This community-based cross-sectional study used a stratified multistage random sampling method to recruit adult participants.Setting The health screening study was conduc
The speckle phenomenon produced by coherent waves interfering with each other is undesirable in laser imaging systems.For each of the laser speckle reduction methods in the literature, it is difficult to reduce speckle to an extremely low level (< 3%) and also ensure good image quality.Therefore, a compound speckle reduction Nutrition
INTRODUCTION: Microvesicles (MVs), earlier referred to as microparticles, represent a major type of extracellular vesicles currently considered as novel biomarkers in various clinical settings such as autoimmune disorders.However, the analysis of MVs in body fluids has not been fully standardized yet, and there are numerous pitfalls that hinder the
The nematode Caenorhabditis elegans arrests development at the first larval stage if food is not present upon hatching.Larvae in this stage provide an excellent model for studying stress responses during development.We found that supplementing starved larvae with ethanol markedly extends their lifespan within this L1 diapause.The effects of ethanol