physiological modeling glucose insulin dynamics and cardiovascular modeling

... glucose and insulin in the plasma (A), and plasma and ISF glucose level difference (B) when m2 changes……………… 44 Figure 3.9 Phase plane of glucose and insulin in the plasma (A), glucose and insulin ... the ISF, between plasma glucose and plasma insulin, between plasma insulin and ISF insulin, and between IDGU and ISF insulin Glucose level is regulated by these variables and four negative feedback ... a glucose subsystem (glucose absorption, distribution and disposal), an insulin subsystem (insulin absorption, distribution and disposal) and an insulin action subsystem (insulin action on glucose...

Ngày tải lên: 08/09/2015, 18:34

... production and water treatment and a detailed understanding of the nitrogen dynamics in VF constructed wetlands CONCLUSIONS In the experimental pots replicating VF constructed wetlands, a variety ... (3) where NHi and NOi represent NH4-N and NO2+3-N in the ith layer [g-N/m2], respectively, and Nrice is the rice nitrogen [g-N/m2] The terms radv,NH,i and radv,NO,i are the NH4-N and NO2+3-N inflow ... H.M and Iskandar, I.K (1981) Modeling nitrogen transport and transformations in soils: Theoretical considerations., Soil Science Vol.131, No.4, 233-241 Shearer, R.C., Letey J., Farmer, W.J., and...

Ngày tải lên: 05/09/2013, 09:38

... fuzzy classifier and ANFIS classifier • Chapter – Linear modeling of heart and brain signals The HRV and EEG signals are modeled using linear modeling methods such as the Welch method and Burg’s method ... entropy, and sub-band wavelet entropy [53-56] The importance and necessity for EEG signal modeling to achieve a better understanding of the physical mechanisms generating these signals and to identify ... method and the saturation of the correlation dimension Results are then compared with findings for simulated data (quasiperiodic dynamics, Lorenz data, and white noise) and for phase randomized...

Ngày tải lên: 13/09/2015, 21:13

... produce insulin receptors at the very time the hormone is rising in the blood, and are able to bind it and acquire glucose But if insulin is low in the blood, even lymphocytes displaying insulin ... Therapies and Vaccines 2005, 3:5 http://www.jibtherapies.com/content/3/1/5 the use of glucose, insulin and potassium (GIK) in treating the critically ill Van den Berghe et al., in a landmark study, ... malignancy as if it were a healing wound and commands an endocrine mix to support growth and suppress immunity The mix features decreased levels of insulin and increased amounts of counter-regulatory...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 10:23

... concentrations by infusing glucose and insulin [7,8] Patients with known diabetes mellitus or serum glucose concentrations greater than 11.0 mmol/l were randomly assigned to an insulin glucose infusion ... care unit and treated with meticulous glucose regulation combined with nutrition, and in patients with diabetes mellitus and acute myocardial infarction who are treated with an insulin glucose ... large randomized study to determine its effectiveness once and for all [12] Recently, the Glucose Insulin Potassium Study (GIPS) [13] reached its conclusion In that study 940 patients were randomly...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 19:21

... retrieved and included in our discretion Results and Discussion Several lines of evidence indicated that psoriasis is associated with enhanced atherosclerosis and risk of cardiovascular disease, and ... vessel and underlying tissue Also, inflammatory cells roll along the blood vessel wall by the interaction between selectins (E and P-selectin) expressed by endothelial cells and selectin ligands ... IL-12, IL-15, IL 18 and TNFα in addition to several other cytokines, chemokines and growth factors IFNγ is an important mediator of inflammation in both psoriasis and atherosclerosis and can stimulate...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 11:40

... Biodosimetric Test Apparatus - 79 - Journal of Water and Environment Technology, Vol.3, No.1, 2005 steel column 110 cm high and the reactors equipped with and lamps were made from a 210.3 mm (ID) stainless ... linear and fit the regression line ” Equation (8)” N/N0 =5 exp(-3.387φ) (8) Equation (8) was used to determine the reduction equivalent dose (RED) in off-site validation of UV reactor and computational ... four different reactors The each reactor was quipped with 3, 4, and germicidal lumps (100W) respectively The reactors equipped with and lamps were made from a 159.2 mm (ID) stainless Fig Schematic...

Ngày tải lên: 05/09/2013, 09:08

... fasting glucose level and plasma insulin secretion in type 2-diabetic mice Table Effect of extract fractions on blood fasting glucose and plasma insulin secretion in obese-diabetic mice Glucose ... significant changes in blood fasting glucose, plasma insulin and lipid parameters, such as TC, TG, HDL, and PI, in comparison with untreated ND fed mice Therefore, obesity and insulin resistance were the ... Moreover, blood glucose and insulin concentration unusually increase in obese mice in comparison with the control (ND mice) Namely, blood glucose level increased by 48.11% and plasma insulin icreased...

Ngày tải lên: 12/02/2014, 17:20

... pathophysiological and clinical implications The biology of miRNAs in cardiovascular disease represents a young research area and is still an emerging field Identifying the gene targets and signaling ... the cardiovascular system miRNAs have been reviewed recently in several specific systems, including cardiovascular development, cardiac fibrosis and arrhythmia [13–15] As is common to all new and ... function [32] In the model of physiological hypertrophy, only one study [33] has demonstrated that rats subjected to exer- MicroRNAs and cardiovascular diseases cise training and transgenic mice with...

Ngày tải lên: 14/02/2014, 19:20

... cell-cycle control and pro-apoptotic genes (for example, FAS) [1–4] Activation of the Ras–MAPK pathway stimulates histone H3, S10 and S28 phosphorylation and nucleosome remodeling and gene expression ... methylation-mediated nucleosome dynamics S K Patra and M Szyf Fig Cytosine base in DNA – the amazing switch for the regulation of gene expression and chromatin remodeling Cytosine, extended from ... growth and differentiation in eukaryotic cells [1,82] Despite profound improvements in our understanding of the molecular and cellular mechanisms of action of the Ras proteins, the expanding...

Ngày tải lên: 18/02/2014, 14:20

... and K Griebenow Structural dynamics and serine protease catalysis Table Kinetic and thermodynamic parameters derived from amide H D exchange rates for a-CT and for the various lactose-a-CT and ... compilation ê 2006 FEBS 5313 R J Sola and K Griebenow Structural dynamics and serine protease catalysis modelling and structural dynamics simulation techniques (MD and GNM) we have provided structurally ... J Sola and K Griebenow Structural dynamics and serine protease catalysis Table Global energetic parameters and DebyeWaller temperature factors calculated for the protein portion of a-CT and the...

Ngày tải lên: 19/02/2014, 05:20

... PolyQ-expanded proteins and ALS-linked mutant SOD1 are structurally unstable [5,7] These proteins Dynamics of correctly folded monomer Detection of conformational change thus tend to aggregate and ... disease) SCA2, SCA6, SCA7 and SCA17 are also caused by polyQ expansion, and expansion of the polyQ repeat in the AR is responsible for spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy The expanded polyQ tract is ... PolyQ-expanded proteins aggregate easily in vivo and in vitro, and these aggregates are very difficult to dissolve, even in the presence of strong detergents, such as SDS [33] PolyQexpanded proteins...

Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 09:22

... Springer and Williams (1994); g, h, and i, Indo-Australian Archipelago (see text); j and k, Springer (1988) and Blum (1989); 1, Springer (1982); m and n, Blum (1989); o and p, Hastings and Springer ... Hastings and Springer (1994); b and c, Blum (1989); d, Springer and Williams (1994); e, Blum (1989) and Springer and Williams (1994); f, Winterbottom (1986), Springer (1988) Blum (1989), and Springer ... between morphology and performance on the one hand, and between performance and ecological patterns on the other hand, are the focus of ecomorphology, the study of the functional and ecological consequences...

Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 18:21

... carbon, and elemental carbon) and gas measures (CO, NO2, and oxygenated hydrocarbons) Visits for peripheral vascular and cerebrovascular disease were associated with PM2.5 and the gases NO2 and CO ... Visits for Cardiovascular Disease, Cardiovascular Subgroups, and Finger Wounds With Daily Ambient Air Quality Measurements Epidemiology • Volume 15, Number 1, January 2004 Pollution and Cardiovascular ... measures of PM2.5 and O3 (r ϭ 0.65) and NO2 and CO (r ϭ 0.68) Measurements of O3, PM10, and PM2.5 peaked in warmer months PM2.5 components such as water-soluble metals, sulfate, and acidity varied...

Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 20:20

... be influenced when taking such words into account (Kim and Woodland, 2004) The evaluation is performed using the metrics: Precision, Recall and SER (Slot Error Rate) (Makhoul et al., 1999) Only ... data and for language adaptation Conclusions and Future Work This paper shows that maximum entropy models can be used to perform the capitalization task, specially when dealing with language dynamics ... Joint SIGDAT Conference on EMNLP H Daumé III 2004 Notes on CG and LM-BFGS optimization of logistic regression J Kim and P C Woodland 2004 Automatic capitalisation generation for speech input...

Ngày tải lên: 17/03/2014, 02:20

... demands are imposed on the sensitivity and selectivity of the methodology, which should provide molecular structure and dynamics information In this article, we present the potential of Raman and ... equilibrium, and induce and align molecular dipoles in the macromolecule [6], thereby causing structural changes within the macromolecule that may eventually affect the reaction mechanism and dynamics ... alterations in the coordination sphere, such that these marker bands allow monitoring equilibria and dynamics of the spin, coordination and ligation configuration of cytochrome c [10,27] Third, when...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 16:20

... Netherlands) 2-Deoxy-D-[1-3H] glucose was from Amersham Biotech (UK) Insulin, b-cyclodextrin, and other chemicals were from Sigma-Aldrich (St Louis, MO, USA) or as indicated in the text Isolation and ... subjected to SDS/PAGE and immunoblotting with antibodies against (A) the insulin receptor b-subunit, (B) phospho-tyrosine and (C) caveolin Ó FEBS 2004 Insulin receptor and IRS1 in caveolae (Eur ... concentration of insulin for 15 2-Deoxyglucose uptake was then determined Because the maximal response to insulin was variable between individuals (131, 53, and 58 nmol 2-deoxyglucoseÆmin)1ÆmL)1...

Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 12:20

... healthcare; and provide nutritious food and drinking water Pre-natal and post-natal healthcare will also be provided to mothers, and parents and children will be informed and educated on health and nutrition ... physical and mental well-being and general quality of life It promotes healthy growth and development, prevents disease and unhealthy weight gain, and also improves social connectedness and societal ... in substandard housing; promoting and facilitating good nutrition and physical activity; community action to prevent substance abuse (including tobacco consumption and alcohol abuse); and ensuring...

Ngày tải lên: 28/03/2014, 09:20

... light-demanding tree and shrub species? 203 F R A N S W M V E R A , E L I S A B E T H S B A K K E R A N D HAN OLFF Introduction The disappearance of light-demanding tree and shrub species Oak and ... resource abundance and population dynamics, the capacity of large herbivores to cope with seasonality in resources and in climatic conditions, and the interplay between large herbivores and large predators ... declines in calf body weight and survival during winter Long-term monitoring is clearly essential, and coupled models of plant and animal dynamics like those of Illius and O’Connor (2000) could...

Ngày tải lên: 29/03/2014, 17:20

... stress and pro-inflammatory changes directly in the cardiac muscle and vasculature Lung- and circulation-mediated and direct pathophysiological mechanisms exacerbate myocardial ischemia and increase ... 2008:719–26 Figure Simkhovich et al Air Pollution and Cardiovascular Injury 723 Pathophysiological Mechanisms of Lung- and Circulation-Mediated Cardiovascular Toxicity of Particulate Air Pollutants ... found between myocardial infarction (MI) and black smoke and atmospheric gases (nitrogen dioxide [NO2], CO, and sulfur dioxide [SO2]) and between angina and black smoke The authors concluded that...

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